Michelangelo`s / David and Leonardo da Vinci`s / Mona Lisa and how they compared to the asthetic value of the period

RUNNING HEAD : Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci

Michelangelo 's David and Leonardo da Vinci 's Mona Lisa

In the Age of Renaissance Period

Abstract

The masterpieces of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci stun the whole world of humanism and art division that even today , the value of such arts are way out of human comprehension . These pieces of art with alluring phantasms and detailed making have became the pride of human race . The Mona Lisa of Leonardo da Vinci has captivated the eyes of so many art lovers from various countries

and cultures . David , being the finest art of Michelangelo , has contributed very well to the human treasury of arts . These great products are unique and exceptional in many ways however , there are still comparisons between these arts that have contributed aesthetic values during the period of renaissance Michelangelo 's David and Leonardo da Vinci 's Mona Lisa

In the Age of Renaissance Period

Renaissance is a movement and an era of awakening that transformed from the medieval and laid the basis for Western civilization up to the present . In our current time , when the Renaissance is mentioned , what comes out to most people 's mind is art . Therefore , we will take painting and sculpture as our springboard for discussing some fundamental changes in attitude , utilizing Renaissance art as a window , as it were , onto the Renaissance concepts . In particular , we will look at how art evidences new attitudes toward man , his place in the world , and his relationship to God . Renaissance comes from the French for "rebirth , which is a term coined in the nineteenth century originally to give the meaning of revival of art and letters under the influence of ancient Roman and Greek models . During the renaissance period , art has produced the primary trends of social classes and depictions of popularity . The ideals of art and architecture have been unified in the acceptance of classical antiquity and in the belief that humanity is a measure of universe . Renaissance painting and sculpture reveal changing attitudes of humanity towards its place in the world

Two of the most significant products of this time period are other that the masterpieces of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci

David is one the stunning creations of Michelangelo that was carved from a single block of white Carerra marble mined from a Tuscan quarry . David is internationally acclaimed as a watershed in Renaissance art and established Michelangelo as the foremost sculptor of his time . The proportionality of its contours and the specificity of its details have acquired the eyes of so many people gazing into it . At first glance , you see the realism embedded in the sculpture itself and as stare at it for longer period of time , the awe of its perfection reveals itself . This creation indeed , is the perfection that has been brought only by human-hands , which is mainly Michelangelo 's sculpting hands

Mona Lisa , on the other hand , has also created international depiction of mystery , flat art in perfection...