Early Europe and Colonial America II

By M_Carr8
  • Period: 200 to Feb 7, 1575

    Early Europe and Colonial America II

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  • Feb 6, 1434

    The Arnolfini Portrait. Jan van Eyck.

    The Arnolfini Portrait. Jan van Eyck.
    The portrait is a clear show of the rank and social status of the subjects. They are both dressed in furs and velvet showing they have wealth, but the interior of the home with its size show they are not royalty. The portrait shows a union of the two, while the fact that the man holds the woman's left hand rather than her right shows him in a dominant​ position in the relationship. The mirror in the back of the painting shows two figures standing in the doorway, probably witness to the marriage.
  • Feb 6, 1484

    Birth of Venus. Sandro Botticelli.

    Birth of Venus. Sandro Botticelli.
    Venus is portrayed naked on a shell on the seashore, on her right, a handmaid waits for the goddess to go closer to dress her shy body. Surrounding her are violets, which symbolize modesty. The piece symbolizes the birth of love and the spiritual beauty as a driving force of life. The Birth of Venus is the first example in Tuscany of a painting on canvas.
  • Feb 6, 1494

    Last Supper. Leonardo da Vinci.

    Last Supper. Leonardo da Vinci.
    The subject of the Last Supper is Christ’s final meal with his apostles before Judas identifies Christ to the authorities who arrest him.Christ says to his apostles “One of you will betray me,” and the apostles each display different reactions based on themselves as a person. The twelve apostles are arranged as four groups of three and there are also three windows. The number three is often a reference to the Holy Trinity in Catholic art.
  • Feb 6, 1504

    Adam and Eve. Albrecht Dürer. Engraving.

    Adam and Eve. Albrecht Dürer. Engraving.
    The two human figures appear nude, their bodies are frontal, and they stand in a classical contrapposto pose. The piece is full of contradictions from Eve picking an apple from a fig tree to the depictions of the two in a German forest far from the Garden of Eden they are usually depicted in. The parrot depicted in the piece relates back to eve because it is thought that their calls sound like “Eva-Ave”. Dürer’s placid animals signify that in this moment of perfection in the garden.
  • Feb 6, 1526

    Entombment of Christ. Jacopo da Pontormo

    Entombment of Christ. Jacopo da Pontormo
    Pontormo worked in the style of that would become known as Mannerism, a term describing a period of art between the High Renaissance and Baroque. The proportions of the figures in the painting make them look squeezed together. Even though the name of this piece is the entombment of christ there is no hint of the cross anywhere in the piece. We also see the separation of Mary and her son, Jesus, after his death. She looks to be pulled to the right, while Jesus is pulled to the left.