Thomas is a great example of Renaissance work as it took the humanism that Thomas Aquinas (forwarded). Thomas Aquinas claimed that the earthly and physical are as equally as important as the heavenly. Christ and Doubting St. Thomas is a prime example of both. Here are the two figures that have been not only been studied by Verrocchio from books of ancient art, but through study of how the human body works, and how the clothing works on the body. Butterfield writes: “A fundamental ideal of Renaissance art was to depict the states of the soul and actions of mind through the representation of the movements of the body.” Verrocchio made sure to depict the emotions of both figures. In Christ you can see the compassion and divine love that he is giving Thomas, and on Thomas is the face of the skeptic, but who sees the truth and is filled with the Holy Spirit. The emergence of the physical (the human figures) and heaven Holy Spirit) is depicted for all to
Thomas is a great example of Renaissance work as it took the humanism that Thomas Aquinas (forwarded). Thomas Aquinas claimed that the earthly and physical are as equally as important as the heavenly. Christ and Doubting St. Thomas is a prime example of both. Here are the two figures that have been not only been studied by Verrocchio from books of ancient art, but through study of how the human body works, and how the clothing works on the body. Butterfield writes: “A fundamental ideal of Renaissance art was to depict the states of the soul and actions of mind through the representation of the movements of the body.” Verrocchio made sure to depict the emotions of both figures. In Christ you can see the compassion and divine love that he is giving Thomas, and on Thomas is the face of the skeptic, but who sees the truth and is filled with the Holy Spirit. The emergence of the physical (the human figures) and heaven Holy Spirit) is depicted for all to