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The Met. Museum of Art

In the period between the 16th to 19th centuries, some of the greatest artistic works of all time were created. It was a period encompassing the Renaissance and Baroque periods, as well as the Venetian School and definitely represents on of the most astonishing periods of creation in Western art. If we examine three paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, one each from the 16th, 17th and 19th centuries, we see an example of the remarkable paintings that were created during this epoch. The three artists and paintings to be beheld are: Mars and Venus United by Love, by Paolo Veronese; Descent from the Cross, by Peter Paul Rubens; Pygmalion and Galatea, by Jean-Leon Gerome. Each of the art pieces, the artists, their period, and techniques will be discussed before a closing section compares and contrasts each of the three painters and their works.

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 rendering, the artists chose instead to change its title. His philosophy of life and art pretty much some up his serious approach to painting and his dedication to his craft, “The more you are disciplined, the stronger are the grids of consciousness. And to have a strong consciousness, as strong sinews, enables you to balance megatons of the light force you call love…The art of living love is to be creative. And the art of being creative is to be self-disciplined” (Paul The Venetian 3-4).

Veronese’s work is usually c...

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