VISC 1B02 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Peter Paul Rubens, Davido, Art Periods
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Vsic 1b02 class 10 notes - the baroque and. High renaissance = focused around stability and order. Four important figures - leonardo, raphael, michelangelo, titian. Leonardo - the last supper and mona lisa: captures a moment, certain aspects of character brought out through this (different aspect for the mona lisa, which hides rather than reveals her thoughts and personality with the psychological complexity) Raphael achieved florentine art that was at the time on the cutting edge in. Influenced by leonardo (e. g. madonna and the goldfinch: almost put together like a pyramid, gives a sense of visual stability. The school of athens: shows a group of key figures (plato and aristotle, grand conception of harmoniously arranged forms and rational, michelangelo (the only unhappy person in the piece) is painted at space front. Important elements: discovery of the domus aurea, discovery of laocoon and his sons. Had an instant impact on the visual creations.