ARTH 345 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Universal History, Dramatization, Masaccio

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Art History
• Course: ARTH 345
• Professor: Professor Una D' Elia

Document Summary

These are an animated part of the architecture: a particularly large coat of arms. The ultimate embodiment of the theology that was preached within the sistine chapel during this period: different theologians in different periods interpreted the complex tradition of. Christianity in different ways: during this period, there was an emphasis on the sacrifice of christ and his incarnation (the moment that christ became man, when god becomes flesh. These beautiful nudes were an embodiment of this idea paraded across the ceiling. These nudes were potentially problematic, since they were unapologetically naked. There is an obvious correlation between the acorns and the genitals. These males are beautiful with the standards of the time (incredibly muscular) They seem somewhat feminine through their faces and the elaborate headbands. This may relate to the renaissance ideas that the most beautiful men had feminine attributes. They are in artful, complex poses that draw attention to their bodies.