Essay on Aesthetic and Renaissance
Renaissance means
rebirth, the rebirth of classical ideas. The Renaissance period was actually a
period in the history of art when the artists of that period broke away the
restrictions of Byzantine art. In the Renaissance period the artists studied the
natural world and perfecting their skills about the objects of the common world,
their anatomy and their perspectives.
Giotto was considered to be the first artist who actually laid the foundation of
Renaissance. He was considered the first artist of Renaissance because of the
following elements in his paintings:
• Modeling of the figures: In his paintings the modeling of figures are much
more three-dimensional than the Byzantine art. The drapery of his figures showed
the depth.
• Emotions: the emotions of his figures are related to the emotions of a common
person instead of the religious figures of pre-Renaissance period.
• Placement of figures: the placement of figures and forms are quite unusual in
his paintings. Often overlapping each other to show depth
• Colors: the use of colors showed the emergence of Renaissance period in his
paintings because the typical colors used in Renaissance period were blue,
yellow, red, pink, green, cream, black and tints and tones of those colors.
Giotto was much admired and praised by the Italian painters. According to the
critics he was so admired because his use of perspective and portrayal of
figures as individuals, each with a distinct personality which gave the
impression of realism to his paintings. This realism had appealed to the
fourteenth century middle class and that is why he was admired and praised by
other painters.
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