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PAOLO VERONESE (1528-1588) Mars and Venus United by Love (1576 or later)

Paolo Caliari was renamed Paolo Veronese because he was from Venice. He did not have a great deal of formal training and studied under the Venetian artist, Antonio Badile. Th conservative local style of Venice was adopted by Veronese and it remained influential to his style for the rest of his life. Much of Veronese’s work was Christian in theme, but he offended officials of the Holy Office of the Inquisition with his painting of The Last Supper. Asked to make changes to the

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ubens may have been influenced by Italian art and Christian dogma, but it also shows how he makes the creation his own, “Rubens avoided the sterile repetitions of academic forms by injecting into his works a lusty exuberance and almost frenetic energy. Glowing color and light that flickers across the limbs and draperies infuse spiraling compositions such as Descent from the Cross with a characteristically baroque sense of movement and tactile strength” (WebMuseum 1). In Descent from the Cross we also see the contrast of light and shadow as well as the sensuous brushstrokes that were germane to Ruben’s style. All of these elements help to add to the narrative of the piece which is about the beauty and the sacrifice that are Christ. The painting is multi-layered in perspective, but this is not only achieved from the foreground to the background of the work, but also from the bottom to the top. The horizontal perspective is achieved by having a container on the ground in the extreme foreground with different levels of individuals and fabrics completing the multi-layered perspective into the background. From bottom to top the perspective is achieved through the use of ladders on either side of the Christ figure which arranges
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