Musical Instruments In Renaissance Paintings

Abstract Art, the language of ideas and concepts, comprises a multitude of means of manifestation through sound, word, color, gesture, etc., between which there is often an interconnection. This article highlights some aspects of the aesthetics of the Renaissance period in which artists, starting fr...

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Published inReview of artistic education Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 177 - 185
Main Author Simion, Aurelia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Sciendo 01.06.2021
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masters
musical instruments
renaissance
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Summary:Abstract Art, the language of ideas and concepts, comprises a multitude of means of manifestation through sound, word, color, gesture, etc., between which there is often an interconnection. This article highlights some aspects of the aesthetics of the Renaissance period in which artists, starting from Italy, focused on realism and human emotion in art, but also on the interconnection between two arts - painting and music. In this sense, we turned our attention to identifying the symbolic role of the musical instruments of that period represented in paintings by some notable masters from Italy, Flanders and Germany.
ISSN:2501-238X
2501-238X
DOI:10.2478/rae-2021-0022