The Metropolitan Museum of Art visit Many Renaissance paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art shared the same characteristics. For example, they all had depth and different perspectives. They also had specific shading to make some parts of the picture darker and to emphasize other parts. The Italian Renaissance painters, like Raphael, painted halos around babys and the Madonnas heads. Many paintings also had the intervention of angels to influence people to make healthy choices. The sculptures of the Renaissance were made entirely out of marble. The sculptures of Saints also have halos around their heads.
This sculpture of Saint Andrew was made by
Andrea Bregno in 1491. This used to be in Saint Peters Basilica in Rome. It was on the altar alongside the apostles Paul and Peter. Saint Andrew has a halo around his head as all holy figures do in Renaissance art. It was placed on the altar at because of a French prelate Guillaume du Perrier and was taken apart after the basilica was being rebuilt in 1606.
This painting Madonna and Child by Filippino
Lippi in 1483 was made for Filippo Strozzi, a wealthy banker. The Madonna and child both have halos around their heads because people believed babies are angels and so are the people who nursed and gave birth to them.
This painting Madonna and Child Enthroned with
Saints by Raphael was painted in 1504. Every person in this painted has a halo around their head, the babies, Madonna, the Saints, the angels, and Christ. This painting also shows Christ and angels looking down over Madonna and the children, which is another characteristic of Renaissance art.
The Judgement of Solomon
by Valentin de Boulogne was painted in 1624. Two mothers are standing in front of Solomon claiming that the living child is their child. Solomon commands that each mother have one half of the baby. One agrees and gives up the baby, but the other comes running in(as her dress is waving behind her) and spares the baby. Valentin gives the painting a new perspective by painting one mothers dress waving behind her to show that she is running to the scene.
The Last Supper by Valentin de
Boulogne was painted in 1625. Valentin captures each of the disciples responses to Christs announcement that one of them will betray him. In the foreground to the left Judas is holding his money bag. Valentin gives the painting perspective as all of the disciples are able to be seen in the foreground and the background.
The sculpture Adam by Tullio Lombardo was
started in 1490 and finished in 1495. It a life size statue made completely out of marble. Adams pose is to indicate that Gods perfect man was also the anxious victim of the snakes wiles. Renaissance artists focused on the beauty of nature and the human body. Usually their sculptures and paintings are nude, but this one is covered. The security guard at the museum told us that last year this sculpture fell off it stand after one of the pedestals gave away. After this, they closed down the exhibit and spent 11 months putting it back together. On his left leg, you can tell where the pieces split and where they put them back.