Personal opinion of a member of the history club - Art clearly shows the situation of that era

 Come to think of it... I feel that there is no more precious data that conveys the pain or feeling of the times than art sculptures. Let's get to the point. When you look at Greek sculptures, you will think that they are very beautiful first. The sophistication, the perfect proportion of human body shape, and the wow you can feel from the face... This shows what the Greeks were based on at the time. At that time, the Greeks believed they were the center of the world and had always pursued human perfection... Those Greek tendencies appear in their sculptures... However, God's authority took precedence when we went to Romanesque in the Middle Ages. At that time, Christians weren't that popular yet. Jesus, the last judge, came as a great shock and fear to the public at the time. It was a very confusing time, so the concept of being judged and going up to the sky came to the best safety for Europeans at the time. Even Jesus' appearance was depicted as a completely European bearded king, not as a widely known figure today. During this period, so many people did not know about writing, so the cathedral was filled with countless biblical ornaments, as well as decorations that convey the Bible's words. Looking at Gothic, the same medieval period, you can see that faith in the Holy Mother is solidified. All the cathedrals of the Gothic period have rose windows, that is, the concept of Maria becoming a lawyer for mankind was widely spread by looking at the cathedrals of that time and the decorations of that cathedral. During the Gothic period, you can see at once that the cathedral was much larger and more colorful than before. It shows that people of that era expressed their regionalism through the cathedral. When the Renaissance began after the times continued to pass, you can see that people pursued the perfection, sophistication, and awariness of Rome and Greece again. Their paintings show their efforts to gradually break away from the church's authority. And strangely, all the paintings of this period have one thing in common. It's a triangle... It was consistent that a picture, a stone sculpture, or a triangle was used as a basic model, and the reason for that was small... Since then, mannerism has arisen, which is a blatant backlash against the Catholic Church, indicating that the feelings of the painting have changed a lot. The abnormally long-necked picture of Maria just throwing the baby Jesus to the ground seems to represent the heart of this period. Time goes by and over again... Baroque, neoclassic, and romanticism arise, and I think the art era that best expressed dissatisfaction with society is realism. It can be seen that the people of realism felt skepticism about the industrial revolution and liked Karl Marx's theory more than capitalism, which used workers terribly. Each of their paintings was expressing their dissatisfaction with society... Then, I am very curious about how the works of art of the present era will be evaluated by future generations.