Art in the Bible
An abstract look at a renaissance perception of the Bible
Table of Contents
Part 1 The Painting
Part 2 A compalation of abstract ideas
Part 3 Components of the picture
Part 4 A few thesis statements
Part 5 The essay
Art in the Bible
Many perceive
this world as completly dichotomus. For many people they
will go through their whole life thinking that there is nothing in between black
and white. This may present a formidable situation for many, however, for
Michelangelo this was not clear enough. He took the Christian religion that was
important to him and the society that he lived in and perceive
d it a way more
accoustomed to the modern world. He created a sense of greyness in a world that
was previously perceive
d as only black and white. In his depiction of Adam and
Eve being expelled from the garden of Eden he sets up a dichotomus world but
through subtile and not so subtile hints he shows the observer that he doesn't
perceive
the world in this way. He creates this grey world to show the observer
that the world is not all really black and white.
The painting is really divided into two separate pictures. One depictng
the "good" scene inside the Garden of Eden. The other side depicting the "bad"
scence, outside the garden of Eden. Michelangelo splits the picture like this so
that he can create the dichotomus world on which his painting will be based.
Although the whole theme is the non-dichotomusness of the world he must do this
so that people will have something to relate to. Once this has been achieved he
can continue to paint in the greyness whick joins the ...