Perspectives On Humanity In The | Fine Arts Ebook New!

From the exaggerated fertility of the Venus of Willendorf to the hyper-realistic marble of Michelangelo’s David , the physical form is the first frontier of human perspective in art.

As the certainty of the Enlightenment gave way to the complexities of the industrial age, the artistic perspective on humanity darkened and deepened. Romanticism rejected the notion that humans were purely rational beings. Artists like Francisco Goya, in his chilling Saturn Devouring His Son or The Third of May 1808 , explored the terrifying capacity for human violence and madness. perspectives on humanity in the fine arts ebook

How different eras used the body to represent divine perfection or gritty, mortal reality. From the exaggerated fertility of the Venus of