My bad, should have posted here not garbing. ANYHOO...
I know there are old threads on this subject, just far back enough that I can't locate them.
Anyway, to make a long story short(er), my daughter and I went to the Kimball this morning to see the Carravaggio and his Followers in Rome exhibit.
I saw this piece in person:
http://media.kunst-fuer-alle.de/img/36/m/36_78359~good-fortune.jpg
The pinks are almost-lilac pink and the orange is vibrant. Of the several online images available, this seems the closest in color match. The wiki-site image is nowhere close. Also not mentioned is the fact that this painting is slightly larger than life-size. HUGE. Awesome.
This is late 1590-1610s, so still quite Renaissance.
The paintings of these masters are incredible, one can see every bit of the ostrich feathers, the folds of the velvet, the sheen.
Thru Jan 8th in Ft Worth if anyone can make it!
Marga
http://www.renaissancefestival.com/forums/index.php?topic=10760.0 The pink thread
http://www.renaissancefestival.com/forums/index.php?topic=12785.0 the orange thread
Nice paintings. Great outfits in them!
Quote from: captmarga on December 27, 2011, 06:51:19 PM
My bad, should have posted here not garbing. ANYHOO...
I know there are old threads on this subject, just far back enough that I can't locate them.
Anyway, to make a long story short(er), my daughter and I went to the Kimball this morning to see the Carravaggio and his Followers in Rome exhibit.
I saw this piece in person:
http://media.kunst-fuer-alle.de/img/36/m/36_78359~good-fortune.jpg
The pinks are almost-lilac pink and the orange is vibrant. Of the several online images available, this seems the closest in color match. The wiki-site image is nowhere close. Also not mentioned is the fact that this painting is slightly larger than life-size. HUGE. Awesome.
This is late 1590-1610s, so still quite Renaissance.
Art historically speaking, the Renaissance as an art movement ended sometime in the 1530s. The period after is called Mannerism ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannerism ), of which Pontormo and Michelangelo are considered the "portal figures" (leading the way into a new era).
Caravaggio is by some reckoned a late Mannerist, by others early Baroque. Either how, nothing about Caravaggio's art is Renaissance. In Italy it ended some 70-80 years before he became a well known artist. In Northern Europe the late 16th century is still considered Renaissance, but that's quite another matter.
But it is truly fascinating to see old art "live", to see how detailed and vibrant paintings usually are. Online scans and reproductions in books just don't do it justice!