1) Caravaggio http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/c/caravagg/06/35emmau.html Delacroix s Liberty Leading the People http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/d/delacroi/2/208delac.html Caravaggio is a Baroque artist and Delacroix is a Romantic artist. Describe what is happening in each painting. Compare these two paintings and show how each painting shows the typical characteristics of art of its time period. How can we tell that they were painted during different time frames?. Answer fully – at least 8 paragraphs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravaggio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supper_at_Emmaus_%28Caravaggio%29,_London
We are covering the version of Supper at Emmaus that is in London –
Supper at Emmaus
1601
Oil on canvas, 141 x 196 cm
National Gallery, London
Liberty Leading the People (28th July 1830)
1830
Oil on canvas, 260 x 325 cm
Musee du Louvre, Paris
Here’s a couple of weblinks for more background about Dalacroix and his painting “Liberty Leading the People”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Delacroix
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Leading_the_People
2) -Leonardo
What characteristics of Renaissance artwork are seen in Leonardo da Vinci s Virgin of the Rocks (Louvre version) and the Last Supper? Describe what is happening in each painting. Compare these two paintings and show how they exhibit characteristics of Renaissance artwork. Answer fully, you want at least 8 paragraphs for an answer. http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/l/leonardo/02/2virg_p.htmlhttp://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/l/leonardo/03/4lastsu2.html
Virgin of the Rocks1483-86 Oil on panel, 199 x 122 cm Musee du Louvre, Paris |
Leonardo da Vinci. The Last Supper. c.1495-1498. Oil and tempera on plaster. Santa Maria delle Grazie, Refectory, Milan, Italy
http://www.philvaz.com/apologetics/LeonardoLastSupper.htm
Diagram of the one point perspective in Leonardo’s Last Supper.
Diagram with the names of the apostles in Leonardo’s Last Supper.
This is not Leonardo’s Last Supper but a copy made afterwards by another unknown artist, since the Last Supper is very damaged I thought that this version might be helpful and of interest. 9Unknown artist of the XVI century. (Copy after Leonardo’s Last Supper. Oil on canvas. Da Vinci Museum, Abbey of Tongerlo, Tongerlo, Belgium.)
