The Mid-Century Artists
The mid-century artists were initially not regarded as artisans since their art had been of the medieval past. After the rebirth of the original and classical forms of art, they came up as independent artisans and started being comparable to writers and poets. They developed a new aspect to look into nature, explore and discover secular life and importance of an individual. In my view, they wanted to grow, change their perspectives on art and seek new solutions to visual and formal problems (Mulryne, James, and Elizabeth, 123). These they did through devotion to scientific experiments. They developed linear and mathematical perspective systems that fit all aspects of artwork rationally and proportionally and innovated different perspectives of landscape paintings. The curious point is that they took innovations further to a specific genre, and the figures within landscapes and architectural environment portrayed a particular story (Mulryne, James, and Elizabeth, 123). The artists based their work on Christian traditions and described the state and reactions to suit a real context.
David's Nude Figure
One of the principle works is that of David's nude figure portraying an image of a biblical hero with Goliath's head at his feet. It was the art of high renaissance, a city's symbol and a standard of measure for other works (Mulryne, James, and Elizabeth, 123). The insight into this is the ideology the artist had in portraying the exact story followed by another artist's work revealing a continuation of the story. For instance, Leonardo's work in the Last Supper depicted moments after Christ had prophesized his betrayal and came precisely after David's sculpture.
Progress and Innovation
The progress and innovation grew to high measures of success from generation to generation with more improvements and developments drawing viewer's focus and attention to the theme of the work. It spread quickly into more regions and continents. These depict the history from century to century revealing what was going on in the world to date through art.
Works cited
Mulryne, James Ronald, and Elizabeth Goldring, eds. Court festivals of the European Renaissance: art, politics and performance. Taylor & Francis, 2017, 119-137
