The piece of art I chose is called Adonis and Venus, the painting is created by the talented artist Tiziano Vecelli, as known as Titian. The current location of the painting is in Madrid, Spain. Titian painting is Oil on Canvas, and the size is 186 cm × 207 cm (73 in × 81 in). Titian was a late Italian Renaissance artist. When I went to the Metropolitan Museum to view the painting, Adonis and Venus it was located in gallery 607. This section of the gallery portrays only Titian artwork such as Venus and the Lute Player, Portrait of a Man, etc. When looking deeper into the painting Adonis and Venus, I noticed the surface was smooth and even. The painting was in good condition however the frame wasn’t. The frame had few damages in the corner. …show more content…
Titian worked in widely differing styles almost the same time. The painting Adonis and Venus he overlapped the colors, painter in the earlier period did not use this technique, they used layers of color and you could tell where the colors were being separated. In Titian’s painting the colors were not in layers, they were blended or mixed to give it richness. Cross-section prepared from paint samples can reveal many layers; although these are usually the result of Titian’s overlapping of different colour areas rather than evidence of a literately complex technique. When he painted Adonis and Venus, Titian’s new inventions were authentic recreations of the antique paintings often described in classical texts. We claimed that Titian’s style is very significant to his artworks but something that is also as important is proportions, in the painting Adonis and Venus Titian didn’t over shadow one figure the other. Everything was in the right size and proportions. The objects like cupid and the dogs were very appealing size, the main focus was on the lovers, which Titian captured very thoroughly. He kept Venus and Adonis the same shape with similar body posture, twisted and agitated. Titian gave life different styles, proportions, and techniques he
We find that, in conclusion, that these pieces are very similar in many ways. They are both originally created in the same style and time period. They are Hellenistic and dramatic, although in their own, individualistic way. Each sculpture was created in different mediums and have different stories. These are both very individualistic pieces of Greco/Roman sculpture that has influenced many artists throughout time and will
Starting with visual elements I saw lines, implied depth, and texture. I see lines by him using lines created by an edge. Each line is curved not straight but it works with the piece. By using this he creates the piece to make it whole. He uses many curved lines within the painting I don’t know if there is a straight line in the whole thing. The next element I saw was implied depth. Using linear perspective you can see the mountains but they look smaller than the rest of the piece. They are the vanishing point in the back making it look as if you can walk down and they will get closer and closer to you. The last element that I saw was texture. They talk about Van Gogh’s painting, The Starry Night having texture through a two- dimensional surface, in which this painting has that similar feel. Van Gogh uses thick brush stokes on his paintings to show his feelings. There is actually a name for this called, Impasto,
Winckelmann like Vasari dealt greatly with the artistic problems concerning representation and imitation of nature including the need for the human beauty in a figure. However he also was interested in art criticism based in historical timelines and causes for the change and evolution of modern art. This greatly seen in this article not only in his thesis that great contemporary art is based in antiquity but also in his explanation for why the Greek art was so well done and why it has risen back into the hands of modern art. First, Greek work came back to contemporary society greatly by the monarch led by Titus who brought authentic work from Greek masters for his artists to learn from and imitate. He also discusses the correlation between the bodies, like that of the Theseus model, with the Greek lifestyle they lived based heavily on training for the Olympic games and the resemblance of youth’s bodies to godlike figures. Great masters of contemporary work use these same bodily model and ideal of beauty in their work. Winckelmann states that their present good taste is due to the fact that they, “partook of good taste at its source.” Overall the Greeks set up rules of art that could be imitated to capture nature and its ideal form of beauty, an idea that many sought to accomplish.
Madonna of the Meadow vs. Venus of Urbino While both the Madonna of the Meadow and Venus of Urbino are spectacular works of art, each differs and is similar in many ways. At first glance, Titian’s Venus of Urbino catches your eye because of the gold tones that Titian incorporated into his painting. Titian’s painting also has a shine to it, that Raphael’s painting does not. Raphael’s painting uses softer hues that play well with his incorporation of infants and the softness and subtle idea of the meadow. Nudity is an aspect that can be noted in both paintings, yet a sense of class is still associated with the painting as well.
This painting, measuring about six-by-seven feet, is a massive work that draws viewers directly to it once they enter the room in which its displayed. It is not covered by any glass and is in a very well-lit area, thus it allows viewers to stand as close as possible to see the details of how Peter Paul Rubens handled his medium. Looking at the painting from a photograph is much different than viewing it up close and in person, because when looking at a photograph, one cannot see the texture of the paint that gives the painting its very delicate, unique, and realistic quality. The work appears to be in very good condition because most of the colors are still very rich and vibrant, such as Adonis’ red garment (Rubens). Although one cannot tell when directly viewing the piece, it has been said that previous use of radiographs for further analysis on the painting uncovered that initially, “Rubens gave A...
Titian’s style of art, and his masterful techniques with religious art, mythical compositions, and successive glazes have never been surpassed. They influence generations of artists to come, and will continue to do so as long as his work is studied. His place in the Italian High Renaissance will never be overlooked.
The painting was so popular, that he made its numerous versions with sightliest differences. The version presented in Metropolitan Museum, descended through the famil...
In conclusion, although Mycerinus and Kha-merer-nebty II and Augustus of Primaporta, do appear very different, come from entirely different geographic regions and were separated by thousands of years, they do have many things in common. When we consider subject, style, and function; perhaps other works of art have more in common than they appear to have.
This paper will discuss relative points and insights relating to sculpture of the Paleolithic era, specifically the Venus of Willendorf, through the essays of Christopher Witcombe.
The masculine and idealized form of the human body is an ever-present characteristic of Michelangelo’s sculpture. Many people over the years have speculated why this may be, but there has never been a definitive answer, and probably never will be. Through all of his sculpture there is a distinct classical influence, with both his subject matter and his inclination to artistically create something beautiful. In most cases, for Michelangelo, this means the idealized human figure, seeping with contraposto. This revival of classical influences is common for a Renaissance artisan, but the new, exaggerated form of the human body is new and unique to Michelangelo’s artistic style.
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This essay will reflect on how body is represented in the portraiture art within the Renaissance’s golden period detailing specifically Botticelli’s paintings and how this experience have broadened and enhanced my knowledge towards the future interest. This period arise when the medieval dark ages come to its end and artist and their patronage reinvented and represented the ideas of the classical mythology, particularly of the ancient Greek and Rome. It is a time when outstanding numbers of paintings, sculptures, alfresco were born and a human body was exposed as the centre of the universe. An epoch where the dominate themes were no longer pure religious devotions but it shift its focus primarily towards the anatomical beauty of the bodies, ideally represented. Furthermore, I will detail Botticelli’s paintings “The Birth of Venus” and briefly reflect on other two “Venus and Mars” and “Primavera” paintings. All three include the mythic figure of the Venus, who signifies both passionate love and intellectual love that still culturally lives in today’s world. In my view a real portrait signifies the components of the individuality and also can translates the ideal impression of the truth embodied within human body and soul.
Reni’s second period comes with a big transition revealed in the Atalanta and Hippomenes painting unveiled in the 1620s. Here Reni has reached a new level according to Witkower who states about the piece, “The eurhythmic composition, the concentration on graceful line, and the peculiar balance between naturalism and classicizing idealization of the figures, all reveal this work as an epitome of Reni’s art”. From this point on, his style has progressed into using mainly cool, even more subtle color palettes and simpler scenes. It was through the development of these characteristics along with a better understanding and familiarity with Baroque rhetoric that Reni’s later works possess an even more graceful flow and easy beauty which highlights
The art piece I chose was a pottery that I found very interesting, not only the art itself but the story behind it. This was a red-figure archaic type of pottery; the name of the pottery is called a Terracotta hydria, which is also known as a water jar. This specific pot was made in Greece and South Italy, around 340-330BC. It was also found at Canosa before the year 1878. According to the MET museum “This pot was created by a group of BM F 308, the specific artist is unknown. However, the potter and art was produced in Greek, South Italy, and Apulia.”
Additionally, the styles changed; from Rococo, which was meant to represent the aristocratic power and the “style that (…) and ignored the lower classes” (Cullen), to Neoclassicism, which had a special emphasis on the Roman civilization’s virtues, and also to Romanticism, which performs a celebration of the individual and of freedom. Obviously, also the subject matter that inspired the paintings has changed as wel...