In today’s class, we talked about Michelangelo. He was an Italian Renaissance painter born in 1475 and an influential sculptor, artist, and architect. We spoke of the High Renaissance period of Michelangelo’s work first. His contemporary art at this time embodied the ideal artist and Neo-Platonism. A lot of his pieces were made in solitary, and that’s how he liked it. One of his well-known pieces was the Pietà , a sculpture created in 1498-1500. This sculpture was an elegant marble piece of Jesus and Mary. It was derived from the Roettgen Pietà , which came from the more significant scene of Giotto’s Lamentation in 1305-10. I enjoy Michelangelo’s piece of Jesus and Mary the best because of the fine detail of the marble and polish.
We then moved into the late Michelangelo period. During this time, the difference in his artworks from high to late Renaissance, was the use of colors . Thus, Michelangelo used secondary colors that were dimmed down and not primary. Michelangelo also demonstrated Mannerism art. This idea was brought up in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance. Mannerism art differed from high Renaissance art in its approach to harmonious ideals. Mannerism art was chaotic, bright, and had no space, while high Renaissance art had balance, proportion, and beauty. I enjoyed looking at Parmigianio’s Madonna with the Long Neck, made in 1534-40, because it was unusual and off-putting. The man in the right corner looking small rather than far away and Jesus looking rather large for a baby was what Mannerism was illustrated to be.