Iconography

This response is to Christopher Travis’ choice of Prince’s “Purple Rain.” It is evident that the actions and reactions of the crowd is a confirmation of the icon that Prince was. Considering the enormous following that Prince had, it is conceivable that there was and still are a significant number of his fans that took their obsession and devotion to an extreme level. This level of devotion and recognition, along with the career and financial success proves Prince to be nothing short of an icon.…

Whilst there may be some truth in the distinction: Protestants destroy property and Catholics kill, it is a gross over-simplification of the religious violence associated with the Early Modern era to characterise it in such a binary manner. At best, it is a sweeping generalisation based upon the assumption that Protestant property destruction is driven by their anti-iconic beliefs, who felt that they had a legitimate objection to the wrongful use of material objects during worship: something…

on the list of Marian dogmas is The Immaculate Conception. A basic definition would refer to Mary being born without original sin. During the sixteenth-eighteenth centuries, emblems were a huge form of declaring Mary’s graceful attributes (The Iconography of the Assumption East and West). The Miraculous Medal bracelet I wear around my wrist almost everyday represents the medal of The Immaculate Conception. A few details of the art piece are, on the front, Mary stands on the globe with a serpent…

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transition between Byzantine and early Renaissance paintings of the Madonna and Child especially related to subject matter, composition, material, style and meaning. Though these religious paintings of the Madonna and Child depict the same Christian iconography…

Bruce Chao Comparison between Master of the Straus Madonna (The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston) of c. 1395–1400 and Virgin and Child with Donor ( the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston) of c. 1480 by Antoniazzo Romano ARTH 1381 Mon/Wed/Fri 10-11AM I pledge that in the following paper, I have not represented as my own work the work of another without appropriately acknowledging the source. Bruce Chao The Pictorial style of Italian Art have continually changed throughout the late…

Famous artists such as Frida Kahlo, Jose Guadalupe Posada, and even Rivera himself can be seen in the center of the painting. A skeleton figure, known by the name Dame Catrina, is also seen in the center holding on to both Rivera and Posada. 3. Iconography: Frida Kahlo can be seen holding a yin yang symbol in one hand, which can represent that Kahlo and Rivera compliment each other, like yin and yang. Kahlo is also depicted with her other hand on young Diego Rivera’s shoulder, showing the…

meaning that the visual elements and composition are varied because these time periods signaled a brilliant change in art. In terms of formal analysis, there are many differences, although several similarities are apparent, particularly religious iconography and subject matter. To begin with, the two paintings used tempera on wood panel, though…

The Birth of Venus is a truly magnificent piece of artwork. It was painted around 1480 with tempera on canvas. This painting was the first large mythological painting since antiquity. Botticelli painted this during the Renaissance era. Here are excerpts from Stanze per la Giostra, by Angelo Poliziano, that are though to be what Botticelli painted his image about. “A young woman with nonhuman countenance, is carried on a conch shell, wafted to shore by playful zephyrs…the Hours (Goddess of the…

time of the Renaissance, artists worked in guilds and only on commission and the idea of creating “art for art’s sake” came much later. A majority of these paintings, sculptures, and murals were made to be seen in churches and chapels. Christian iconography was prevalent during this time because most of the work was done for the Papacy, who wanted masterworks of art in their homes. The Italians were not the only group to become well known painting during the Renaissance, and this movement…