The Lamentation over the Dead Christ Rembrandt (1610-1612) 31.9 x 26.7 cm The subject matter is the Christ on the cross. The painting looks very depressing because of the dead people and Christ and the thieves on the crosses. “The theme of the Lamentation is traditional‚ although it is not described in the Bible. It shows Mary‚ the mother of Jesus‚ Mary Magdalene and others‚ weeping over his body after the Crucifixion. Rembrandt’s picture is carefully constructed to connect with other episodes
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foreshortening‚ the ’Lamentation Over the Dead Christ’ is a Renaissance painting made by the Italian Renaissance craftsman Andrea Mantegna in around the 1480s. This gem is not at all like other masterpieces (for instance‚ different Lamentations) made at the time. Mantegna’s utilization of foreshortening just lifts his work of art from the crowd. The Lamentation of the Dead Christ is an oil painting on canvas‚ unlike most artistic creations of the period. It is a near monochromatic vision of Christ. The work
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The artwork I selected was The Lamentation‚ Figure 8.1 painted by Giotto di Bondone in 1305 in Italy. The artworks style is naturalism. Naturalism is the practice of painting things exactly as they are‚ the emphasis being on authenticity. The artist placed importance on the quality of “realness” in art. He observed humans and reproduced their gestures‚ expressions and movement in art (artble) The subjects in the painting are the followers of Christ surrounding his body after his death. Mary
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Giotto revolutionized painting techniques in many ways‚ though primarily through placing significant importance in the “realness” of art. He observed humans and their form closely and reproduced their gestures‚ movements‚ and expressions in his work. To achieve this realism‚ Giotto utilized a combination of techniques in his paintings‚ including lines‚ color‚ light‚ shading‚ and tight brush strokes. He made outstanding use of space‚ using horizontal‚ diagonal‚ and vertical lines‚ frequently in the
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all over by a sequential series of fresco painting that illustrates the life of the Virgin Mary and the life of Jesus Christ. The painting was done in between the year 1303 and 1310 (Roberts‚ 1998). The theme depicted in the picture is whether Salvation is possible; this was due to the intention in which the chapel was built. The chapel was intended to offset the sins amassed by the
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GIOTTO DI BONDONE Giotto Di Bondone was born around 1267 near Florence‚ Italy. He was an Italian painter and architect better known as Giotto. He married in 1827 to Ricevuta di Lapo del Pela and had several children together. Its said that he was a very ugly man and that is children were also very plain in appearance. Reconstruction shows him as a very short man with a large head and a hooked nose. It is said that he died on January 8‚ 1337 in Florence‚ but as with almost everything else in
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The development of painting in Italy has improved immensely over time. Giotto’s painting Lamentation and in Caravaggio’s Entombment both portray similar messages through different period styles. Giotto was an early renaissance painter that introduced gold leaf and lapis lazuli which is shown through Lamentation. Lamentation comes from the lament‚ which means to grieve‚ in which Mary and others were lamenting the death of her son. While on the other hand‚ Caravaggio’s style of painting was portrayed
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After closely studying the fresco The Flight into Egypt by Giotto‚ the tempera panel The Rucellai Madonna by Duccio and the gilding The Annunciation by Martini‚ it is evident that the content and style of each painting is influenced majorly by the process in which it was created. Discussed will be the extent to which I believe these paintings are affected by the medium they are created from‚ with specific evidence. The artist Giotto could be described most accurately‚ although amongst other things
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Peace‚ War and Lamentation Imagine a child living in a closed society that separates them from the rest of their community and country. Does that child feel isolated or alienated from their homeland? Picture a 10 minute commute to work turning into a two hour commute overnight. Imagine a society that requires check-points and permanent resident permits in order to move freely from one destination to the other? Unfortunately‚ this is a way of life for some Palestinians families living in the
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best known collections from the latter period are: ‘The Tower’ (1928)‚ including the poems ‘Sailing to Byzantium ’and ‘Leda and Swan’ and ‘The Winding Stair’ (1929). He was awarded the Nobel Prize for the literature in 1923. This poem “The Lamentation of the Old Pensioner” (1939)’ is a revised version of Yeats earlier poem ‘The old Pensioner’ (1890). This poem presents the poet’s past memories of his youth which became more painful when he looks at his present state and contrasts his time of
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