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.