how to interpret fencing manual illustrations.
artistic and style features
from early medieval times
decline of classical arts
artistic expressions mostly religious
intellectual life and science mostly confined within the clerical and religious sphere
high to late medieval times
skill and style varied much from artist to artist
stylized depiction of man and nature
religious motives
rennaissance and later times
central perspective
new interest in classical arts and sculpture
neoclassisistic stylization
archaisms
classical ideals in art
fencing manuscripts
stylistic vs anatomically correct?
what is anatomically correct?
how can we know the difference?
footwork
body positions
other depictions
was the artist aware of martial arts techniques?
Dürer
da vinci
what did the artist really want to convey?
neoclassisistic ideals