Leonardo and Michelangelo Both Leonardo and Michelangelo were outstanding artists. However, they had different approaches to art. There are differences in their work. One of the differences is that Leonardo was interested in art for the art’s sake while his counterpart Michelangelo did it for wealth notoriety. The second difference is that Michelangelo turned to the art of drawing and sculpture. His art chose to return the art back to the worshiping of human body. His accuracy about human form made him create his own “gods” of beauty. However, Leonardo da Vinci chose to concentrate on science in his art (Bondanella and Musa 36). The third difference is that Leonardo is a quite essential Renaissance artist shown by his multi-faced trait. He
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It is important to skeptical in science as well as in art. Although Leonardo has a secular attitude towards art and science, he understands the role of art in both science and the secular world. Unique social political and social influence caused Leonardo to combine science and art. It is however necessary to have a different view about science. There was a powerful and superb sense of self in Rome that makes art more than mere decorations. Despite our personal views, paintings, sculptures, places, and churches reflect worldview and civic identity. In the “Last Supper,” Leonardo shows monumental simplicity (Bondanella and Musa 48). His composition is masterful. He strikes the contrast of the disciples’ attitudes as counter posed to that of Christ. Instead of choosing the portrayal of Judas as customary in the iconographic tradition, he portrayed the moment of highest tension in the New Testament as in the bible, “One of you that eat with me will betray me." The painting shows that only Judas shares his secret knowledge. Leonardo’s simple arrangement of individuals shows different gestures and mimicry. He maintained the height of expression and attained the right model for the painting. This painting influenced other artists such as Rubens and Rembrandt since they caught the psychological state of Leonardo’s state of the
It is important to skeptical in science as well as in art. Although Leonardo has a secular attitude towards art and science, he understands the role of art in both science and the secular world. Unique social political and social influence caused Leonardo to combine science and art. It is however necessary to have a different view about science. There was a powerful and superb sense of self in Rome that makes art more than mere decorations. Despite our personal views, paintings, sculptures, places, and churches reflect worldview and civic identity. In the “Last Supper,” Leonardo shows monumental simplicity (Bondanella and Musa 48). His composition is masterful. He strikes the contrast of the disciples’ attitudes as counter posed to that of Christ. Instead of choosing the portrayal of Judas as customary in the iconographic tradition, he portrayed the moment of highest tension in the New Testament as in the bible, “One of you that eat with me will betray me." The painting shows that only Judas shares his secret knowledge. Leonardo’s simple arrangement of individuals shows different gestures and mimicry. He maintained the height of expression and attained the right model for the painting. This painting influenced other artists such as Rubens and Rembrandt since they caught the psychological state of Leonardo’s state of the