ART H102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Pilaster, Tonne, Sgraffito
4 Jul 2016
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Return of the nude" into visual language: idealized body to carry symbolic meaning. Observance of decorum in representing the nude universalizing treatment (not any one specific person with their flaws, but a universalized ideal of. David, hercules, heroes from the bible and myth: non-gratuitous, appropriate subject matter: biblical or classical. Had to have meaning to the unclothed body, must be justified: application of stylistic conventions which depersonalize the subject (stylistic idealization) Informed by scientific, objective, reason-based investigations (observation, dissection) How their interest as intellectuals signified a shifting attitude towards the body changed during the renaissance. Loved to experiment w/ different modes of depiction. Because a type of style sheet for other artist"s to use. Looks as though their skin was pulled off their bodies: not accidental. Their investigations were focused on dissections: what they learned from that, they applied to depictions of the body.
