Renaissance Art: Sculpture and Painting Masterpieces
Renaissance Art: Sculpture and Painting
The sculpture of the Renaissance is understood as a process of recovery of the sculpture of classical antiquity. Sculptors found perfect inspiration for their works in the wreckage and discoveries of the time. They were also inspired by nature. In this context, we must consider the exception of the Flemish artists in northern Europe, who, in addition to overcoming the figurative style of Gothic art, promoted a style alien to the Italian Renaissance, especially
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Early Christian Art
Is it Pre-Columbian Art?
Early Christian art encompasses the artistic expressions of the first centuries of Christianity, derived from the Greek term paeI-old.
Locations and Cultures
Mesoamerican Art
Located in the north, encompassing present-day Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and parts of Nicaragua. Key civilizations include the Aztec and Maya.
Andean Art
Located in the south, along the Andes Mountains and Pacific coast, including Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and parts of Chile.
Read MoreUnderstanding the Generation of ’98 and ’27 in Spanish Literature
Generation of ’98
A group of writers who emerged due to two circumstances: the current political, economic, and moral state of Spain, and the depletion of narrative forms of the realistic movement. They preferred prose, particularly the novel and the essay, as the prevailing genres that expressed their concerns about the makeshift political and social life.
Key Themes:
– The concern for Spain, focusing on the Spanish soul in three ways:
– The landscape, which reflected the austerity of its inhabitants.
Harlem Renaissance: Black Creativity and Modernism
Black Creativity and Modernism
- Black Creativity was seen as a response to Modernist Eurocentrism.
- They were occurring at the same time, but their relation was complex.
- Modernism was a largely European white movement brought to America, and it focused on questions of alienation, marginality, the use of folk primitive materials, and the problem of writing for an elite audience.
- The Harlem Renaissance shows and proves that the center and the margins of the culture were always subject to redefinition.
- Modernism
Cretan-Mycenaean and Greek Architecture
Cretan-Mycenaean Art Greek art is the product of a long training process in which some fundamental influences are nearby. These include the Minoan civilization and the Mycenaean civilization. They were based on important maritime trade, which led to contact with other worlds, like the Egyptian.
Cretan-Mycenaean architecture uses elements that will then be assimilated by Greek art:
- Essential material: stone
- Architraves structures used with large entablature
- Aegean column: on a rectangular base, a downward-
Flemish and Romanesque Art: Painting, Architecture, Sculpture
Gothic Flemish Painting
Oil painting is a technique that allows for careful and detailed representation. Characters in the foreground are neatly represented, and the main thematic object of the work achieves extraordinary realism. The use of oil painting was key to this style.
Van Eyck
The most representative painter of this style, Van Eyck was the first to use the oil technique. He gave importance to detail and three-dimensional space. Notable works include the Arnolfini Portrait and the Ghent Altarpiece
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