1. Provide the title of the artwork, the artist’s name, and list the contents of the artwork.
Bathsheba at Her Bath, Rembrandt van Rijn. An oil painting of the bathing of Bathsheba after she is summoned by King David
2. Examine the parts and features
a. List exaggerated or emphasized elements: The portray is from the viewpoint of King David as he would have watched Bathsheba at her bath, displaying a contrast darkness in the foreground to the lightened features of Bathsheba with the summoning letter from King David that is in her hand while she is bathing with her handmaid
b. List elements that are de-emphasized or not central to the communication: while other elements are painted darker to fade into the background that …show more content…
Did this work change the goals and works of future artists? – or- is it a dead end & why? Bathsheba at her Bath was the second painting of Rembrant using the Caravaggism but the first utilizing during the Dutch Baroque to reference a biblical historical text, referencing Michaelago’s use of historical biblical references and portraits without using a central religious figure. This work changed the goals and works of future artists because artists from the same era also began using the same technique invented by Michaelago and used by Rembrant during the Dutch Baroque era and the influence of war time coming to a …show more content…
Based on evidence, what is the work communicating?
a. Through the work, what social conventions were supported, highlighted, sought out as ideal attainment, or challenged? Moral dilemmas of the individual; how to make best decision during difficult situations.
b. Through the work, what do we now know about the way that people, or in certain cases the artist, viewed themselves during the period? Making decisions in moral dilemma. War is a moral dilemma. Being summoned by a powerful man is moral dilemma for any woman, especially during the era of King David. Uriah remained faithfully to his marriage
c. Through the work, what do we now understand about the role or plight of the individual in society, or hopes for the individual, communicated during the era through the work of