To address this question we must distinguish between shared knowledge and personal knowledge. Shared knowledge is information that is known by most people in regards to a community. This might include facts or interpretations that are common among a community. For example utilitarianism in ethics is the greatest good for the greatest amount of people. Personal knowledge is the knowledge acquired from the experiences of a certain individual. I would say that shared knowledge shapes personal knowledge. This is mainly because from the day we are born we are influenced by many factors that define our character, such as culture, parents, education or religion. Over the course of history we have seen leaders that transformed vast populations with …show more content…
Realism refers to a specific technique of representing medium realistically without any modifications. The Catholic church was the supreme ruler of most of Europe at the the time of realism art movement. Perhaps, this is a reason for seeing numerous figures of christianity and biblical stories depicted in art works at that time. Most of the population was christian at the time of the realism movement and the shared knowledge was that of religion so the paintings of biblical stories were seen as devotional objects. The shared knowledge provided by the church has influenced many artists of that time who are still remembered today. For instance, Michelangelo one of the most famous artist of that time hit the peak of his career when he painted the ceiling of the Sistine chapel narrating stories from the book of genesis from the old testament. On the grounds that churches were an important part of social and cultural life of european population, has influenced the artists to paint and sculpt accordingly; as the shared knowledge was that of religious grounds. Images were portrayed realistically as any modification of what christian figures (i.e saints or angels) might have looked like would have been considered as
Art in the early Renaissance began with artists such as Giotto, who was credited with beginning a new style of art that Masaccio had taken up and integrated into his art later in the Renaissance. This specific style, being the use of massive figures, relation of background/landscapes to figures, and visual representation of perspective, was utilized by Masaccio in his frescoes in the Brancacci chapel. Masaccio’s Tribute Money is showing a biblical tale ,as the renaissance was not entirely anti religion, but with subjects that are being made to look realistic through a use of perspective (vanishing point, horizon line, etc,) and it is said that Masaccio's work was said to be “ living, natural, and real”. Artists such as Uccello took this style and adapted it to also make his art more realistic by using figures to show the laws of perspective, while others like Pollaiuolo
Michelangelo’s art, which relied heavily on the human body reflected the Renaissance Period’s interest in humanism and the individual experience. Michelangelo often studied the human anatomy, and even looked at and dissected corpses. Great examples of this are two of his earlier sculptures; the Pietå and the David, revealed his true talent and also his disposition to bend rules of anatomy and proportion i the service of greater expressive power. His ability to portray humans in the Renaissance Period, which was his great talent, showing the values of the period though his sculptures and paintings, which appealed to the people of this period. Arguably his most well known work, the painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, which was painted to show humanity’s need for salvation offered by God through Jesus.
Both of the paintings by Michelangelo are excellent examples of Renaissance era art. These two paintings are the Last Judgment and the Sistine Chapel ceiling. The ceiling was worked on from 1508 to 1512 and shows many themes common throughout Renaissance art. One of the most prominent is the stunning realism in both pieces. Despite there being hundreds of figures is both pieces each is extremely realistic. There’s a huge stress on the human figure in this painting and they look as though they could be real people. There’s also a fair amount of perspective, although this isn’t one of the most important parts of the paintings.
The main argument here is that the knowledge represents for me the basis of my values, from which I learned most things, which in return guided me to the other good values like the honesty, responsibility and accountability. I highly believe that the knowledge is the major source of all other good
The use of realism changed the way paintings were viewed. The detail,in the paintings were something that people haven't seen before. The painters were extraordinary at their craft. One example of one of these painters was Michelangelo. Michelangelo was an amazing painter and sculptor.
How do you know beyond what you already know without expanding our knowledge, making discoveries? People know what they know based off of experience or receiving information from a knowledgeable person. People with raised in a concentrated society with one culture don't really adapt to new cultures and ideas easily. For example, my parents were raised in Haiti where there's one culture, one race, one society. Adapting to America's diverse culture and races was weird for them. The mentally they were raised with, what's right and wrong, stayed with them. They became aware of other's ideas and beliefs, but it didn't mean they'd pick it up and apply it to their lives... which they didn't.
When looking at the religious and the cultural aspects of Michelangelo's paintings, it shows that both his cultural beliefs and his religious beliefs are both very strong and appeal to him. At different points of his life, he uses one or the other to express different points that he is going through. The culture of his upbringing and those around him was to obey and follow the church. If the church said something was wrong, then you obeyed. The church had control of how daily life was carried out. However, Michelangelo helped to change things through his painting and actions to reform the church. As our book by Tillich states "An artistic style is honest only if it expresses the real situation of the artist and the cultural period to which he belongs".
Catholicism by suggesting the certain standard of religious art capture the beauty of divinity and
Art during The Renaissance brought about a style of realism that led into the portrayal of perfection and movement associated with the Baroque art of the 17th century while continuing the undertones of religion affiliated with the Middle Ages. While people who share beliefs with Burckhardt would say that the perfection of the Renaissance style art was a drastic shift from the crude gothic art of Medieval Times, it still contained much of the religious overtones prevalent in its predecessors, depicting saints and Jesus Christ himself in much of it. There were several statues depicting David, from the biblical story of David and Goliath, and entire chapel ceiling painted by Michelangelo, and one
During the Renaissance, Artists were greatly influenced by the Romans. However, the Romans imitated the great works of art from the Greeks. The idea of realism became a part of the artistic culture, where artists portrayed their subjects in a straightforward a manner as possible without following any formal artistic method. However, as time kept passing by, artists implemented humanism in their art. Humanism is the human potential that humans have, that artists portrayed in their art. Artists of the time showed the potential that humans had in becoming like God. Da Vinci was influenced by this movement, and used techniques that showed the movements of people in his paintings so that the viewers can be moved by the emotions of his subjects.
Art in the Medieval Times was dreary and bland. Many works of art were solely about God or holy figures. The most obvious change from the Renaissance to Medieval Times was the arts, according to Document A and also that “One begins to know the names of the artists ... feel stronger emotions in the subjects”. This shows that Renaissance art not only changed in style, in changed in how it made the viewer feel when seeing the art. Similarly, in Document A, Renaissance art is described as “new artistic styles would echo the broader movements and interests of the new age.…”. As compared to Medieval Times, the style of art became something similar to the time that people could relate to. In the Medieval Times, art was just meant to extol God’s many feats. People who viewed the painting were supposed to put that style of art on a pedestal. Medieval art was supposed to be worshipped, not so much understood. The individual in the Medieval Times was supposed to take away from the painting that the only thing that mattered in their life was the Roman Catholic church and God already had a plan for their lives. But in comparison, Renaissance art was supposed to empower and help people of the time to understand themselves and the fact that they can change their own lives.
The realism era came about during the time of the Romantics, the time where imagination and ideology painted the artists canvas. To be a realist meant that an artist would paint what he actually saw and not an idea of something. For instance, if an artist were to paint a depiction of war, then all the gruesome details would probably be considered in the piece of art. The artist that essentially paved the way out of Romanticism and into the era of Realism was Gustave Courbet considered by some to be the first realist. He dismissed academic painting and insisted that Realist painting was only what one could actually see. His most famous statement is “I have never seen an angel. Show me an angel, and I’ll paint one.”
Michaelango painted the Sistine Chapel, which is located in the Vatican in Rome. The Sistine Chapel depicted the book of Genesis. The manner in which it was painted was unlike another at the time, all the characters in the Sistine chapel are very life like and realistic. Also it was one of the first times that religion was painted by the painters opinion of the events. The arts led to new ways of thinking.
It needs to be unleashed into a certain direction, to reach a certain goal we can work towards. In this situation, it becomes fuel for our efforts instead of a burden. Knowledge wants to be used. It is a tool, which if left unused, only rusts, but it makes us able to do tremendous amounts of work in a given space of time, if wielded properly. Knowledge needs clear targets to deliver. Knowledge needs to be organised. If we are consciously using our knowledge and we follow the whispers of our instincts that guide us, highlighting the way we want to go, then we acquired real, useful, palpable, effective specific
Knowledge is defined to be facts, information, and skills acquired through experience or education. There are two categories that fall under knowledge; personal knowledge and shared knowledge. Shared knowledge refers to what “we know because.” It can also be defined as communicated and constructed knowledge; within culture, social norms, and semiotics. Personal knowledge refers to “I know because.” An expanded definition of personal knowledge refers to personal experiences, values, and perceptions. Shared knowledge changes and evolves over time because of methods that are continuously shared. It is assembled by a group of people. Personal knowledge, on the other hand, depends crucially on the experiences of a particular individual. It is gained