TY - JOUR T1 - Painting and Music: Renaissance Expressions of Harmony AU - Tokgöz, Hande PY - 2025 DA - June Y2 - 2025 DO - 10.26650/CONS2025-1686319 JF - Konservatoryum PB - Istanbul University WT - DergiPark SN - 2618-5695 SP - 129 EP - 144 VL - 12 IS - 1 LA - en AB - This study examines the aesthetic and thematic parallels between visual arts and music during the Renaissance from an interdisciplinary perspective. Its aim is to explore how aesthetic values and thematic elements are reflected concurrently across both art forms. Initially, an analysis of Leonardo da Vinci’s The Virgin of the Rocks and Josquin des Prez’s Ave Maria… Virgo Serena reveals key Renaissance ideals such as harmony, balance, and humanism. Subsequently, a comparative examination of Sandro Botticelli’s The Adoration of the Magi and Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine, alongside Raphael’s The Sistine Madonna and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina’s Missa Papae Marcelli, is undertaken. 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