Blog Post #1 How I feel about the Renaissance

The Renaissance period was a period of such tremendous growth. Especially in terms of art and it’s dramatic changes. Art is a key indicator on what times were like during any given period. I believe we are so entranced by renaissance art because it shows us a positive move forward in our human histories. Also, during the Renaissance the patron’s asked for the most grand display of their power or the times, and that basically created a series of art that just escalated in sheer grandness. I think the modern society for the most part likes Renaissance art, or terms it the “best” because we are wired that the better art or object will be large, complicated, and detailed. This is not to say we are al wired like this, but for the most part us humans go with the “bigger the better” theory.  Another thing that makes me think modern society is so enthralled with Renaissance art is that a lot of scientific roots of todays’ society came out of the renaissance period. Da Vinci while an artist was also an engineer and architect, and a lot of his technical drawings, to which are not art in a strict sense art, led to some modern inventions. So our society makes those connections and enjoys finding the connections between the past and us today. I also the think that we tend to focus on the big names because from early education forward that is who we learned about. And, while redundant, we focus on the big names because they are big names, simple as that. We always have celebrities or idols in our culture. Da Vinci, and Michelangelo and Raphael were those names that just stuck throughout history as being the celebrity artist. And to their name they did accomplish quite a bit for being single human beings. In all the renaissance was a period where humankind just flexed it’s muscles and said “this is who we are and this is what we can do, and nothing will stop us.”