Effect of the religious environment

Effect of the religious environment

Introduction

Most of the time, art is involved in ceremonies and other practices. Much of the art related to religion applies symbolic images that pertain to the perceptions. Renaissance art is the sculpture, painting, and decorative arts of the time of European history.

Effect of the religious environment

The cultural rebirth which occurred at the beginning of the 15^th century affected most parts of the society. Turning from Romanesque and Gothic periods, the artists (Florentine) spurred glories rejuvenation of the classical art in reflection with the more individualistic and humanistic emerging modern era. Based on the new flourishing environment that influenced people to develop themselves in humanities, the artists created work strengthened by theology, philosophy, and design. The new suggest which evolved beyond the stories of traditional religion dominated art. The art practices were no longer means to raise devotional solely, but a means to document events and people of the modern era.

The transitory high renaissance of Michelangelo, Raphael, and Leonardo da Vinci changed catholic art, basically breaking with ancient iconography that was unified with religious conventions for the composition that reflected renaissance humanism influence and the artistic imperatives.  Most of the pictures in the 15^th century was religious. The church commissioned the artwork for some reason. The first reason was indoctrination, pure images relayed meaning to the illiterate people. The other purpose was to make it easy to recall saints’ depictions and other figures they came into contact with during life activities. The church also commissioned artwork to motivate the viewer’s heart since it was an easy way to do with the image in comparison with the words.

The religious environment also affected the art practices in negative manner since destruction took place to some extent. Views of many religious people like Zwingli and Calvin and other people perceived images like idolatry, and in this area, arts were destroyed. The destructive process took place until the mid-17^th century. The destruction was carried out in different ways in various places. For example, in England, religious art destruction was intense and heavy. However, some arts which seemed expensive to replace were spared like illuminated manuscripts, stone sculpture, and stained-glass windows. The religious war made some artists find an escape to Italy parts, and practicing their career was somehow difficult for them.

The renaissance art to realism was driven by humanism notion, which is the foundation for various achievements. Despite the fact that the humanism downplayed the religion, the religion relationship with the worth and dignity of people played a big part in affecting the art practices. In visual arts, humanism played a significant role in influencing art practices. The humanism notion stood for the individual figure emergence in symbolic and stereotyped figures. The idea also held for the consequent and greater realism to detail as linear perspective development and developing the human faces bodies and realism. The new approach assists in explaining the reason behind covering classical sculpture and the reason Byzantine art expired.

In various parts of Europe, early renaissance art was built with Late Medieval art. The Renaissance painting, art, architecture, and sculpture made during the 14^th century to 15 centuries under the composed influence of increased cautions of classical learning revival, nature, and individualistic view of a human being. The humanistic learning, nature interest, and individualism was present in 15^th to 16the century alongside economic and social changes like secularization in day to day activities. The religion presence made people aware of the various benefits offered by the arts. Religion influence affected the literature, philosophy, architecture, government, and science. For example, some governments become aware of the benefits which arts can bring to the economy by attracting tourists.

Conclusion

Art is symbolic, and to many people, it got the various meaning. Religion use art in different places to represent a way of worship or to symbolize other things. In modern society, art depends on society and culture and what people perceive. There are people with negative perceptions different who have a positive attitude based on their background.