Humanities New Findings on the Life and Work

Question: Identified the two pieces you will work with this term, use your initial post to justify your selection by explaining why the two pieces selected should be compared. What is their shared theme? You may wish to consult the MindEdge resource on Writing About the Humanities, located in the Course Supplemental Materials folder in the Course Information section.? Answer: Assumption of Mary Magdalene, is a famous painting by a French painter, Etienne Allegrain (1644- 1736) belonging to the Baroque style of period on in the 17the century. The picture provides details of the people and sky, which appears to be more realistic with oil on canvas medium. The (88 x 115) sq. cm. painting is currently located in Hermitage Museum, Paris. Etienne, through his intellectual and philosophical content of paintings characterized by a light and free manner had admitted him into the Academie Royale in the year 1676. His artistic productions breathed stylized, heroic, majestic, idealized influence from classical antiquity (Thompson 2014). His paintings reflected rustic representation of the nature with the picturesque, poetic, and anecdotal views of la France profonde. He was responsible for the foundation of the dynasty of sculptors and painters during the 17th century. He also received various royal commissions for providing menagerie at Versailles and for providing pictures of the Trianon palace. His works had been admired by the public and had been greatly in demand. View of the Monastery of El Escorial, is a painting by a French painter, Michel Ange Houasse (1680 1730) belonging to the Rococo style of period in 1719. The famous painting has (125 x 180) sq. cm. dimension based on oil on canvas. The painting is currently located in Prado museum in Paris. In his painting, Michel was able to personify the nature and made it alive through his work in such a way that it has been ranked 4th most prestigious genre by the French Academy of the Painting and Sculpture (Marandet 2012). The bucolic and patrol genre scenes mainly influenced his taste, which is reflected in his paintings. Though, the Baroque art came into existence before the Rococo style of art, both have been related to the exquisite kinds of art of the 17 the century and both have been admired by most of the artists, philosophers and historians as well (Sitwell 2013). Through the analysis of the works of two artists being selected belong to two different art of styles, it can be found that the despite belonging to the different style periods, they have similarities in them. As evident from the works of the artists, Etienne Allegrain and Michel Ange Houasse, their style of art depicted the magnificent luxurious design of the nobility, churches, and monarchs. The works of the artists belonging to the two style of art incorporated the material and spiritual richness, which is both illusory and dramatic. The works belonging to the Baroque period breathed stylized, heroic, majestic, idealized influence from the nature. On the other, hand the works belonging to the Rococo period depicted the bucolic and patrol genre scenes incorporating the personification of the nature (Neuman 2012). Thus, it can be seen that both the styles followed more playful, fanciful, natural, and extravagant form of the classical antiquity. The illustration of luxury of space rich art and grandeur has made the two styles of arts to be one of the most remarkable artistic periods of the 17th century. References Thompson, I., 2014, March. Gardener's world: Ian Thompson applauds an opulent catalogue which offers a great deal of insight into Andre Le Notre's life and work. InApollo(Vol. 179, No. 618, pp. 194-196). Apollo Magazine Ltd.. Marandet, F., 2012. New Findings on the Life and Work of Claude Simpol.Metropolitan Museum Journal,47(1), pp.109-118. Sitwell, S., 2013.Southern Baroque Art-Painting-Architecture and Music in Italy and Spain of the 17th 18th Centuries. Read Books Ltd. Neuman, R., 2012.Baroque and Rococo Art and Architecture. Pearson Higher Ed.