Thursday, March 1, 2012

Western European Paintings


Western European Art: Painting
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/03/hm3_3_1.html?category=%2Fhtml_En%2F03%2Fhm3_3_1_2.html&graphicalsubmit.x=15&graphicalsubmit.y=13
published-copyrights 2011
author-State Hermitage Museum
credibility-This source is credible because it was made by art museum workers.

  • popular painters  in Europe during the renaissance- Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Giorgione, Titian, and Michelangelo
  • only ten or twelve of Leonardo da Vinci's original paintings are left in the world
  • Raphael's paintings Madonna Conestaible and The Holy Family were inspired by his art students 
  • Giorgione painted Judith was thought of by many as a perfect creation
  • Titian was most popular in his Venetian art school during the 16th century
  • Titian work reflects his belief in god such as Christ Carrying the Cross and Child with Mary Magdalene
  • Titian last works were thought of as masterpieces such as St. Sebastian
  1. what made this artists so popular?
  2. What influenced their paintings?

2 comments:

  1. This post was very interesting.It gave me a lot of knowlege on art's history and I found it very interesting that only 12 of Leonardo da Vinci's original paintings are left!

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  2. Your post was very helpful and interesting and I didn't know that there are only twelve left.

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