Week 3: Italian Renassaince

• • When the Renaissance came into full swing, the study of anatomy and the body was at the forefront of the interest in artists, scientists and scholars in general. For artists, the study of anatomy allowed them to put elaborate detail in their at work, and present the ideal and the perfection of the human body. In Pollaiuolo’s engraving, The Battle of The Nudes, every human presented in the piece is given precise detail and muscle structure
    The study of the human body was steamed after the love and study of the body the Greeks and their perfection in their sculptures. In the presentation of the bodies in Pallaiuolo's engraving is thought to have been presented as a model of the human body for other artists of the time as apposed to be a presentation of a story. The piece does, however is thought to tell a story about an episode from the life of Hercules. According to an ancient Greek Myth, the Greek Hero Jason sowed a field with dragon's teeth, and armed men sprang up and started fighting each other.
    The battle depicted shows ten nude men fighting for what it seems like their life. Their bodies are tense, and every thing down to the looks on their faces have tension, showing that what ever battle they are fighting is a very deep and tragic one.
    I feel this piece is important to the Renaissance and to our time now because it shows every muscle in the human body tense and full of emotion. The amount of detail and precision Pollaiuolo puts into the work makes the bodies emanate the idea of body perfection, and allows the viewer to really understand the concept of perfection and take that knowledge into their own work.
    There is a part of me that doesn't like this piece because of the amount of tension. I feel that even the corn behind the men is in tension and I feel like it is unnecessary. I feel that the idea of human perfection and the story of the Greek Hero Jason could have been presented without the amount of tension in the background.
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