This magnificent piece, The Procession to Calvary, is a 16th century Flemish tapestry depicting the gospel of Jesus Christ carrying the cross to the hill of Calvary to be crucified. The story leading up to Jesus’s public execution in this biblical scene is portrayed through the art of weaving. Creating a tapestry like this one is done by weaving weft of different materials through a wool warp. Tapestries are generally very large, big enough to cover a wall, and this tapestry is no different…
Many truly don’t know the complete meaningful definition of the word passion. Passion in the dictionary is a very vague and simple definition. The definition defines passion as a strong emotion. There are many strong emotions out there in the world that the word passion can be confused, or can be used in the wrong context. It seems like people have taking away the true meaning of passion. People have overlooked the word and substituted the definition with a definition that will never truly…
stones of this time period. Michelangelo used sculpting as he choice of work to replicate The Virgin Mary and Jesus. The Pieta is an Italian Renaissance styled sculpture. The Pieta contains much detail as well as different textures. Michelangelo makes it easy for the viewer to distinguish personification in his artwork. He makes Mary unnaturally larger than her son of 33 years. Michelangelo makes Mary the focal point by using a triangular shape. Bernini made The St. Peter’s Piazza an oval shape…
individual or extensive attention. Dona Marina seems to fill a type of “Virgin Mary” role in the conquest. In the Catholic Bible, Mary is the only woman who has never sinned; this is why she is chosen to be the Mother of Jesus. Although Dona Marina was a native, she helped the Spaniards; she was different from those she was born among. In the eyes of the Spanish, she was helping the right side. In the Catholic Bible, Mary gives life to Jesus, which allows him to become the savior of humanity.…
This painting got me admiring it which looked artificial where it was godly and that painting is “The Adoration of the Shepherds” by Joachim Antonisz Wtewael. The Painting is located at The Legion of Art under the galleries of countless Renaissance Pieces and Baroque pieces that all have resembling quality that resemble the one I choose. The Piece that I choose is an Oil on Canvas which was created in 1598-1599 from a Dutch Artist Wtewael. The piece got my attention for having a similar style…
has been locked up ever since she has passed. Mary wants to know why no one has taken care of the room and why are there plants being grown inside? The final element I chose is voice and movement. Voice and Movement are drama elements means “the expressive use of the movements of the body and voice to shape the dramatic action” (Dinham, 2011) the actress who played Mary is of an English descent, so she didn’t have to change her accent to portray Mary who is also of English descent. Mary’s…
The Virgin and the Child Reading or Ince Hall Madonna, an oil painting that painted by Jan Van Eyck in 1433. It was a painting near the early renaissance, therefore, this artwork present religious idea, which is about the Catholic’s Madonna. However, gods in religious paintings were starting to be humanized. “Jan van Eyck is credited with originating a style of painting characterized by minutely realistic depictions of surface effects and natural light.” (The Nation Gallery) Van Eyck was a…
The painting, “Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints”, also known as, Colonna Altarpiece, is an Italian renaissance painting completed by Raphael in 1504. The altarpiece is painted on wood with oil and gold and its main panel is 172.4cm by 172.4 cm and depicts a woman sitting in a throne like chair in the middle third of the painting. She is dressed in a red dress covered by a black cloak with white spots, which covers most of her body from her hair to her feet. The folds in her cloak are…
Julian of Norwich, in her Revelations of Divine Love, synthesizes the asceticism which had permeated the Roman Catholic Church from its earliest history with the philosophical advancements made by Saint Thomas Aquinas only one hundred and fifty years before her. She does this seamlessly and almost certainly unintentionally, demonstrating that the philosophical developments of Saint Thomas Aquinas were familiar concepts to her such that they shaped her mystic religious view. Despite the…
Since the background sky has dark, grey clouds, the light is most likely artificial light most likely from the left side of the room. This is because the shadows of Mary and from the feet of the table are both going in a diagonal direction towards the right corner of the room. You can also see the shadows from the heads of the men on the brick wall. This lighting and the aging of the painting creates colors that are duller. The painting is symmetrical because there are three columns on each side…