C om

pr eh

en si

ve S

ta te

m en

t

• In

m y

jo ur

ne y

of A

rt A

pp re

ci at

io n,

I ha

ve di

sc ov

er ed

a rt

’s in

flu en

ce th

ro ug

ho ut

h is

to ry

. Pa

st a

rt is

ts u

se d

a br

oa d

ra ng

e of

a rt

fo rm

s to

ex pr

es s

fe el

in gs

, i ns

ig ht

s, a

nd e

xp er

ie nc

es (F

ra nk

, 2 01

4) .

• I h

av e

co m

e to

u nd

er st

an d

th at

a rt

is a

m ea

ns to

te ll

a st

or y

fr om

th e

ey es

o r p

er sp

ec tiv

e of

th e

ar tis

t d ur

in g

a pa

rt ic

ul ar

m om

en t i

n tim

e w

ith us

e of

a p

ar tic

ul ar

m ed

iu m

(F ra

nk , 2

01 4)

.

C om

pr eh

en si

ve S

ta te

m en

t •

M y

A rt

G al

le ry

fo cu

se s

on th

e w

or ks

o f

M ic

he la

ng el

o, w

ho se

h ad

g re

at in

flu en

ce in

th e

ci tie

s of

F lo

re nc

e, R

om e,

a nd

V en

ic e

du ri

ng th

e H

ig h

R en

ai ss

an ce

. I d

is co

ve re

d th

at h

e de

m on

st ra

te d

hi s

in ve

st ig

at iv

e an

d cr

ea tiv

e m

in d

in h

is jo

ur na

ls , d

oc um

en tin

g hi

s re

se ar

ch in

n ot

es an

d dr

aw in

gs th

at w

er e

fil le

d w

ith s

tu di

es o

f hu

m an

a na

to m

y an

d id

ea s

fo r m

ec ha

ni ca

l de

vi ce

s. H

is e

xp lo

ra tio

ns p

la ce

d hi

m a

t t he

fo re

fr on

t o f t

he s

ci en

tifi c

de ve

lo pm

en t o

f h is

tim e

(F ra

nk , 2

01 4)

.

C om

pr eh

en si

ve S

ta te

m en

t: A

rt C

ri tic

is m

T he

or y

• Fr

om m

y re

se ar

ch , I

fe el

th at

M ic

he la

ng el

o’ s

w or

k is

a g

re at

e xa

m pl

e of

a ll

of th

e ar

t c ri

tic is

m th

eo ri

es .

T he

F or

m al

T he

or y

fo cu

se s

on th

e te

ch ni

ca l s

ki ll

of th

e ar

tis t,

an d

M ic

he la

ng el

o’ s

w or

k is

v ir

tu al

ly fl

aw le

ss .

H is

w or

k w

as a

ls o

im po

rt an

t t o

th e

tim es

a nd

in flu

en ce

d by

s oc

ie ty

, w

or ki

ng w

ith th

e C

on te

xt ua

l T he

or y.

H is

L as

t Ju

dg m

en t p

ai nt

in g

ex pr

es se

s a

gr ea

t d ea

l o f

em ot

io n,

m ak

in g

it a

pe rf

ec t e

xa m

pl e

of th

e E

xp re

ss iv

e T

he or

y.

C om

pr eh

en si

ve S

ta te

m en

t: A

rt ’s

R ol

e in

S oc

ie ty

• I h

av e

le ar

ne d

fr om

re se

ar ch

in g

th at

d ur

in g

th e

It al

ia n

R en

ai ss

an ce

M ic

he la

ng el

o cr

ea te

d m

an y

sc ul

pt ur

al m

as te

rp ie

ce s

th at

e xp

re ss

ed m

an y

R en

ai ss

an ce

id ea

s. H

is m

os t r

en ow

ne d

sc ul

pt ur

e, D av id

, s ym

bo liz

ed fr

ee do

m fr

om o

pp re

ss io

n fo

r Fl

or en

ce , w

hi ch

h ad

ju st

b ec

om e

a re

pu bl

ic .

M ic

he la

ng el

o’ s D av id

d ep

ic te

d a

po w

er fu

l i m

ag e

of D

av id

. T he

p os

iti on

o f h

is h

an ds

a nd

h is

ri go

ro us

fa ci

al e

xp re

ss io

n in

di ca

te s

th at

h e

is re

ad y

fo r c

om ba

t ( Fr

an k,

2 01

4) .

C on

cl us

io n

• T

hi s

jo ur

ne y

in to

a rt

, b y

m ea

ns o

f m y

A rt

G al

le ry

, h as

g re

at ly

in flu

en ce

d m

y da

ily li

fe .

I ha

ve b

ec om

e m

or e

aw ar

e of

th e

ar tw

or ks

a ro

un d

m e,

a nd

I ev

en a

pp re

ci at

e co

m m

er ci

al s

be ca

us e

I kn

ow th

at s

om eo

ne h

ad to

c om

e up

w ith

th e

id ea

an d

m ar

ke t i

t!