In terms of the renaissance period it is important to recognize the influences that lead to the creation of the renaissance movement and the artists who significantly defined the period. No two artists come to my mind quicker than Leonardo Davinci and Michelangelo. Though, both talented men and were central to the renaissance period, they approached their work in very different ways. Their methods and technique yielded for creating works of art that are still relevant today.
The renaissance seems to have begun in part to the realization that people were no longer living in the middle ages. It saw classical antiquity as the era when man reached the peak of their creative powers, an era brought to an end by the invasions that destroyed the Roman …show more content…
It saw a shift from the emphasis of the Divine and the birth of the pursuit of the learning of language, literature, history and philosophy in a secular setting rather than from within a religious framework. It is within this vein that we can see the influence this played in developing the creative forces that defined and separated the work of Davinci and Michelangelo.
Leonardo Da Vinci was born in 1452 in Vinci, a small Tuscan village. He was mentored by Verocchio in Florence in Italy, where he developed his skills as an architect, sculptor and painter. This blend of skills ultimately defined Da Vinci and secures his legacy to this day.
Da Vinci made a name for himself with his innovations in science and art. Davinci drew upon his experience from his these studies to create drawings such as the Vitruvian man. “The lengths to which Leonardo went in order to establish the universal nature of his theory of proportion were unprecedented. He refined modules for the human body at rest and in motion.” In creating the Vitruvian man, Davinci employed mathematical principles to develop a proportionately perfect human figure. It was his belief that the human body mirrored the universe by utilizing similar underlying principle of
The renaissance seems to have begun in part to the realization that people were no longer living in the middle ages. It saw classical antiquity as the era when man reached the peak of their creative powers, an era brought to an end by the invasions that destroyed the Roman …show more content…
It saw a shift from the emphasis of the Divine and the birth of the pursuit of the learning of language, literature, history and philosophy in a secular setting rather than from within a religious framework. It is within this vein that we can see the influence this played in developing the creative forces that defined and separated the work of Davinci and Michelangelo.
Leonardo Da Vinci was born in 1452 in Vinci, a small Tuscan village. He was mentored by Verocchio in Florence in Italy, where he developed his skills as an architect, sculptor and painter. This blend of skills ultimately defined Da Vinci and secures his legacy to this day.
Da Vinci made a name for himself with his innovations in science and art. Davinci drew upon his experience from his these studies to create drawings such as the Vitruvian man. “The lengths to which Leonardo went in order to establish the universal nature of his theory of proportion were unprecedented. He refined modules for the human body at rest and in motion.” In creating the Vitruvian man, Davinci employed mathematical principles to develop a proportionately perfect human figure. It was his belief that the human body mirrored the universe by utilizing similar underlying principle of