Analysis: The Getty In Los Angeles, California

For this project I had visited The Getty in Los Angeles, California. The Getty is an open to the public museum that showcases paintings from all over the world from many different time periods. The museum also features sculptures, drawings, decorative arts, and even manuscripts. While at The Getty, there was much art to observe, but I had settled on three distinct pieces of art. All of the pieces of art were Italian and were created before the 1500s. The titles of the pieces of art are Branchini Madonna, Martyrdom of Pope-Saint Caius, and The Madonna and Child. The pieces were all great pieces of art and were distinct in their nature. The art gives insight as to how society was during that time and even can provide evidence of the technological …show more content…
The Baby Jesus is seen reaching for his mother and also holding onto her veil. The painting had been completed by Giovanni di Paolo in 1427. The piece is Italian and features tempura and gold leaf on a panel. In the painting, Father God is pictured above the two and is signing of both blessings and judgement. There is also a dove which most likely represents the Holy Spirit. In terms of the artwork’s objects expressing the values of the society, the painting does a wonderful job of depicting the importance of The Baby Jesus and Virgin Mary. The painting had many effects achieved through painting over gold, which would make the painting much more valuable since it had been painted over gold. Seeing as the piece was done on something of actual monetary value, it would therefore signify that the art depicted shows an interest and strong values in religion itself. The crown on the Virgin Mary itself features glass gems as well. The objects most likely had been designed in order to show the beauty of the Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus. Nothing …show more content…
The piece, like all the others, is Italian. It was completed around 1470 to 1475 in the Workshop of Paolo Uccello. The piece was either created by Uccello’s daughter Antonia or his son Donato. Both of his children had been active artist’s in his workshop at the time. The piece features, as the title suggests, the Madonna (Virgin Mary) and child (Baby Jesus). The picture is one of the more subtle paintings of both the Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus together. They are the subject of the painting and in the background is what appears to be a Tuscan landscape with homes. The painting also has the common Uccello touch of neat rows of trees and wispy clouds. The painting expresses common values of everyday life, it depicts the life of possible farmworker’s living in the sense that it shows a field rather than any architecture or common Italian aspects of life. The purpose seems to be unclear, it may just be that the painting was just simply to portray the Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus. There may be speculation as to why exactly the painting was done, but that may just be over-thinking and as previously mentioned, there may not have been any reason other than just to create this painting just to do it. There does not seem to be any differences that are portrayed in this painting. The painting does, however, have religious ties. Similar to the first piece of art analyzed, the painting features two of the most