HIS243H1 Chapter : Portable Reader Summaries Second Week
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Origin of art was nature - lets your art be perfect. With the 12 caesars, art began to decline. With the decline of rome, came the burial of great art. The architecture that was emerging (gothic) didn t do proper justice. In 1250, people became enlightened and could tell the difference between good and bad artwork - they slowly began to imitate antique works. Antique work: before constantine in corinth, athens, rome until nero, vespasian, trajan, hadrian, and antoninus. Old work: from the days of st. silvester downwards. Nature, art, and science - l. da vinci. He has experience to assist him in writing since he is not a literary man. To be a good artist, you must mirror everything you see in life. Eye is central sense for appreciating nature. Painters depict what poets do in a simpler way: the image of a man will never change, but words to describe him will (p. 533)