Botticelli vs. da Vinci -- 2001-2002 Cultural Literacy Class Forum

[ Show ]

Support VoyForums

[ Shrink ]

VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: [1] ]

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 12:52:52 12/06/01 Thu
Author: Meghan Kurta
Subject:

Botticelli vs. da Vinci

Personally, I cannot decide whose style I enjoy more, I admire aspects of each artists work. Botticelli's work deals with more mythological figures, which make his work, to me, to be more interesting to look at. Since the figures are not ones that we typically see in art today, the paintings allow the audience to perhaps think slightly more about the meaning behind each figure. I also like how in The Allegory of Spring Botticelli has depicted several scenes of action in one painting. Da Vinci's work, from what we have seen in the textbook, seems to deal more with Christian figures, such as is seen in the Last Supper. I find da Vinci's use of darker colors, as well as the "smokey" affect of his art to be very beautiful to look at. One similarity I have noticed between the Allegory of Spring and the Last Supper is the artists ability to depict several scenes of action in one piece, as mentioned above. However, I feel that da Vinci is better at portraying individual emotions, as scene in closer observances of the disciples faces.

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]