Baroque
This piece of art is, “Ester before Ahasuerus,” by and Italian
artist Artemisia Gentileschi. The medium is oil on canvas. This is Baroque art.
Main characterizes from Baroque art is exaggerated facial features, a large
focus on light and shadows, detailed backgrounds, and the piece is normally large.
This piece is 82 x 107 ¾, it is large and almost life size. In this painting
the woman is fainting while two girls hold her up, and a man get up from his
chair to help her. This painting is asymmetrical. There is something on both
sides of the painting, but the woman immediately takes our attention. She is
wearing warm colors, and looks distressed. Baroque art showed humans life like,
unlike the Renaissances which showed humans god like. Baroque art also focused
on light and shadows. Shadows are formed from dresses to background pieces. The
background is dark and the tiles become smaller from the end of the painting
towards the middle, creating a perspective. Lines from the wall in the
background give this piece structure. The artist is famous for perspective
paintings. She put many details in small areas, and gave the faces distinct characterizes.
Renaissances
This piece of art is, “Venus and Cupid,” by an
Italian artist named Lorenzo Lotto. The
medium is oil on canvas. This is Renaissances art. Main characterizes
from Renaissance art is that humans were portrayed god like. The biggest characteristic in Renaissance
art is that biblical figures or Greek gods were portrayed in it. The woman is Venus the Greek Goddess of love. The boy next to her is her son Cupid, who is known for making people fall in love. He is also known to be foolish since he is a child, and that's why he is peeing through the circle. There is nature in this piece with the tree holding up the curtain, and Venus is laying on a blanket covering grass. Renaissance artist found the human body to be extremely interesting to paint and many famous Renaissance pieces of art are of the nude. The obvious thing that shows this is Renaissances art is that the figure painted is a goddess.