On our trip to the metropolitan museum of art we studied Renaissance art and Baroque are which are two very different styles that have very detailed characteristics. Below is a picture from the Baroque art section.
Wolf and Fox Hunt
This art piece is by artist Peter Paul Ruben and is a realistic painting of a fox hunt. This art piece is very large in size and was actually trimmed down because a client said "none but great princess have houses fit to hand it up in". This piece in particular really caught my eye because of the detailed graphs and bold colors of red. Baroque art was created around the time of the scientific revolution and the age of absolutism. Some characteristics of Baroque art is the different twists and turns of the torsos such as the wolfs and hunters making the painting seem 3D, almost as if the painting was moving. Also while most painting around this time period are very controlled Baroque art such as this painting is dramatic and emotional.
Below is a picture from the Renaissance section.
Venus and Cupid
This photo is of Venus and her son Cupid by Lorenzo Lotto, this photo shows great characteristics of the Renaissance period in art because almost every aspect of the photo hold a specific meaning. Lotto was obsessed with emblematic devices such as the shell above Venus's head and the rose petals on her lap are her attributes and the ivory is symbolic for fidelity and the myrtle wreath was worn by the bride. This picture also shows a lot of nudity including cupid peeing on his mother which was in fact for good luck nudity which wasn't excepted until the Renaissance period makes this photo unique and funny I enjoyed this trip and the and what I learned from the pictures in it.
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