Module #9 Blog Review
I chose "The Power of Art": Caravaggio so that I might discover what was meant by power as described in the title. I admired Michelangelo's painting of Matthew which began to illustrate a trend towards representational style of art being practiced during the time of the renaissance in the catholic church and in Europe. Michelangelo was born during this renaissance on which he would have an impact. Art had for the previous 3,000 years had been depicted in two dimension and profile without much emotion or movement. The Greek and Roman cultures in the middle ages began to advance the art into three dimensional depictions with movement and realism. This style was promoted by the church and used to promote the church with the most favorable messages and images. Michelangelo however chose to take the beauty of creating art and its figures and illustrate the ugly realities of everyday life in his creations with his depictions of pain, agony, poverty, and the tortured portrayals of the individuals in his works. I anticipated that the meaning of power would describe how art made a person feel. I discovered while watching this film the enormous amount of power depicted in the realism of Michelangelo's painting of "Matthew" bringing the viewer closer to the humanity displayed in the bodies of the individuals in the painting. I also discovered the power of Michelangelo's talent and the extremes that his patrons would embrace to keep a troubled Michelangelo from the grips of the law but bound to them with future commissions for his work. Creating impressive works of realism and representational art for the church and his patrons allowed Michelangelo to flaunt murder charges and the laws of this supposed pious community. Michelangelo's paintings brought the Catholic church's view of celestial beauty and art and redefine it into beautiful works of the human condition and spirituality.
The second movie, "The Drawings of Michelangelo" moved me with the simplicity of how his masterpieces started on a sketch pad with many renditions and workouts of his future vision, and how he could best accomplish them. Michelangelo's sketches impressed me as a seed planted for extension of a planned work whether it would be on a canvas, sculpture or carving. This film shared the process of creation and reminded me that it takes time, practice and a dogged determination to repeat the process over and over on paper and with models in order to get a final product that is satisfactory to the artist. This process for creating and developing his ideals in sketch form provides a view into the time and the mind of a Renaissance master artist that demonstrates the effort and challenge that an artist endures to bring their vision to fruition. The many renditions necessary before the final product of Matthew and John The Baptist, his sculpture of David, and the fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel can be traced the many forms that they all took on Michelangelo's sketch pads and models that he created before the final product could be executed, created, and revealed. The vault of the Medici family displayed the detail of Michelangelo"s work and the the accompanying sketches revealed the development of the sculptures "Night and Day" (1527 AD).
The movies and the readings are connected as one in the same with the literature explaining the advent of art and how it changed over millennia from cave art, African two dimensional depictions and Greco/Roman art of the middle ages. The reading placed Michelangelo of the Renaissance onto the pages of this journey as one of his sketches would take a viewer through the metamorphosis of one of his masterpieces. These readings and movies guide you on a voyage through the development of art, life and civilized society.
I enjoyed these two films for their presentation of art and history, they portrayed Michelangelo's struggles in life while identifying and illustrating acceptance of the pivotal role of his art by the Catholic church and European society. The realism of Michelangelo's art seemed to put his portrayals of celestial themes within terrestrial contact.
The second movie, "The Drawings of Michelangelo" moved me with the simplicity of how his masterpieces started on a sketch pad with many renditions and workouts of his future vision, and how he could best accomplish them. Michelangelo's sketches impressed me as a seed planted for extension of a planned work whether it would be on a canvas, sculpture or carving. This film shared the process of creation and reminded me that it takes time, practice and a dogged determination to repeat the process over and over on paper and with models in order to get a final product that is satisfactory to the artist. This process for creating and developing his ideals in sketch form provides a view into the time and the mind of a Renaissance master artist that demonstrates the effort and challenge that an artist endures to bring their vision to fruition. The many renditions necessary before the final product of Matthew and John The Baptist, his sculpture of David, and the fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel can be traced the many forms that they all took on Michelangelo's sketch pads and models that he created before the final product could be executed, created, and revealed. The vault of the Medici family displayed the detail of Michelangelo"s work and the the accompanying sketches revealed the development of the sculptures "Night and Day" (1527 AD).
The movies and the readings are connected as one in the same with the literature explaining the advent of art and how it changed over millennia from cave art, African two dimensional depictions and Greco/Roman art of the middle ages. The reading placed Michelangelo of the Renaissance onto the pages of this journey as one of his sketches would take a viewer through the metamorphosis of one of his masterpieces. These readings and movies guide you on a voyage through the development of art, life and civilized society.
I enjoyed these two films for their presentation of art and history, they portrayed Michelangelo's struggles in life while identifying and illustrating acceptance of the pivotal role of his art by the Catholic church and European society. The realism of Michelangelo's art seemed to put his portrayals of celestial themes within terrestrial contact.
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