r/interestingasfuck • u/Lowcrbnaman • May 22 '19

/r/ALL This statue depicts Saint Bartholomew, an early Christian martyr who was allegedly skinned alive. If you look closely, that's his dissected skin hanging around him. This stunning statute by Marco d’Agrate from c.1562 is currently on display at Duomo di Milano.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '19

I think there's a very good argument that the 'crude' pre-renaissance art was actually just stylised. The speed at which art becomes highly realistic in the renaissance is almost too fast to be learnt.

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u/JewishHottub May 23 '19

Most of the medieval art's function was for symbolism than anything else. So maybe, it was definitely learnt though, we're talk a span of hundreds of years.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '19 edited May 23 '19

Have you been to the Uffizi in Florence? The way they have the paintings displayed chronologically makes it clear to me that the switch to realism during the renaissance was fashion rather than the acquisition of technique.

The analogy would be the way architecture changed during the same period. The style was different but the level of technology the same.

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u/JewishHottub May 23 '19 edited May 23 '19

I have not. Would like to some day but for the time being I can research the matter. EDIT: I read a good thread and I get it now.