Images - Art Museum

Sandro Botticelli

• Scenes from the Story of Nastagio degli Onesti

• Primavera

• The Birth of Venus

Leonardo da Vinci

• Virgin of the Rocks

• The Mona Lisa

• The Virgin and Child with St. Anne

• The Last Supper

Raphael

• Madonna with the Fish

• The Holy Family with a Lamb

• Madonna del Prato

• Portrait of Baldassacre Castiglione

Words that describe Raphael’s paintings?

Balance, symmetrical, and calm

Words that describe Sandro Botticelli’s paintings?

decorative, mythological, flowing

Words that describe Leonardo de Vinci’s paintings?

sfumato (blurry edges), soft, natural

Words that describe Michelangelo’s paintings?

intense, superhero statue, constrast between light and shadow

Michelangelo

• Sistine Chapel Ceiling

  • The Creation of Adam

  • Last Judgement

Words that describe Parmigianino’s paintings?

elegant (mannerism), unnatural, unbalanced

Parmigianino

• Madonna dal Collo Lungo (Madonna with a long neck)

• The Holy Family with Angels

• Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror

The Last Supper comparison

Leonardo da Vinci

• Everything points to Christ, realistic, natural lighting

Juan de Juanes

• flat, symmetrical, calm, idealized “perfect” figures

Sebastiano vs Morales Christ Painting

Sebastiano del Piombo

• Christ dominates the frame, emotion is restrained, influenced by Michelangelo, and dramatic lighting

Luis de Morales

• Mary holds Christ, more intimate, pain, grief, more emotional, and figures are smooth

Words that describe El Greco’s paintings?

bodies stretched, unnatural colors, emotional (suffering), pulls your eyes upward

El Greco

• The Dormition of the Virgin

• Christ healing the Blind

• The Holy Trinity

• The Disrobing of Christ

• The Martyrdom of Saint Maurice

Comparison between the Crucifixion of Peter

Filippino Lippi:

• action through the whole painting, controlled, even lighting, figures are idealized

Caravaggio

• background disappears - chiaroscuro, intense physical struggle, bodies are real and imperfect

Words that describe Caravaggio’s paintings?

dramatic lighting, hyper-realism, intense/raw emotion, and can sense struggle

Words that describe Francisco Ribalta’s paintings?

Caravaggio influence (strong light/dark contrast), fewer figures, realistic figures, and calm

Words that describe Jose de Ribera’s paintings?

extreme realism, strong chiaroscuro, focus on suffering, heavy/grounded bodies, and harsh but powerful emotional tone

Words that describe Francisco de Zurbarán paintings?

Tenebristic, somber, still-life, minimalist, naturalistic, and rigidly composed

Words that describe Esteban Murillo’s paintings?

luminous, idealized, gentle, pastel-toned, naturalistic, humane (lots of children), and intimate

Words that describe Diego Velazquez’s paintings?

realistic, subtle, sophisticated, balanced, lifelike, deep, harsh contrasts between lights and shadows, and equestrian paintings

The Forge of Vulcan by Diego Velazquez

dramatic but restrained, tense, warm toned palette, carefully observed human reactions, naturalistic but bodies are all very muscular

Venus at her mirror - Diego Velazquez

intimate and private, elegant but understated, balance, and naturalistic

3rd of May

by Francisco Goya

• highly emotional, violent, dramatic, anti-war, tenebristic, raw, expressive, and confrontational

Saturn Devouring his Son

Francisco Goya

• horrific, nightmare, darkly expressive, raw, lighting has harsh contrasts

words describing Joaquin Sorolla’s paintings?

luminous, radiant, open and airy, asymmetrical but balanced, high contrast between light and shadow, blues, whites, and warm yellows, flows, uplifting, optimistic, and serene, and always a focal point

words describing Edouard Manet’s paintings?

flat/uneven, atmospheric, figures pushed toward the foreground, bold yet simplified palettes, social scenes, and portraits of real people

words describing Pablo Picasso paintings?

geometric (cubism), abstracted/distorted figures, blue period, pink period, still-life, human figures, political works, emotionally intense, symbolic, and changing style based on the period of time