INTRODUCTION TO POLITICS AND ART
Art can be looked at in many ways. We can spend time looking at brushstrokes, use of
color, design, perspective and other comments on composition and technique. But, exploring
the stories behind the masterpiece, the historic period in that gave birth to the picture,
the people and stories portrayed, the society that influenced the painting as well the
patron that paid the artist all of these genres and more can create a remarkable
series of tales.
There are stories behind painting and in paintings society and political dynasties
speak through art many of our masterpieces reflect turning points in history
they are a "window on a world" of the past, present and future.
"Art is about life, and ultimately the stories behind it are not art stories but
human
stories." (Harvey Rachlin, Scandals, Vandals and Da Vincis, Penguin Books, 2007)
We will discuss two paintings:
Benedetto Pagni: The Medici Madonna Italian
1504-1578
SN 34 oil on panel, 1547click here to read |
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Antonio Palma: Esther Before Ahasuerus
Italian, c. 1510-1575
SN85, oil on canvas, 1574 click here to read |
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