On the 14th century new art developments emerged letting new techniques and ideas spread through Italy. Artists were getting involved into a new naturalistic vision leaving behind excessive ornamentation and intricate patterns, in order to explore a new idea portraying vividly human emotions and solid bodies. These changes led the beginning of the 15th and 16th centuries emerge, bringing social, political and economic improvements to Europe. This new and innovative ways of learning lead into a rebirth of art known as Renaissance, bringing back Greco-Roman traditions from past centuries. Two of many art pieces that highlighted the new techniques and naturalistic ideas developed on the 15th and 16th centuries are: The Virgin and Child Enthroned
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With his freedom of painting he is one of the most important exponents on the High Renaissance century. The Virgin of The Rocks has a strong use of dark colors creating a transition of light to darkness that makes emphasis in the depth of the human bodies. These contrasts are known as chiaroscuro and sfumato because they become a hallmark in Leonardo’s style. (Stockstand 636). The seamless lines of the background blend into a whole with the human bodies as if they were vividly photographed. Leonardo was also known by its strong use of vanishing point that can be seeing in the rocks that are vanishing into the fug giving a mysterious but also outstanding feel to it. Even though this is a dark painting, the color red from the angel’s tunic gives dimension in the composition giving a balance to the whole atmosphere. What makes this painting interesting is that Leonardo didn’t paint the virgin with ostentatious details, he rather painted her as human being not as an icon or monument from the Catholic Church as Bellini did in his art piece. There are no intricate patterns in the Virgin’s clothes, just a pop of white fabric that can be assimilated as if the Virgin was pregnant. On the other hand, John the Baptist and Jesus are naked demonstrating their purity and humility accentuating the Virgin’s power. There is no real eye contact in the figures but the way they are situated in the painting makes the istoria more compelling to the
With his freedom of painting he is one of the most important exponents on the High Renaissance century. The Virgin of The Rocks has a strong use of dark colors creating a transition of light to darkness that makes emphasis in the depth of the human bodies. These contrasts are known as chiaroscuro and sfumato because they become a hallmark in Leonardo’s style. (Stockstand 636). The seamless lines of the background blend into a whole with the human bodies as if they were vividly photographed. Leonardo was also known by its strong use of vanishing point that can be seeing in the rocks that are vanishing into the fug giving a mysterious but also outstanding feel to it. Even though this is a dark painting, the color red from the angel’s tunic gives dimension in the composition giving a balance to the whole atmosphere. What makes this painting interesting is that Leonardo didn’t paint the virgin with ostentatious details, he rather painted her as human being not as an icon or monument from the Catholic Church as Bellini did in his art piece. There are no intricate patterns in the Virgin’s clothes, just a pop of white fabric that can be assimilated as if the Virgin was pregnant. On the other hand, John the Baptist and Jesus are naked demonstrating their purity and humility accentuating the Virgin’s power. There is no real eye contact in the figures but the way they are situated in the painting makes the istoria more compelling to the