I thoroughly enjoy the idea of modern artists trying to improve upon the past. It seems that in art, there is the original, and the basic, and the first, and all we can do as artists is try and make the past into something different, but still relevant. In art classes i always wondered who it was that discovered various mediums for art. Take the oil paintings of flemmish artists, it was adopted by the italians and is still used today. I'm still fascinated by the fact the the society we have now, art, religion, politics, are all affected by the past, and the foundation that was laid thousands of years ago.
The experimentation with depth and lines and all the things that makes paintings beautiful also excites me. in the art classes i've taken, they explained all the methods, i had no idea that the methods themselves were developed by italians so long ago.
I was very pleased to read about how the artistic revolution took place.
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The most interesting part about this artistic movement was what was going on inside the artists. It is amazing to see how the political, religious and overall all the social changes influenced the art and how the artist used their creations to express their beliefs and ideas. The Renaissance was a time of spiritual and humanistic growth and a proof that true art comes from inside the artist.
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