The Common Elements Of Art During The Renaissance

Renaissance art is varied in the elements they possess. When looking at a wide variety of works of art done during the Renaissance time period I have taken notice to common elements used. Furthermore, these common elements are linear perspective, light and shadowing, realism and naturalism, individualism, and emotion. During the Renaissance artist drew their inspiration off of works of art formerly made by the Greeks and Romans. The Renaissance was created in an effort to bring a rebirth in the culture. However, the Renaissance only affected the rich who were patrons of the arts allowing them to get a first hand look at the art being made. A piece that stood out to me was The Creation of Adam, in particular the hands of God and Adam painted in the Sistine Chapel. The hands in the
Furthermore, The Creation of Adam also uses the common element of emotion. Adam is a well known Christian symbol of which symbolises the creation of life and the human race. In the painting by Michelangelo the hands of God and Adam are almost touching which invokes emotion among Christians. Simply, because it's showing the creation of Adam the first member of the human race. Moreover, the hands almost touching brings about an uplifted and beautiful feeling because the painting is showing this spark of life. When recreating this astonishing work of art I allowed my viewer to feel emotion by making the hands as realistic and natural looking as possible. I did so by using the illusion of light to make the image more realistic. Furthermore, than I used that element of realism to my advantage in order to provoke thoughts and emotions. When drawing the hands of God and Adam I strayed away from the classic design of the hands. For instance, instead of using color to show light I used a lead pencil to emphasize shadowing and how michelangelo used showing to give the work of art a more realistic