Class six-21-feb
In class today we started with breaking down the birth of Venus. And how packed with different actions of Botticelli and from the less naturalistic approach in the the paintings by introducing patterns such as in the ocean or in the organic trees that also alluded to the Medici Family.
Leonardo looked at the macro or wide angle of the world and the micro or the close up. And looked for patterns with these differing areas of the world. Leonardo thought if earth was one working organism or being we were small little cogs or parts of it. An idea was wondering where we belonged in the world… and woking off of that. From reading Galen’s anatomical books to Vitruvius the architect who inspired the drawing by Leonardo, “the Vitruvian man” based on the proportions of the human body to create the “perfect” square and circle. He also made advancements in painting, creating a pyramid shaped composition that remained interesting while also stable and not stagnant. He also used sfumato to create haze in the backgrounds of painting to create unity from the foreground to the background. A swell as the extremely fine laying of glazes to create the affect of glowing skin adding emphasis in a subtle way.