Donatello, Raphael, Michaelangelo, and Leonardo de Vinci were the names of the Teenage Mutant Ninja turtles, but who were they named after and what is their link to the history of psychology?
Renaissance is the period in European culture that lasted in XIV-XVI century. It declared realism, humanism, and secularization, as well as interes in natural science. Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Leonardo de Vinci are the most outstanding personalities that represent this period. Though each artist had many skills and talents some dominants may be outlined.
Donatello is mostly famous as a sculptor. He was genuinely interested in the realistic representation of human body and facial expressions, in order to show psychological sate of the character. This attempt to expose the essence of things is visible in the statue of John the Baptist, this sculpture shows new understanding of psychological reality that is conected with emotional anxieties. Raphhael is mainly remembered for paintings, frescoes in Sistine Chapel and portrays that recreate different spectrum of emotions and psychological stats. Michelangelo was a painter, architect and poet, but is mainly known as sculptor, author of the “Pieta”. This work of art reveals the sorrow of Mary with the body of Jesus on her laps. There is also a Michelangelo phenomenon in the psychology. It occurs when interdependent individuals sculpt alternative versions of each other, like Michelangelo approached sculpting as uncovering and revealing the figures hidden in stone. Leonardo de Vinci was the leader of Renaissance he was not just an artist but also a scientist inventor and philosopher. His best works the Mona Lisa, the Last Supper and the picture of the Vitruvian Man are famous world-wide.
Discussed Renaissance figures rediscovered antique approach to anatomy and natural sciences in general, paid attention to emotions, psychological characteristics an behavior of human beings and used that knowledge during the creation of their works of art. Their view on human may be considered a key to scientific …
