Hi, guys! Today, I'll be discussing two time periods that relate back to the past four lectures and find the connections between them based on finishes use during these times. The time periods I've chosen to discuss are the classical Greek and Renaissance.
While watching these lecture, I noticed that there were a lot of connections going from one period to another, even if there were only slight changes made to certain techniques or designs, based on their finishes. Something that kept catching my eye was the use of geometry and mathematics in order to create a full composition; Fibonacci sequence (which I remembered learning and enjoying in high school) is one of the main formulas used during the Renaissance period. The examples I'd like to share are of the tesserae tile flooring patterns from ancient Greece (and triclinium in Rome) from the images shown in Lecture 4 and the intarsia patterns in the Duke of Urbino's studiolo (a closet-like space where someone could store their most private and personal belongings). Each design is very two-dimensional, but also have a sense of depth due to the use of geometric patterns. Although the studiolo represents more perspective than geometry, if you thoroughly look at the image you'll be able to see the geometric aesthetic.
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