Visual Analysis Carnegie Museum

While at the Carnegie museum I saw a couple of paintings that caught my eye and made me take a deeper look at them. The very first painting that did this was Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Leonard, Jerome, John the Baptist, and Francis. This painting is by Nicolo di Maestro Antonio d’Ancona. It caught my eye because even though it was created in during the Renaissance; it still has a lot of details, beautiful colors, and meaning. The throne that Madonna is sitting on, and the entire wall behind her is beautiful. The top part of the wall immediately caught my eye because it looks very royal. It is a bright gold color with a design on it in black. The black design has small lines and I can tell that the artist probably put a lot of detail into them even though other people may not agree. The painting is not very three-dimensional, instead it looks more flat. Not being three-dimensional does not stop it from having a great deal of detail though. After reading the description plaque, I found out that the fly on the platform symbolizes evil, and the apple represents the fall of man. I would not have known that without reading about the painting. Another painting that caught my eye at the museum was View of the Waterfall at Tivoli by Claude-Joseph Vernet. It is a landscape painting with a waterfall in it. From a far, I thought it was an actually picture but was confused because I was in a painting section of the museum. The hill that the water fall is on has beautiful greens on it. On top of the hill there are buildings that seem like they belong to people with money. On the bottom of the hill, there are people bathing and playing in the water. My first reaction to this was that the people who lived on the hill were the rich people, and the people at the bottom of the hill were poor people but both types of people we brought together because of the beautiful water fall. This shows how no matter how different people are, they can still be brought together by things in nature. Also could represent unity. I learned that the water fall in this painting was actually a famous tourist attraction. That means that my theory of the painting could actually be true. One of my favorite painting during my trip was Dante and Virgil Encountering the Shades of Francesca de Rimmini and Paolo Malatesta in the Underworld by Ary Scheffer. The subject of this painting comes from Dante’s book The Divine Comedy: The Inferno. Francesca and Paolo were lovers and were killed by Francesca’s husband. After they were killed they were sent to the second level of hell; a place reserved for carnal sinners. I love this painting because I read the book and was able to better understand the meaning of the painting because I already knew the story prior to seeing the painting. I also really like it because of the details and how the artist showed the meaning of the story very well. The lovers were in love, even …show more content…
It was painted on a huge canvas that took up the length of an entire wall at the museum. As soon as I saw it, I feel in love with it. It is a very abstract painting that is painted with red, white, and blue paint. Those colors were used to be patriotic. The title of the painting is supposed to represent how it is realistic but also has representational objects with a concrete existence of their own. Not many people know this about me, but I really enjoy painting. I am not that good, and do not like to show my work off, but I like to paint because it helps me with my anxiety. While painting my mind stays busy and I am able to express myself however I want. I also think that is a reason why I do not show off my work, because I do not want people to see how I feel. This painting reminded me of some of the work I have done myself. After seeing this painting, I really wish that I was able to paint something as big as this. It would keep me busy for a while, but I do not have the time or the money right now to do something this big; as well as a location I would be able to paint