Still life- vanitas/ Nature Motre
Artists
JUAN SCANCHEZ COTAN
This painter was influential during the 17th century, painting Nature Morte, his painting of still using quince, Melon and cucumber is showing that he has an individual style of hanging some fruit or vegetables and some sat on the ground created a curve that leads the viewers eyes through the painting, the lighting is set from the front left which is noticeable by seeing shadows. Cotan's work is similar painted to Caravaggio with the use of lighting forming shadows and detail in the objects showing the texture and shape either focusing on food or flowers as the food used within this painting his still life's doesn't look very nourishing which suggest that this is influenced highly from his experience joining the Carthusians that were known as vegetarians that has led him to this style of painting. His concern with the relationships among the objects and with achieving the illusion of reality throught the use of light and shadow was a major influence on the work of later Spanish painter such as Juan Van der Hamen. Cotan style is with Venetian and his work is placed in the transition from Mannerism to Boroque, characterically he depicts a few simple fruits, some which hang from a fine string at different levels while others sit on a ledge or window. This form stand out with an almost geometric clarity against a dark background.
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CARAVAGGIO
Caravaggio was an influential painter of the 17th Century and his Nature Motre paintings were demonstrative of the fashions and symbolisms. His painting 'Basket of fruit' is all about the use of diagonal lines and horizontal lines to lead the viewers eyes into the image. Caravagio used the diagonal branch on the right side to lead the eyes towards the basket of fruit as that bit has the most light shone on it and has made a shadow of the branch and he has painted the lighting of the certain parts of the left to make the image contrast and balance out. Caraavaggio paintings combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional with dramatic use of the lighting and had a influence on Baroque painting. He likes the idea of flatness and 3D illusions and perspective, this is advance for the 17th Century. The painting 'Basket of fruit' shows Caravaggio's inspiration, the renaissance as the grapes and the leaves has been very close to depictions within paintings during the renaissance period.
CARAVAGGIO
Caravaggio was an influential painter of the 17th Century and his Nature Motre paintings were demonstrative of the fashions and symbolisms. His painting 'Basket of fruit' is all about the use of diagonal lines and horizontal lines to lead the viewers eyes into the image. Caravagio used the diagonal branch on the right side to lead the eyes towards the basket of fruit as that bit has the most light shone on it and has made a shadow of the branch and he has painted the lighting of the certain parts of the left to make the image contrast and balance out. Caraavaggio paintings combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional with dramatic use of the lighting and had a influence on Baroque painting. He likes the idea of flatness and 3D illusions and perspective, this is advance for the 17th Century. The painting 'Basket of fruit' shows Caravaggio's inspiration, the renaissance as the grapes and the leaves has been very close to depictions within paintings during the renaissance period.
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