Caravaggio and Leonardo da Vinci: A Comparative Analysis of Their Visual Arts - Prof. Ann , Study notes of Art

Download Caravaggio and Leonardo da Vinci: A Comparative Analysis of Their Visual Arts - Prof. Ann and more Study notes Art in PDF only on Docsity! 10/19/10 Introduction to Visual Arts Virginia Albert *Caravaggio, Conversion of Saint Paul, oil/canvas, Cerasi Chapel, S.M. del Popolo, Rome, Baroque, c. 1601, 7’6 ½” x 5’10” -very dramatic fashion -Caravaggio thinks about where we, the viewer, stand while viewing his work -looks at natural light in story, light that comes into painting is ehanced by natural light -Caravaggio picks the moment of greatest drama and distills the whole narrative into this one scene -light takes into account the natural setting, light itself has a narrative function. Illuminates what part of the story is important. -good at using qualities to tell part of story -uses shading, light, color (limited palette) to help focus our eyes -used line to help focus our attention on Paul -tension helps us to focus -scale=figures are life size -almost as if Paul is falling into our space—shallow space. Lit, theatrical art. Foreshortened, as if breaking barrier between pictoral world and our world. FOCUS—portraits Portraits—seen everywhere in every museum, yet is important to note that you can pull out information about individual based on artistic choices of painter. Judge people by faces. *Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa (Portrait of a Woman), oil/wood, Florence, Renaissance, c. 1503-05, 2’6 ¼” x 1’9” (cut down)