Renaissance Beauty and Art
Title: Renaissance Beauty and Art
Category: /Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 253 | Pages: 1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Renaissance Beauty and Art
Category: /Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 253 | Pages: 1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Renaissance Beauty as Portrayed Through Artwork
Donatello’s bronze David is a paramount example of Renaissance beauty as portrayed through art. Donatello was one of the most important and influential fifteenth century masters. His bronze rendition of David was an enigma that was unlike Donatello’s, or any of his predecessors prior works. It differentiated in its style, which incorporated a new use of aesthetics that had not been seen since antiquity, and also strayed
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the flesh, that it seems to the artificers as though it must be cast from life”. David is unlike any sculpture before that time for that exact reason. As his works are examined, David stands out simply for its classical style, which was not the usual style of sculpting. Donatello’s bronze David is a magnificent celebration of the beauty of the male form, and an immaculate portrayal of Renaissance beauty as portrayed through artwork.
