A trip to Museum
...anding up in the picture wearing a white dress. The whiteness of her dress brings much attention to her body. That is the brightest color used in the entire painting. During the Neoclassical time period, artists at first sought to replace the sensuality of the Rocco Style with a style that was logical, solemn in tone, and moralizing in character. When revolutionary movements established republics in France and America, the new governments adopted neoclassicism as their official art style. Neoclassical art is a form of art based on fixed, ideal values. The next painting I observed was one from the Baroque time period. Venus and Adonis by Rubens interested me. Peter Paul Rubens, a Flemish painter, was considered the most important of the 17th century. His style came to define the animated, robustly sensuous aspects of Baroque painting. The works of Michelangelo and Raphael, as well as ancient Greco-Roman sculpture influenced him greatly. His style of painting became known as “Rubenesque.” Venus and Adonis displays great emotion and drama as Venus and Cupid attempt to stop Venus’ lover, Adonis, from setting off into the woods on a hunt. They know that if he goes off into the wilderness to hunt a wild animal could kill him. Venus and Adonis are divine figures in this portrait. During this time period, numerous paintings were of people in the nude, as Venus and Cupid are displayed. In my opinion the focal point of this picture, is Adonis. I felt this way because the dominant color scheme in this painting ranges from dark browns to greens. Adonis is wearing a reddish-orange robe. This color stood out from the rest. This painting uses many images of nature such as trees and animals. Another part of the painting that interested me was the color of Venus’ skin. It seemed to be much brighter that the skin of Cupid and Adonis. This could also be a focal point. The Baroque era began in the late 1500’s in Italy and ended around the early 1800’s. This era may also refer to the seventeenth century as a whole. The Baroque Time period is sometimes used as a general term that indicated eccentric modes of paintings, architecture, and sculpture. Baroque art spread throughout western civilization. During this time, the Catholic Church was losing its followers in rapid members due to the rise of Protestantism. Art became more spiritual. The last painting I enjoyed was one from the Rococo time period. Mezzetin, whose name means “half-measure,” was one of the characters of the Italian com...