Categories: All - techniques - medieval - renaissance

by Per Haaland 12 years ago

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Examining fencing manual illustrations involves understanding the context and intent behind these depictions. Artists like Da Vinci and Dürer created works during the high to late medieval period and the Renaissance, where style and skill in art varied significantly.

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how to interpret fencing manual illustrations.

can we trust the pictures?

other depictions

what did the artist really want to convey?
neoclassisistic ideals
was the artist aware of martial arts techniques?
da vinci
Dürer

fencing manuscripts

body positions
footwork
stylistic vs anatomically correct?
how can we know the difference?
what is anatomically correct?

artistic and style features

rennaissance and later times
neoclassisistic stylization

classical ideals in art

archaisms

new interest in classical arts and sculpture
central perspective
high to late medieval times
religious motives
stylized depiction of man and nature
skill and style varied much from artist to artist
from early medieval times
intellectual life and science mostly confined within the clerical and religious sphere
artistic expressions mostly religious
decline of classical arts