Friday, March 27, 2009

Assignment 5

This painting by Caravaggio was very interesting to me due to his signature use of tenebrism and also the fact that it is a true baroque painting with an scene of religious subject matter - Death of a Virgin- with no religious references or symbolism. It shows the world as it is - a natural representation of the death of a virgin and her grieving companion. As with most of his paintings, these figures are large and actually fill the canvas - you feel as if they are IN the room with you. Amazing to think that this GREAT artist was imprisoned and unsuccessful attempts were made to kill him for his "criminal" offenses. I find this painting particularly beautiful, it definitely pulls at my emotional heart strings. I am grateful that he was able to accomplish so much in his short life for those to emulate and enjoy.
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  1. kimberlieMarch 30, 2009 at 6:27 PM

    Hello Jamie,
    I like your choice of painting from Caravaggio. You must have found it on another site- as I did not see it in the book. Did you see this when you were in Italy? It is very powerful, and with a bit less tenebrism then in his other works (which I prefer, as too much makes me feel like Im looking at something without my glasses on and Im missing the detail!)

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  2. kimberlieMarch 30, 2009 at 7:24 PM

    Hello again,
    I wanted to let you know (since you are an inter designer) that the class I am taking in sculpture as well as the Furniture Design class (both taught by the same teacher) is starting up for the spring quarter at De Anza on 4/6. There is room in both classes. The Sculpture class is Arts 037A and the Furniture Design class is Arts 058A. Sculpture is M/W 8:30-11:10 am. And the Furniture Design is T/TH same time. The teacher is Moto Ohtake. Here is a web site for his work, and the new web site for Furniture Design (they have not made one for Sculpture yet) Let me know if you are interested..
    Kimberlie
    http://www.motoohtake.com/
    http://www.deanza.edu/creativearts/furniture/index.html

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  3. kimberlieMarch 30, 2009 at 7:25 PM

    please excuse the spelling error on Interior Design... : )
    K

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