Introduction

This is painted in 1659 in Amsterdam, Netherlands This is one of Rembrandt self-portrait. The reason that he painted himself is that in the 17th century self-portrait was uncommon.  Rembrandt has concentrated the meagre light on his face. His simple garment, trimmed only at the shoulder and collar, is gently illuminated and only hints at his stature. I would own this painting because Rembrandt is one the most famous artist of all time. His paintings bring color and life. His reason only to pick a simple garment compares to the Renaissance era that dressed in sumptuous fabrics.  Rembrandt was connected to the influence of the council of Trent. Rembrandt on the other had was a Protestant artist. He had the freedom to expression. The council of Trent was designed to focus on mysteries of faith. Protestant art was formed by due to the revolt of the Protestant reformation. Rembrandt desired to interpret his Biblical narratives in more human (as opposed to lofty theological) terms. ...

                                           The first painting on the right was in 1450 by Andrea del Catagno "Francesco Petrarch" The second painting was in 1464 by Vicenzo Foppa "the Young Cicero Reading" The Northern Renaissance era was in the 15th century. This art that I choose represents Humanism. Humanism was centered on the nature and importance of humanity. The person on the left is Petrarch for reading one of his famous poems. and the one of the left is a child outside on a bench reading a book.  Both paintings bring out the artist work on the social gaps between his age and of Cicero's that he copied. The painting of Petrarch show a person that gave up law school to full fill his love for poetry. He wanted to show his envision of trying a new way of conceptualizing the past. Petrarch also saw that the Roman values were decli...

 This art by Melanie Alcantara was uploaded to the Pixels.com website on January 6, 2013. Her reason behind this painting is that it depicts a range of emotion that a person feels at any given moment. The location where Melanie Alcantara painted this is unknown.     When it comes to art that I think shows the true human is the painting Emotions by Melanie Alcantara. The art shows how we can go from happy to sad in a moments notice. We are happy when everything is going good. The second emotion that we tend to do is irritation. The third emotion that this art depict is sadness. I feel this one is the one that we hate to feel. I have felt this way in the past two weeks because i had to put one of my pets to sleep. The fourth and final one is Angry. We tend to sometimes get angry at the most stupid reasons. We get angry when a friend doesn't call us back after we call them. We are human beings that have a great range of emotion daily. We could be happy in the morning then in...