David With The Head Of Goliath Analysis

Similarities and Differences Between David With the Head of Goliath, Saint Bartholomew, and Portrait of a Man with a Sheet of Music

The impact art has had on the world can be seen throughout all of history. In fact, it’s one of the most influential things in the world. Art can instill morals, tell stories, and give us a better understanding of history. There are many forms of art like drawing, music, theatre, and sculptures, but arguably the most influential form is paintings since it’s something that has been used to tell stories for centuries. Three paintings that are influential in art history are David with the Head of Goliath by Guido Cagnacci, Saint Bartholomew by Rembrandt Harmensz. Van Rijn, and Man with a Sheet of Music by Domenico Fetti. While analyzing these three paintings one can observe the similarities and differences between them. David with the Head of Goliath, Saint Bartholomew, and Man with a Sheet of Music are similar because they were all created in the

All three paintings were created in the early to mid 17th century. David with the Head of Goliath was created around 1645-1650, Saint Bartholomew was painted in 1661, and lastly, Man with a Sheet of Music sometime during the 1620’s. The time period that a painting was made in is important because it helps observers understand why the artist may’ve chosen certain colors, the style they painted with, and how relevant the painting was to the time period. Time periods can heavily influence the subject of a painting because many artists paint what they see or what’s going on around them, and all of these things can differ with contrasting time periods. Something that can be observed in all three paintings is that they all were made with fairly dark and neutral color schemes, perhaps this was a trend in the 17th