Art in the Renaissance Period
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Paolo Veronese (1528 1588) was an Italian Renaissance painter and one of the great masters of the Venetian School. He was born Paolo Caliari in Verona but was called Veronese for his native city. The conservative local tradition of Verona remained fundamental to Veronese's style throughout his career. In his early works, Veronese combined elements of the local High Renaissance style with elements of mannerism, which included complex compositional schemes that often employ a so called worm's eye view perspective. He also used figures reminiscent of those of Italian artist Michelangelo. In 1553, he moved to Venice, where he blended brilliant, luminous contrasting hues in the Veronese tradition. His compositions often involve multileveled settings and dramatically steep perspectives. Veronese was seen as a master of the use of color and also excelled at illusionary compositions that extend the eye beyond the actual confines of the room ("Uffizi Paolo Veronese"). One of Veronese's major works is "Mars and Venus United by Love" from about 1570, currently displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The Renaissance is a period seen as a rebirth of learning on the classical model. The modern conception of the Renaissance actually derives from the nineteenth century in the work of Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt, who published a pioneering work in 1860 in which he saw the Renaissance as almost purely cultural, as the work of a small Italian elite pioneering
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his case he is identified primarily by the uniform he wears and by the helmet that is on the ground by his feet. His sword is being used by one of the cupids, who uses it to keep the horse to the right from moving forward.
The weight of the painting shifts the eye to the left side of the frame, as does the lighter coloring of Venus's skin and her chemise, which is tossed across a wall. Against her skin, the darker head of Mars is framed as he gazes down at the Cupid who is tying Venus's leg to that of Mars, suggesting that the title of the painting is to be taken literally. Venus is also watching her Cupid with some indulgence as the knot is tied. The three primary figures in the painting, then, are all shifted to the left, and the way the two principals are gazing forward at the Cupid in the lower left corner causes the viewer as well to shift his or her eyes in that direction and so to see the tying of the knot, the central action of the painting. Additionally, the curve of Mars's back as he leans to the left matches the slight shift of Venus's body to the right to form an arch over the Cupid. Mars holds a dark cloak which drapes across Venus's lap, and the darkness of the cloak allows the whiteness of Venus's leg and Cu
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