Renaissance & Baroque

 

Mars and Venus United by Love

Artist: Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari)
 (Italian, Verona 1528–1588 Venice)
Date: 1570s




The name of this art work is titled Mars and Venus by love. It was created by Paolo Veroenese around 1570. ( The exact time of that the painting was created is unknown). The painting shows Mars the man with the armor unifying his love for the women on the left named venous. In the painting we see cupid who portrayed by the little bay with the wings. Hes tying what seems like a pink rage around both Venus and Mars legs as a sign of love.  In the painting we also see lush tress which good symbolize good health. Furthermore we see a horse in the background. We can see the muscle fibers on the horse, thus the horse can symbolize strength. Also we see another cupid in the background holding a sword cross way, that could symbolize defense probably from the evil looking statue at the back. We can tell that the statue is evil just by looking at its face. Further more we see Venus holding her breast which can symbolize fertility. This painting has vivid colors and textures. Such as Venus being painted in lighter colors.We can tell by the colors that is was painted with oil paint . We also see that the artist used scale in his painting to depict that something is Thur away. For instance the horse and the other cupid was painted smaller to make it seem that they were further away. Mars and Venus Untied by Love was create d by Paolo Veronese in Northern Italy during the Renaissance.

The Companions of Rinaldo

     
Artist: Nicolas Poussin (French, Les Andelys 1594–1665 Rome)
Date: ca. 1633   

The Compaionsof Rinaldo was created by Nicolas Poussin Around 1633 during the middle of the Baroque period in Europe. In this painting we see 2 Roman soldiers fighting a small dragon. These soldiers are from different parts of the Roman army. Although they are dressed the same there colors symbolize which branch of the army they are from. The blue color probably symbolize a honor guard which guards the king. The yellow color solider symbolizes the council guard. The dragon problem symbolize a foreign danger to the kingdom where both the king and the council are fighting. We also see a maiden in a boat which can also symbolize Rome conquering new land. This is also an oil painting, But it differs greatly form Renaissance painting. we see this in the artist use of darker colors and my darker plain background. and a cloudy sky. The artist also used scale to make objects seem further away. For instance the women and the boat were drawn smaller to look like they where further away. As you can see this is an example of baroque art which symbolize Roman power during that time period. The Companions of Reinaldo differ greatly from the art work during the Renaissance we see this by darker colors portraying a darker feel towards the painting.