What is beauty? In a classical sense beauty is something of perfection primarily with a strong connection towards math hence that everything beautiful was perfectly proportional and followed the golden ration of size and precision. The great Philosopher Plato believed that we find things beautiful when we unconsciously sense in them qualities we want such as gentleness, harmony, balance, peace, strength, and perfection. Michelangelo as well as Plato shared the same belief of what beauty was.
The two main subjects that Michelangelo alternated between in his work was either pegan or religious. Michelangelo like most during his time had a love for religion which is no surprise that it would be his main subject when creating art. Michelangelo and Plato believed that beauty is perfection and therefore is good which relates to Plato's belief that god is the form of …show more content…
When he would sculpt a statue or sometimes paint a painting he would show proportion in the work. One example of this is a wooden “Crucifix” that he made after he dissected and examined the anatomy of dead bodies in a morgue. He leaned a lot about proportions from his findings and so implemented in into his work. In the “Crucifix” the arms, legs, and torso of Jesus are all proportional just like a human. In (The Timaeus, Plato (d. 347 B.C.) he once stated "The best bond is the one that affects the closest unity between itself and the terms it is combining; and this is best done by a continued geometrical proportion" He is is basically stating that proportion is perfect just like Michelangelo who believed proportion is beauty and therefore is perfect. Other art works that show is proportional skills include the statue of “Moses” which shows that his head is the perfect size for the rest of his body. One last art work would be the the statue of “David” which looks completely life like and each feature on the body compliments
The two main subjects that Michelangelo alternated between in his work was either pegan or religious. Michelangelo like most during his time had a love for religion which is no surprise that it would be his main subject when creating art. Michelangelo and Plato believed that beauty is perfection and therefore is good which relates to Plato's belief that god is the form of …show more content…
When he would sculpt a statue or sometimes paint a painting he would show proportion in the work. One example of this is a wooden “Crucifix” that he made after he dissected and examined the anatomy of dead bodies in a morgue. He leaned a lot about proportions from his findings and so implemented in into his work. In the “Crucifix” the arms, legs, and torso of Jesus are all proportional just like a human. In (The Timaeus, Plato (d. 347 B.C.) he once stated "The best bond is the one that affects the closest unity between itself and the terms it is combining; and this is best done by a continued geometrical proportion" He is is basically stating that proportion is perfect just like Michelangelo who believed proportion is beauty and therefore is perfect. Other art works that show is proportional skills include the statue of “Moses” which shows that his head is the perfect size for the rest of his body. One last art work would be the the statue of “David” which looks completely life like and each feature on the body compliments