Madonna's Painting, The Ognissanti Madonna

In this beautiful piece of artwork the artist put many art elements into it. The artist uses many lines to help him bring this painting alive. On the edges of the painting lines can be seen forming a pentagon. The platform the main figure is sitting in also has lines helping it look like a throne. There is also shapes in this painting one easy one would be the pentagon shape throne the lady sits n then there are squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, and few biomorphic shapes. The texture the viewer can see are skin, shiny, and wood. The skin is from the peoples faces, the wood can be seen on the throne, and the shiny texture in the faces and in the eyes. The painting also poses light, medium, high contrast values in it. Most of the light and high contrast is used in the background and the peoples faces. Especially the baby and the woman carrying him. The final most important element is the color. Many bright colors are used yellow ,red, white. The yellow is primarily used then the red. It also possess dull colors of blue and black. Which is used for the women in the chairs clothing.
The largest part of the painting is the Virgin Mary she is the biggest figure in the middle of the painting. The smallest part is Baby Jesus carried within her arms. Both Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus are the most important part of the painting. The painting is dedicated to them showing his faith to them. The most important art element is the texture without it the painting would not look as realistic. The painter added no movement because he wanted to give it a peaceful look to it. The figures were often stiff, two-dimensional and did not evoke emotional involvement with the