Essays on Frescos

Question 1: what is the Renaissance? Include in your response that which the renaissance is not.

Renaissance is a term that simply denotes “New birth” of a “Re-birth”. The term is used to describe the period between 14th and 16th century during which major revival of intellect and classical art that took place in ancient Rome and Greek during the Middle Ages. During this time, the literature, philosophy, architecture, art, and science that emerged in Europe changed the views and perspective in such a way that Europe was re-born. Normally, history is divided into three major ages; ancient Europe-classical age, medieval, age-middle age, and the modern age. Renaissance took place during the Middle Age when Europeans began imitating ...

Ambrogio Lorenzetti, an eminent Italian painter who hailed from the Sienese school, has left us basking in awe of his works and one cannot help but introspect about his artistic creations. His Well-Governed Town and Country is a pictorial encyclopedia which brings forth the exalted countryside of his times. He created frescos on the walls of Sala dei Nove or Sala della Pace which have endured the scythe of time as paramount works in preservation of history. These works testify Lorenzetti’s quintessence as a political and moral observer of his times. These works depict allegorical figures of virtue pointing to ...

Compare the Lamentation from Saint Pantaleimon at Nerezi and the Anastasis from the church of Christ in Chora. How are they different? Why? Consider the political climate for each work and why it is relevant The lamentations from St. Pantaleimon at Nerezi depict the agony after death of Christ. It is a fresco that is full of tension and sadness showing that the people were devastated by his death (Kleiner, 2011). The Anastasias is an art created by the Greek and it represents the resurrection of Christ. It has a halo around Christ’s head and in his hands are ...

Art Appreciation

Art can be claimed to be the product of the minds. It is a result of creativity thus can be claimed to be a way of doing things that is initiated from the brain. Works of art express a lot about the author or owner since it is from within and is a direct illustration of the depicted ideas in the mind of the author.

Minoan paintings are one of the oldest forms of art. They traces back a history to about 1700B.C hundred years and began in Greece (Higgins, 1997). It had close resemblance of with the Egyptian fresco paintings.

Frescos involved mixing ...