The Madonna and Child is a piece that uses many techniques used during the Renaissance period such as one point perspective, balance, use of geometric design, and religious themes. While the Madonna and Child is very different from the first piece of art that I chose to analyze Buddha Seated in Meditation as both works of art use different mediums, come from different historical periods, and have different religious influences the artists both used symmetry and balance and religious themes while completing their works. The colors used by Raphael in this painting are very bright colors. In this particular painting Raphael used primary colors ,this painting is polychromatic in that it uses many different colors. The used of red and green and yellow adds contracts as red and green are on the opposite side of the color wheel.
In comparing and contrasting Cimabue’s and Giotto’s Madonna Enthroned, the artist’s main idea of Madonna sitting on the throne is the same, however the forms used greatly differ. Both artists paint with a Gothic and Byzantine style with noticeable halos on the angels and a gold background. When contrasting these two pieces of art, the main difference is the placement of the figures of Madonna in each painting. In Cimabue’s, the Madonna looks as if she is sitting solidly, and the angels appear to be “stacked” around her in parallel form. In Giotto’s artwork, the angels in front appear closer, as the angels in the back row seem farther away giving an appearance of surrounding the Madonna.
This was important as it taught that the text written by St Gregory was inspired by God. Another work of art that has many Christian symbols is “Lamentation” by Giotto in 1305-1306. This fresco depicts the mourning of Christ’s death as told in the bible, Matthew 27:59. The painting is part of several works of art done by Giotto in the
This was done with tempera paint on a wooden sheet, before oil paints were available. This altarpiece shows the Virgin and Child and the two saints Appollonia and Sebastian. The virgin and child are in a unified space, an arrangement called in Italian sacra conversazione (sacred conversation). This painting is static, meaning there is no appearance of movement. There are mostly vertical and horizontal lines, as opposed to diagonal lines.
Miracle of the Crib at Greccio and the Lamentation Giotto’s painting shows many similarities of a Christian style painting. One of giotto’s painting was the Miracle of the Crib at Greccio. Many scholars differ whether young Giotto or his followers, in the late 1330, painted the Miracle of the Crib at Greccio. Therefore, many have adopted the neutral designation of the artist as the Saint Francis Master. This masterpiece was from the late 1200s and is in the church of San Francesco, Italy.
The first thing I thought to myself when I saw the altarpiece was, "Wow, there is a lot going on here." Thinking that was why I really wanted to write about this piece. My eyes where immediately drawn to the center of the piece where a scene depicting Jesus Christ coronating his mother the Virgin Mary as queen of heaven. Surrounding the middle are twenty three smaller panels. If one were to look even closer, there are actually eight even smaller panels in the in the framework in between the panels.
He/his pupils painted images in their cells/rooms that replicated the shape of the windows and generally displayed images of the virgin and child along with images of angels along with those of jesus on the cross and also the transfiguration (these images were primarily from the New Testament but also featured Dominican reformers and saints). Comparing Angelico to another artist: Fra Angelico and Hugo van der Goes both incorporated religion into their art work. Although they were both influenced by their religious beliefs, their depictions were rather different. Fra Angelico’s artworks were focused more on Jesus and his mother, Mary while Hugo van der Goes’ artworks depicted various biblical characters. Apart from the images at St Marco, he also painted altarpieces in the transitional styles between gothic and the emerging renaissance.
The opened altarpiece demonstrates human redemption through Christ and salvation. The panels of the lower register depict sacrifice, the Fountain of Life, the 12 apostles, a group of martyrs, the holy confessors, prophets, kings, pilgrims and other figures, extending the symbolism of the upper register panels. Every
Research Paper Art 1000 15th April,2008 The Metropolitan Museum of Art “Virgin and Child in Majesty” and “La Frileuse” Outlines for Virgin and Child in Majesty:  The “Virgin and Child in Majesty” is a sculpture that was made in Auvergne, France during the twelfth century. Its height is thirty one inches, and it contains linen, gesso, and polychromic on walnut.  The title of the sculpture states that this sculpture was used as devotional object. It also states that the sculpture was served for religious purposes because it represents Mary and Jesus from the Bible.  The statue is representing Mary and she’s supporting Jesus with both hands, while sitting on a stool.
The Italian Renaissance marks the end of the Middle Ages, and was born out of a rapidly evolving society. The Italian Renaissance had roots in Romanesque and Byzantine traditions. The term renaissance means “rebirth” and marked the end of the middle ages and the beginning of the modern world. Many famous artists came from the Italian Renaissance, such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael. The Italian Renaissance laid the foundation for Western values and traditions (Web Museum).