Art 101 Unit 6 Essay

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1. This is a triptych oil painting which pained at early renaissance. It depicts an angel sending message to Mary that she will be pregnant with God's child. The theme happened in a Flemish home. The small angle with light ray from the window carry a cross to Mary. It is a religion artwork because there are many home objects which represent religion meaning such as the pot representing Mary's purity.

2. This is an early renaissance painting by piero della Francesca. He used geometric and mathematic technique in the painting. Christ and a dove on top of his head is in the center point which make a balance of the painting. The dove also looks like a cloud. The painting drawing with linear perspective in the background. The blue sky uses the sfumato technique as well.

3. This is high renaissance of the fresco painting which created by Raphael. He drew the different kind of human activity. It mainly focusses on the Aristotle and Plato. Plato looks to religious for his philosophy, but Aristotle is focus on the scientific evidence. Raphael used linear perspective which looks has depth from the background to the foreground.

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Michelangelo's pieta was an early renaissance of 15th century art work. He used the Neoplatonic idea to create his pieta. Michelangelo's pieta provides a triangular composition from the base to Mary's head while The Teresa of Avila in Ecstasy do not provide triangular composition. It is more likely a upside down triangle in the negative space. The sculpture provides a shape of V. The pieta shows Mary's sadness due to crucification of Christ which look more natural and realistic.The Teresa of Avila in Ecstasy is a counter-reformation art. it is a Baroque time sculpture because the figures have exaggerate emotion which look more erotic and It provides a flowing dynamic lines from the cupid's right hand to the left hand and to the Teresa. The pieta use the marble matteria, but the St. Teresa of Avila in Ecstasy has gold-plated with