Intro and Conclusion~

Mini Midterm Pre-write

Art itself can act as a biography for an entire civilization and its’ development. (T) As we follow through each individual era of Christin rule, we see the prominent philosophy during the time portrayed through the art. (MS1) During the Dark Ages, St. Augustine’s concept of an ugly, sinful, physical world was portrayed through the architecture of religious buildings such as Old St. Peters Basilica. (MS2) This concept was overturned with the ride of Neo Platonism during the Middle Ages, which triggered the birth of Gothic architecutre that mainly focused on light. (MS3) Finally in the Renaissance period, we begin to see the borrowing of Islamic ideas, which presents us with more advanced tools to make better art with.

The math skills that were introduced by the Muslims will contribute to the intricate beauty of architecture. Brunelleschi was able to take in Giotto’s concept of linear perspective and perfect it with math. The combination of linear perspective and perfect math produced the most realistic art, which many artists strived to attain during the time. Unfortuantely, he did not publish his findings and both artists and audience would have to be patient for Alberti until the combination of art and math arose once again. Alberti managed to do what Brunelleschi had done but this time he published these findings and distributed it to all artists so that everyone could do this mathematically correct art. Applying math to art resulted in the construction of multiple amazing building structures such as the Great Mosque of Samara. It has a proportional minaret that is 52 meters tall, which requires precise calculations or else it would collapse most likely after the first couple meters. As a mosque, it was a religious place for prayer bu structurallly, it was built with the breakthrough of precise mathematics. Another example of the bomination of art and precise calculations is the Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci. The focal point is Jesus’ head within the center and all lines point to his face. The architecutre all point to this central point and the middle door acts like an architectural halo around Jesus Christ. A majority of buildings constructed during the Renaissance is a perfect blend of religioin and mathematics.

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