Renaissance Observation Paper

Renaissance Observation Paper The painting that I selected was “Forest Fire” by Piero di Cosimo. Piero di Cosimo was a Florentine painter of the Italian Renaissance. He was born on January 2, 1462, and died on April 12, 1522. He created this painting in 1505, at the age of 43, about a decade before his death. He painted “Forest Fire” with an oil panel canvas, similar to most of his paintings at the time.
Starting in the left hand corner, I see a bundle of cream, beige, and black birds flying away in a frantic. Then a multi-colored bird sits on the far end branch, almost peacefully, unbothered by the chaos surrounding it. A little below the colorful bird is an ash hawk, with its wings sprung out, kind of looks as if he is controlling the situation. Below him is two small golden deer, one of them is looking at the fire, probably thinking why are we still standing here. The other deer is looking up at the birds as if he is envious that they are able to escaped with …show more content…
Directly next to the bush is a raw umber bison running away in distraught. On the ledge, there is a mother possum and her dim grey kids savaging to something of interest. To the right of them is a Nero tree that is either dead, or just sprouted, because it wasn’t on fire but it was leafless. Above the bush in the field is a white winged bird; the position of his wings shows that he was flying with some type of speed. In the background of the middle is the heart of the forest in a large carrot orange and fire engine red flames, demolishing all life that habituated that area. To the right of the tree is a buttercup colored cow, he stands motionless with his mouth wide open and his long French rose tongue waving out. Above the cow is a Sahara colored, roundly shaped bird. He was positioned as if he was striking; his wings were tight to the side and his sharp beak leading the