Running Head: HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION Name of the Student: Name of University: Author Note:
1HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION Michelangelo was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect and poet of the Renaissance period popular for his work of art during that phase. The versatility and a typical example of renaissance art form in his renowned art work in David and Pieta made him a subject of research even today. From that point of view the purpose of this essay to evaluate the Renaissance culture and society through the art works of Michelangelo. Before going to discuss about the influence of Michelangelo’s artwork on the then society, it is important to mention the characteristics of his paintings. There are series of remarkable paintings done by Michelangelo in terms of the Pieta, David, the Last Judgement and the frescos done in the ceiling of Sistine Chapel in Rome. In this context, the social condition of that time was predominantly controlled by the Roman churches. In his writing Günther (2017) showed that before and during the period of renaissance the Catholic churches imposed a series of draconian rules on common people. In the name of God, they were started doing exploitation and tortured the commoners and restricted their knowledge so that free voices could not be emerged (Cooke, 2017). From that point of view, Gilead (2016) argued that renaissance was a cultural revolution that ousted the papal autocracy and enlightened people with the ideas of liberal thoughts and rational standpoints. As a matter of fact, the renaissance art and architectures played a significant role in order to influence the popular psyche to a great extent and succeeded to divert them common minds from religious dogmas to rational vision. In this regard, the paintings and sculptures of Michelangelo are identified as true example of the renaissance art forms. As far as the paintings of Michelangelo are concerned, it can be seen that most of the paintings were portraying three important features like individualism, secularism and artistic realism. As the meaning of the sculpture was deciphered by Luiten (2015) it can be stated that
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