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Thursday, December 10, 2009
Madonna And Child Enthroned
Title:
Madonna And Child Enthroned
Artist:
Giotto
Culture/Period:
Italian/Late Gothic
Material:
Tempera And Gold on Wood
Date:
1310
Location:
NA
Signification Point Of Fact:
The painting is created with space creating techniques and 3D depths.
Interior: Church of Santo Spirito Artist:
Title:
Interior: Church of Santo Spirito
Artist:
Brunelleschi
Culture/Period:
French/Gothic
Material:
NA
Date:
Began 1434
Location:
Florence
Signification Point Of Fact:
Like Roman style it have common on the side of the building with round arch.
Tribute Money
Title:
Tribute Money
Artist:
Masaccio
Culture/Period:
Italian/
Early Renaissance
Material:
Fresco
Location:
Brancacci Chapel, Santa del Carmine, Florence
Date:
c 1425
Signification Point Of Fact:
Painting shows that tax collector trying to collect tax from Chirst and his follower.
Equestrian Portrait Of Gattamelata
Title:
Equestrian Portrait Of Gattamelata
Artist:
Donatello
Culture/Period:
Italian/Late Gothic
Material:
Bronze
Date:
1445 - 1450
Location:
Piazzadel Santo Padua, Italy
Signification Point Of Fact:
A bronze
sculpture of a man mounted on a horse influences by ancient Roman sculpture.
Portrait of Battista Sforza
Title:
Portrait of Battista Sforza
Artist:
Piero della Fr
ancesca
Culture/Period:
Italian/
Early Renaissance
Material:
Oil and Tempera On Wood
Date:
1475
Location:
NA
Signification Point Of Fact:
Portrait Of Battista Sforza is part of the
Federico III da Montefeltro portrait.
The Ghent Altarpiece (open)
Title:
The Ghent Altarpiece (open)
Artist:
Jan Van Eyck
Material:
Oil On Wood
Culture/Period:
Italian/High Renassiance
Date:
1475
Location:
Cathedral of St Bavon, Ghent, Belgium
Signification Point Of Fact:
The lamb in the lower center panel show the sacrifice of a lamb, it stands for the sacrifice of Christ.
Mona Lisa
Title:
Mona Lisa
Artist:
Leonardo da Vinci
Culture/Period:
Italian/High Renassiance
Material:
Oil On Wood
Date:
1503 - 1505
Location:
NA
Signification Point Of Fact:
In background, the complete cycle of geography is used.
David
Title:
David
Artist:
Gainlorenzo Bernini
Culture/Period:
Italian/Baroque
Material:
Marble
Date:
1623
Location:
NA
Signification Point Of Fact:
David is ready to throw stone with the string at the gaint.
Calling Of St. Matthew
Title:
Calling Of St. Matthew
Artist:
Caravaggio
Culture/Period:
Italian/Baroque
Material:
Oil On Canvas
Date:
1599 - 1600
Location:
Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome
Signification Point Of Fact:
In the painting high contrast on light and dark color.
Self Portrait Leaning On A Stone Sill
Title:
Self Portrait Leaning On A Stone Sill
Artist:
Rembrandt
Culture/Period:
Dutch/Baroque
Material:
Etching and Drypoint
Date:
1639
Location:
NA
Siginificat Point Or Fact:
A self portrait that Rembrandt did himself.
Oath Of The Horatii
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Title:
Oath Of The Horatii
Artist:
JL David
Culture/Period:
French/Neo - Classical
Material:
Oil On Canvas
Location:
NA
Date:
1784 - 1785
Significant Point Or Fact:
The painting illustrates a pledge of loyalty to the Roman republic.
The Raft Of The Medusa
Title:
The Raft Of The Medusa
Artist:
Gericault
Material:
Oil On Canvas
Date:
1819
Culture/Period:
French/Romanticism
Siginificant Point Or Fact:
Painting shows some of the figures robot and some thin looking.
Exercutions of 3 May 1808
Title:
Exercutions of 3 May 1808
Artist:
Francisco Goya
Culture/Period:
French/Romanticism
Material:
Oil On Canvas
Date:
1814
Location:
NA
Significant Point Or Fact:
High contrast light focus on the group of people being executed.
The Stonebreakers
Title:
The Stonebreakers
Artist:
Gustave Courbet
Culture/Period:
French/Realism
Material:
Oil On Canvas
Date:
1849
Significant Point Or Fact:
Shows a passage of time between the two figures.
Impression: Sunrise
Title:
Impression: Sunrise
Artist:
Claude Monet
Culture/Period:
French/Impressionism
Material:
Oil On Canvas
Date:
1872
Significant Point Or Fact:
The strokes of painting seemed like careless strokes as it tries to capture the extract color of the moment.
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Mona Lisa
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