HISTART 62 Lecture Notes - Lecture 35: Lapiths, Middle Ages, Poliziano
16 Nov 2016
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Sculpture allows specific approaches to the aesthetics of intended and unintended non-finito (unfinished) Michelangelo is one of the first artists to explore non-finito in marble statuary to a paradigm-shifting degree: in following centuries, sculpture would become even more desirable to collectors because of these non-finito passages. Certain ideals in late nineteenth-century art (rodin) and abstract art can be considered to stem form michelangelo"s virtuous shifts between styles and modes of representation. Michelangelo himself was consciously working with the history of earlier renaissance painting, in particular copying figures from the. Michelangelo, marble reliefs tondo taddei, tondo pitti. Drawings, studies after masaccio and giotto frescoes. Mythic battle between lapiths and the centaurs (ancient greek, via. Laocoon (priest in troy) and his sons. Non-finito as an aesthetic and philosophical concept. The artist as creator (mirroring the deus artifex of the middle ages) Ignudi (nude figures in sistine ceiling frescoes).
