As discussed on a few occasions during our class, the Renaissance was a period reviving Ancient Greek and Roman techniques used in architecture, paintings, sculptures, reliefs, and other mediums of artistic expression. The Renaissance was also a period of humanism, which was a period of becoming educated. In particular, as more and more folks became educated, artists no longer emphasized key characters in religious works of art because folks could identify who was who based on key symbols. One painting which I noticed often in class was The Annunciation. When my grandmother and I arrived at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California, we first entered the rooms containing 14th to 17th century artwork. In the second room, on the left …show more content…
Instead, the colors are very warm. I think Bissolo chose to use warm colors for two reasons. One reason could be that Bissolo wanted to have an illusion of a gold background, rather than an explicit gold background because he may have wanted a realistic setting. Another reason why I believe Bissolo used warm colors in his painting was to aid in the use of atmospheric perspective. Atmospheric or aerial perspective is a technique artists use to illustrate distant parts of a work to give viewers a sense of depth. An artwork has atmospheric perspective if the figures and objects that are closest are clear and warm in color, and if the figures and objects further away are bluer and hazier. In Bissolo's The Annunciation painting, the room in which both the Archangel Gabriel and Virgin Mary occupy is very clear and warm in color, while the window leads to a warm garden with a few clear trees but quickly becomes bluer and hazier. Furthermore, the Virgin is not stylized in Bissolo's painting. Instead, the Virgin appears realistic (as well as the Archangel Gabriel). Both figures have realistic looking proportions. Bissolo also used the technique of chiaroscuro, which is the use of light and dark to create the effect of modeling. Chiaroscuro helps figures and objects develop volume. Both the Archangel Gabriel and the Virgin Mary do not appear to be two dimensional. Instead, both appear three dimensional thanks to the shading on the left side of the Archangel Gabriel and the shading on the Virgin's right and back
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A distinction of colors exists within the painting: there is dreary dark blue background contrasted by the intense shades of red and white worn by the figures. A specific example of this the women flanking the Virgin Mary. The woman to the right of Mary attracts the most light and is the brightest in color. The Virgin Mary herself is dark, dull, and shadowed. The woman behind Mary, similar to the other woman, is wearing red and bright. In reality, the lighting of these figures do not make logical sense. If Rosso’s mission was the depict reality than the women would be shaded evenly from light to dark. Due to the overall lack of a single swath of colors, the eye is forced to look all over the painting rather than focus on one main
What does the word “renaissance” mean? It means “rebirth” or “revival” and the Renaissance was a period of change that began around 1350 to 1700. Before the Renaissance, there was the Middle Ages which people had little education and were more religious. Then, in the 1300s there was a movement called humanism which made people more educated and drew them into arts, literature, science, and medicine in the Renaissance. In the mid-1400s the printing press was made and gave humanism have even more momentum because more people could buy books. how did the Renaissance change man’s view of the world? The Renaissance changed a man’s view of the world in three ways: emphasis on individualism, emphasis on embracing this life(yolo), and emphasis on
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The Renaissance was a time of rebirth, as its name entails. In Italy, more people were becoming literate and more books were being printed. More scientific discoveries were being made and therefore more theories were being published. In this time of intellectual prosperity, art also made a great leap. Perspective was the main change during this time period, and throughout the years, starting around 1400, it became more involved and more intricate. Eventually artists were so adept at using it, that it became the primary way to insert intimacy and feelings of emotion into a painting. This evolution of technique paved the way for later artists to play with new approaches to allow the viewer to experience an image in different ways.
The paintings depict the story of the angel Gabriel visiting the Virgin Mary and announcing the news that she will give birth to Jesus. Yet, even though both Fran Angelico and Robert Campin tell the same story, they do so using different methods. Since, Fra Angelico’s artwork was created for the monetary in San Marco, it reflects that. Monks live simple and devoted faith filled lives. Fra Angelico captured the essences of this in the painting by keeping it very simple, with limited amount of objects and with few symbols. Few symbols was also partly because the audience would have a religious background and the monks could fill in the gaps of the story. Adding to this, the monks used this art work for devotion, and by Angelico keeping it simple the art work was less likely do interfere with the monk’s devotional time. Fra Angelico’s internal struggle as well, not wanting to make the item idolatrized, is also responsible for the simplicity and the Byzantine influence. The few symbols Fra Angelico drew in his paintings included the halos above the figure's head and Mary crossing her arms in a sign of humility. However, even the halos he created were not in perspective and flat as opposed to Masaccio’s 3D looking
The Work that really got my attention in the Norton Simon Museum of Art was Peter Paul Ruben’s “David Slaying Goliath” 1616. It got my attention because of how the composition draws your attention from the bottom to the top. Meanwhile, the styles are different from each other and Peter’s painting is full of dramatic expression. The Baroque painting technique was brushy and often eliminated outlines. When comparing the works of Raphael’s “Madonna in the Meadow” 1506 to “David slaying Goliath” it symbolizes the influence of Leonardo’s pyramidal composition.
This painting is a great example of asymmetrical balance. The angels are placed nearly exactly identical on each side of the throne. The angels themselves are sort of mirroring one another. Besides the navy cloak worn by the woman this painting does a great job at equally distributing the visual weight. The yellow hue is found to be consistent throughout. Giotto did a good job at blending and balancing the colors from yellow all the way to green. There is also a great deal of emphasis found throughout Giotto’s painting. The woman holding her child is definitely the main focal point of the painting because it is found directly in the center on a throne worshiped by angels. There is also a great deal of emphasis found on each character of the painting by the light yellow halo found above their heads. This does a good job at emphasizing everyone’s importance in the
The Renaissance time period started in the late 14th century and it lasted all through the 16th century. It all started in the late Middle ages throughout Italy (http://fashionhistory.net) taking at least one-hundred years before it reached the Northern Alps. This was also the period where the word “European” was put in use and understood by other places, and the word “Renascrere” originated from the Italian word “Renascrere” and it meant to be re-born. The word Renascrere fitted perfectly to this age due to the fact that many had intellectual pursuits and creative energy was re-born (www.richeast.org). The Renaissance would be best known for its artistic aspect and famous polymaths as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo given the term “Renaissance men.” It was an effective cultural and development of perspective in painting movement spreading to the rest of Europe and the advancements in science. (www.richeast.org)
The Madonna and Child, created by Cenni di Francesco di Ser Cenni between 1410 and 1415, is an iconographic painting of the Virgin Mary (left) and a chubby baby Jesus (right). The panel is painted with tempera and the halos around Mary’s and Jesus’s heads are made from goldleaf. La Toilette, painted by Richard Miller in 1910, is an Impressionist painting of a woman putting on her make up. He uses this subject to compare putting on makeup to applying oil paint on a canvas. In order to create the desired impact on the viewer of their paintings, Cenni and Miller use similar stylistic techniques to portray their female subjects.
The immediate background consists of natural mounds of dirt and a brick wall that enclose the Virgin, Child, and St. John, amplifying the protective effect that Mary’s figure has. The dirt mounds roll inward with a brick wall bordering them on the right, drawing the viewer’s attention towards the three figures. The background is painted in broad terms, with a simple, uniform depiction of tree leaves and smooth rock faces on the horizon. This contrasts with the fine-lined detail and texture of Mary’s hair, facial features, and veil, which further contribute to her elegance and highlight her
Color is used to draw attention to important characters and objects in the painting. The red of Mary’s shirt emphasizes her place as the main figure. A bright, yellow cloud floating above the room symbolizes the joy of the angelic figures. De Zurbaran uses warm colors in the foreground. The room, used as the background for the scene, is painted in dark colors utilizing different hues of gray and brown.
The area at the bottom of the painting where St. Ignatius stands, is very dark. Earth tones, primarily different shades of black and brown, are used and there is a great amount of shading on the ground as well as on a wooden structure that is on the right of St. Ignatius. The ground which St. Ignatius neels on looks like it has texture due to the use of shading on the outer edges and using tints of brown on the mid area of the ground. He also outlines shapes on the ground to make the ground look like it has a bumpy/ rocky texture. He shades some of these shapes (rocks) to make them look 3D. The top of the painting depicts a heaven-like area and the color of the clouds turn from a dull, gray color to a bright yellow color. In contrast to St. Ignatius’ dark black robe, God, Jesus, and the angels, which are all in the top half of the painting in Heaven, wear bright colored robes. In addition, the bright yellow clouds show depth as one can see a multitude of faces hidden in the clouds. The clouds seem to depict a tunnel, as the faces get more miniscule and less detailed at the top edge of the painting. Being a two dimensional painting, Domenichino uses perspective and shading around the big circle of light in the sky to make it look like it has depth. The intensity of the yellow color increases.