Art and Artists

Introduction

For this paper, we shall pertain to describe how art and artists have flourished for over a period of time to understand the work that has been made and discovered in a speicific era. Here, our main focus of tailoring this paper shall be to understand and comprehend the whereabouts painting and sculpture of two greatest artist of - Leondardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti try to gauge how artists have succeeded in escalating and developing art from its current state at tha time to a whole new level.

Discussion

A great painter, sculptor, architect and writer, Leondardo Da Vinci is regarded universally as one of the pillars on which settled the fundamental branches of human knowledge. He was interested in almost everything they could cover their eyes and minds, and what is more grace, managed to excel in all of them.

Leonardo works of this early period can be seen and their emerging artistic inclinations (Zubov, 198-205). A good example is the angel by Leonardo to Verrocchio's work “Baptism of Christ”, followed two annunciations: “The Madonna of the Carnation” and “Portrait of Ginevra Benci.”

In 1492 Leonardo entered the service of Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan. At this stage of his life, he displayed all his gifts of artistic creativity and scientific and outlined the unique style that would be the admiration of his contemporaries. In Milan made six paintings, among which are the “Portrait of Cecilia Galerani” “Lady with an Ermine” a version of the “Virgin of the Rocks” and “Last Supper” mural painted for the refectory of the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie.

Michelangelo preference was more on sculpting rather than painting. He believed that sculpture was the highest form of art. Michelangelo also showed his neo-platonic ideas through the use of weird proportions and mathematical flaws, to make the sculptures appear perfect to the eye. He did this on many occasions, though two of his greatest sculptures are his David, and Pieta. Both of these sculptures are awesome in their own right, and for many reasons, like Michelangelo's use of idealism (Hughes, 98-109). You can see this in his portrayal of David; when David triumphed over Goliath, he was merely a boy, though Michelangelo depicted him as the strong but steady king he would become. Michelangelo also fused Pagan and Christian beliefs by portraying the biblical David as being entirely nude. Though Michelangelo preferred sculpture he also painted when commissioned to, and his idealism, neo-platonic ideas, and fusion of Pagan and Christian beliefs showed here as well. All of these ideas can be seen on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in nude figures, and the overall way some of the pieces are painted. Because of the vaulted ceiling Michelangelo had to paint so that at ground level looking up, the paintings would appear to the eye, to be flat. Though Michelangelo's style and approach to art was much different than Leonardo's, his love for sculpting, and supreme abilities in both sculpting and painting proved him to be ...