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    The bottom piece‚ the predella or base: 29 7/8”x 11’. Both right and left side panels are: 7’ 6 5/8” x 29 7/8”. This piece has oil paintings on each panel. It is currently in Musée d’Unterlinden‚ Colmar‚ France. This altarpiece was originally in the Abbey of St. Anthony in Isenheim. The Abbey was a place for people suffering from skin diseases. The center panel shows the first religious aspect of this piece‚ the crucifixion of Christ. This gave comfort to the people of the Abbey that were suffering

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    The Holy Trinity by Masaccio was done approximately 1428. It is a superb example of Masaccio’s use of space and perspective. It consists of two levels of unequal height. Christ is represented on the top half‚ in a coffered‚ barrel-vaulted chapel. On one side of him is the Virgin Mary‚ and on the other‚ St. John. Christ himself is supported by God the Father‚ and the Dove of the Holy Spirit rests on Christ’s halo. In front of the pilasters that enframe the chapel kneel the donors (husband and wife)

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    Exploring the painting and drawing inspiration for the pattern I chose a painting called The temptation of Saint Anthony (1510-1515) by Matthias Grunewald. The painting is a third wing of Isenheim altarpiece‚ best known piece of art by Matthias Grunewald and Nikolaus Hagenauer. Matthias Grunewald was a German Renaissance painter who differed from painters in his time as he ignored classical renaissance style by continuing to use expressive and intense style of late medieval Central European art

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    Renaissance Depictions of the Crucifixion The Renaissance was known as a period of revival or rebirth of cultural awareness and learning that took place during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and‚ perhaps most of all‚ as an era of the individual. During the Renaissance‚ art was a branch of knowledge - a way to showcase God and his creations‚ science‚ anatomy‚ discoveries and to inspire people to take pleasure in the world around them. Christian art during this period was produced to enhance

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    The main characteristics of Romanesque art:  simple compositions and very linear‚ elongated designs  There is very little sign of figurative imagery or any effort towards naturalistic depiction.  characteristics were meant to inspire the viewer to devout‚ religiously inspired awe and fear of the Creator and of course‚ of His representation here on earth in the body of the Holy Church  religious devotion- scenes of hellish creatures and tormented bodies abound

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    aimed to prove the significance of the subjects in the current culture. The subject and style is also comparative to the work of famous German artist Matthias Grunewald. In his Madonna and Child with Angels panel from the second view of the Isenheim Altarpiece‚ Grunewald portrays a loving embrace between Mary‚ draped in red and blue with highlights of gold in a clasp and in her hair‚ and the baby Jesus (Janson 636). Like Virgin and Child‚ the painting depicts heavy drapery and long‚ soft‚ simple facial

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    Chapter Three: The Themes of Art CHAPTER OVERVIEW • • • • • • Representing Nature Representing Everyday Life Making Things and Creating Space Representing the Spiritual Representing the Mind Representing the Beautiful Works in Progress Pablo Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon The Critical Process Thinking about the Themes of Art: Robert Mapplethorpe’s Parrot Tulip CHAPTER OBJECTIVES This Chapter Will: • • • • • provide an overview of the varied themes in art‚ from genre to fantasy discuss the human

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