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Mrs.Lucarelli
ComparativeCivilizations
13January2016
RenaissanceArtMuseumVisit
IntheBaltimoreMuseumofArt,theRenaissancecollectionhousespaintingthatreflect
thevaluesoftheRenaissanceandthecharacteristicsofRenaissanceart.Oneofthesepaintingsis
PortraitofaYoungLady
,whichisattributedtoCaterinavanHemessen.Thefactthatitisa
portraitofasinglewomanreflectstheRenaissancevalueofhumanismandindividualism.The
intricatewaysheisdressedandallherjewelryhelpstoconveyherwealthandbeauty.The
paintingisalsoextremelylifelike,withcloseattentiontodetail,whichwascharacteristicof
Renaissanceart.
AnotherpaintingthatillustratesRenaissancecharacteristicsandvaluesis
Madonnaand
ChildWithanAngel
,byBiagiodiAntonio.Thechildisstandingwithhisweightononeleg,
whichwasaposeusedinancientGrecoRomansculpturethatwaswidelyusedduringthe
Renaissance.Madonnaandthechildarealsopaintedinfrontofanancientarcadethatwould
havebeenseeninancientRomeandGreece,andbeyondthebuildingisatranquilsceneof
nature.ReferringtotheclassicalagesandusingnatureweretwodistinctqualitiesofRenaissance
art.Aswiththepreviouspainting,everything(especiallythehumans)isveryrealistic.
Additionally,thefeelingofdistanceiscreatedbythetechniqueofperspective,whichhelpsto
makethebackgroundmoretruetolife.

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AthirdpaintingthatdisplaysqualitiesoftheRenaissanceis
MadonnaandChildina
Landscape
byBacchiacca.ThiswaspaintedatthecloseoftheRenaissanceandisdifferentthan
whatistraditionallyexpectedofaRenaissancepainting,ascanbeseeninthecontrastingcolors
andslightlydistorteddimension,aspeoplehadbeenpaintingthetraditionalwayformanyyears
bythatpoint.However,humanismcanstillbeseeninthecloseattentiontodetailwhenpainting
Madonnaandthechild.Perspectivewasalsousedwhenpaintingthebackground,asitlooks
distantandisrealistic.

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