Thursday, February 22, 2018

High Renaissance Art History 4/12


How does Raphael’s the School of Athens exemplify the High Renaissance? 
     Raphael’s School of Athens represented a culmination of artistic works from the previous age - the Early Renaissance. During the High Renaissance artists no longer dwelled on the distant past and classical pieces of previous eras but were using their advanced tools, technology, and training to build that perfect piece of art that displayed their level of high talent and confidence. 

Using the images from the text, what work/s do you think best represent/exemplify the High Renaissance and why? 

Art: A Brief History Stockstad, Cothren (Fig. 13-1 page 334)

     The piece of art that best represents the High Renaissance is Raphael’s School of Athens. According to Art A Brief History, Stockstad, Cothren page 340, “Rome rose to become the most active Italian artistic and intellectual center” during the time of the High Renaissance. This is why so many of the Popes sought for architectural changes and paid large amounts of money towards artistic decorating that artists of this era were able to convey with improved thoughts on philosophy, theology, arts and laws upon other core values. 
     With that being kept in mind, the work Raphael did with the School of Athens painting is a perfect mix of everything that was going on throughout the sixteenth century with religion, science, and the arts. The School of Athens displayed sweeping arcs and with the composition of the statues in the background, the group of people separated by a central axis, and such great detail with even the way Plato was pointing to sky and holding one of his books demonstrating the scholarly knowledge and use of geometry in this era.   

If you were to create a Modern Day School of Athens from leaders in your fields of study whom would you include and why?

     As I continue to pursue my Sports Marketing and Media degree, I would have Sports Agents the topic of my “School of Athens” painting. Just like the High Renaissance had in its three great artists (Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael) I would pick three legends of the sports agents’ world and include them into the painting. For this painting I would pick Dr. Lynn Lashbrook of Sports Management Worldwide, Drew Rosenhaus of Rosenhaus Sports, and the deceased Mark McCormack an American golfing agent. All of these individuals lifted the sports agents’ world to unseen wealth and prosperity. With the combination of book smarts and aggressive tactics, these individuals helped make up the sports agents’ market go from individual entrepreneurial business success to a giant corporate structure. 
     Upon further research of the painter Raphael, I would also do a second painting of those same three sports agents. For the second painting I would follow the painting “The Fire in the Borgo” done by Raphael’s assistant-Giulio Romano. I would have the sports agents’ be surrounded by athletes, fans, team managers, and the media in the same style as “The Fire in the Borgo”.  
Sources:

Art: A Brief History, Stockstad, Cothren page 334 & 340

Giulio Romano image of painting:

Information about Drew Rosenhaus below:

Information about Dr. Lynn Lashbrook below:

Information about Mark McCormack below:

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