A Summary Of Michelangelo's Commodus

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The bust of Commodus is one of the most famous masterpieces of Roman portaiture and depicts the emperor as the reincartion of the heroe Hercules. Commodus is seen wearing the lions skin over his head, holding the club in his right hand, and the goldent apple of Hesperides in his left hand as a reminder of how he is seen to be as the greek hero Hercules. Two amazon woman are keeneling on the base beside a globe with sign of zodiac. These zodiac sifns show imporatn mimens in Commodus’s life.. On top of the globe is a cornucopia with the Amazon’s shield, one long enough to alomost cover his torso. Conucopiae, a “horn of plenty” full of fruits and representing prepsperity and fertility and abundance. This repersents a new golden era that Commosud …show more content…

The drapery is full and soft theirs contrast of light and shade are moderated, the antomony is strong and tough but without exaggeration and there is an almost absolute smoothness of surface, evidence of the care and patience with which Michelangelo treated marble ( his favorite material). Michelangelo made the marble seem like flesh and bought it o life. Each work compass to form s dimple geometrical composition for Pieta.
Demonstrates the Renaissance preference for the pyramidal method, it also emphasizes the importance association of realism with very strict composition. Realism id interpreted here in spirit tather than letter: note how the Christ is depicted relatively smaller than the Virgin Mary in order to bring out the mother son relationship.
The youthfulness of the Virgin Mary in relation to her son is because they see her age as a symbol consciously chosen by the artist, to reflect the immaculate natures of the Mother of Jesus uncorrupted by sin.
The pieta was a popular subject among Northern European artists. It mean “Pity or Compassion”, and represents Mary sorrowfully contemplating the dead body of her son which she holds on her lap. This sculpture was commissioned by a French Cardinal living in

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