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Art History Museum

As a student of art history, going to a museum is the only way to
fully experience a work of art. By only looking at a painting or sculpture in a
book or on a slide, you cannot fully experience the work of art. By going to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, I was able to look at paintings that dated from
centuries old, to recent times. Bruges, The Life and Miracles of Saint Godelieve,
15th Century, Tempera on wood The Proto-Renaissance alter piece, The Life and
Miracles of Saint Godelieve was done by the artist Bruges. This piece is very
typical of its time period. The title alone, summarizes what art was in this
period, religious. The painting itself is not proportionate, has no vanishing
point, and the saints have a globe-like halo. All the faces look the same, if
you walked down the street, you would not be able to pick out an individual
model for this painting, because there probably was no modeling done. Raphael,
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints, 1504, oil on wood The Raphael
alter-piece, Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints, was painted in 1504. The
surface is very smooth, you cannot see any brushstrokes. The figures are placed
in a pyramid shape, with the Madonna’s face as the center, and the viewer as
the worm’s eye-view perspective. The face’s still all look the same, but
there is much more detail in this piece than in The Life and Miracles of Saint
Godelieve. The bright colors, details, size of the alter-piece, and what we now
recognize as halos on the angels make this work a typical Raphael. Designed by
Francesco di Giorgio, Gubbio Studiolo, 1476, wood trompe-l’oeil The Gubbio
Studiolo is amazing. At a first glance everything looks real. But then at a
closer look, you realize the benches and cabinets that are there, are not real
benches and cabinets at all. It’s all wood inlayed on a wall. To create
shadows, the artist used different types of wood. It is supposed to have the
effect of having the viewer think everything is three dimensional. Even the
ceiling is part of this effect. The scene this work depicts has all aspects of
learning portrayed; religion, science, music, and literature. The artist places
items symbolizing these different parts of learning by placing them into the
"cabinets" that are all around. Bronzino, Portrait of a young Man,
1550, oil on wood The mannerist work, Portrait of a Young Man was done by
Bronzino. The painting contains aspects conveyed by the mannerist period. The
young man is holding a...

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