If you’re looking to decorate your home, Renaissance style tapestries can make your home truly beautiful.
Why?
Many consider art from this era one of the finest in all of history.
Have a look at the Cupidon here as an example:
This work shows an angel in the style of Renaissance art, where beauty was highly regarded and evolved in beauty and a sense of realism that evolved from the late medieval era.
This represents a departure from the art era before, which was more illustrative in style.
The Renaissance occurred between the 14th and 17th century, beginning in Florence, Italy, and it’s influence spread to the rest of Europe.
The word itself means a ‘rebirth’ in artistic development, and this included the areas of art, architecture, medicine, technology, and philosophy.
The Italian Renaissance was a very important period of history which has influenced both science and art to this very day.
It is this increased knowledge of science which gave rise to the increased awareness and even scrutiny of art, which included anatomically accurate renditions of the human form, such as shown in the works of Da Vinci of the human body, and Michaelangelo’s statue of David.
In fact, the development of both art and science was exemplified by Da Vinci who was a revolutionary of both.
Now in today’s world, renaissance tapestries inspired by this era can be used to superb effect to beautify your home.
These works for home decor, adds a unique and specific feel to your home that such art can give.
What Renaissance art tapestries provide are that it:
1. Adds an element of history to the setting.
As will most works from the Italian renaissance, there is a load of meaning and story attached. In the Botticelli work depicting Venus’ birth in the Spring Boticelli tapestry above, the gathering of Venus with cupid with the other deities is loaded with meaning and different interpretations.
It is a celebration of spring and regrowth and introduces us to the idea of Neoplatonic love which implies the love that ties all things.
As with many works from this era, it was commissioned by the Medici family, a banking family which stimulated many works which emerged from the era.
2. Adds a special beauty
See the Raphael’s Angels tapestry here
If you love classical art, then these tapestries provide a beauty that is refined and elegant.
Many works from the Italian renaissance has a timeless beauty about it that lasts forever.
Sometimes with modern art, depending on the trend, works may go in and out of fashion. But the Italian masters have produced works which have an appeal that lasts forever.
A superb way to decorate your home and give it that sense of eternal beauty. And being a tapestry, it has a sense of presence, that no other wall decor has.
You feel the presence of the tapestry and you and your loved ones will feel and enjoy the tapestry.
People often comment that the room has transformed and feels different.
See John VIII Palaelogus tapestry
3. Transport you in place and time.
Yes, when you look at the tapestry, you get transported in time and place to a world that is depicted on the tapestry.
In a mythological scene such as Primavera or Le Printemps, you look into the scene and become lost in the world of mythology and landscape.
Or on a fun note, the Angels of Raphael in the Raphael’s angels tapestry above, you get a sense of being right with the angels in the Sistine Madonna.
So as you can see, you can add a renaissance style tapestry to your home to turn a room into literally an Italian art movement.
You get a rich historical meaning, a sense of beauty and sense of presence with a tapestry, and get transported into the mythological and artistic world of the renaissance when you look at the tapestry.
See Battle of Anghiari tapestry
So the steps are:
1. Choose a wall that you want to decorate and measure its size. It could be the bedroom, the lounge, the dining room, the home office or hall.
2. To have a look at a range of tapestries to see which ones you like.
3. Select a tapestry that you like.
4. Select a tapestry rod to match.
5. Install the tapestry which is easy to do: the instructions are in the packaging and the bracket of the tapestry hanger goes into the wall, then the rod and tapestry goes on.
6. Enjoy your tapestry.
In terms of choice of color of tapestry, you can also choose to have a little bit of a match or complement somewhere.
For example, if your tapestry has many beiges, then have a little bit of beige, browns, or creams somewhere in the room so that there is a relationship there. This is a secret not only for renaissance art, but for any style of wall decor. If you do this, the wall decor will tie in beautifully.
So have a look at our art tapestries including fine art, impressionism and modern and see which ones you like.
There is a work to suit every taste!
So decorate your home with beautiful Renaissance style tapestries, and enjoy its wonderful effect on your home.