ART H102 Final: FINAL exam image pool
22 Apr 2017
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Stable, balanced, pyramidal figural group (feature of high renaissance classicism) Title: 21-2 leonardo: the virgin of the rocks. Church of san francesco grande in milan. Trained in florence by very educated artists. Dislike of workshop system and formal application. Versatile practice; scientist, inventor, designer, engineer, and philosopher. Relationships of aesthetics and morality/moral implications of beauty. Refectory of the monastery of santa maria delle grazie 1495-1498. Symbolic evocation of jesus" coming sacrifice for the salvation of humankind. Clarity and stability epitomize high renaissance style. Subject matter is part of the western tradition from the early christian period. Became very damaged because leonardo tried to invent a new way of working with a mixed medium. The painting travelled with leonardo to france. Expressive complexity and sense of psychological presence. The smile is controversy as there seems to be disconnect between the smile and the top. Only prostitutes at the time in italy were hairless faced.
