AJ Frankelis

January 21, 2017

The Metropolitan Museum of Art visit
Many Renaissance paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art shared the same
characteristics. For example, they all had depth and different perspectives. They also had
specific shading to make some parts of the picture darker and to emphasize other parts. The
Italian Renaissance painters, like Raphael, painted halos around babys and the Madonnas
heads. Many paintings also had the intervention of angels to influence people to make healthy
choices. The sculptures of the Renaissance were made entirely out of marble. The sculptures of
Saints also have halos around their heads.

This sculpture of Saint Andrew was made by

Andrea Bregno in 1491. This used to be in Saint
Peters Basilica in Rome. It was on the altar
alongside the apostles Paul and Peter. Saint
Andrew has a halo around his head as all holy
figures do in Renaissance art. It was placed on the
altar at because of a French prelate Guillaume du
Perrier and was taken apart after the basilica was
being rebuilt in 1606.

This painting Madonna and Child by Filippino

Lippi in 1483 was made for Filippo Strozzi, a
wealthy banker. The Madonna and child both
have halos around their heads because people
believed babies are angels and so are the
people who nursed and gave birth to them.

This painting Madonna and Child Enthroned with

Saints by Raphael was painted in 1504. Every
person in this painted has a halo around their
head, the babies, Madonna, the Saints, the
angels, and Christ. This painting also shows
Christ and angels looking down over Madonna
and the children, which is another characteristic of
Renaissance art.

The Judgement of Solomon

by Valentin de Boulogne
was painted in 1624. Two
mothers are standing in
front of Solomon claiming
that the living child is their
child. Solomon commands
that each mother have one
half of the baby. One agrees
and gives up the baby, but
the other comes running
in(as her dress is waving
behind her) and spares the
baby. Valentin gives the
painting a new perspective
by painting one mothers
dress waving behind her to
show that she is running to
the scene.

The Last Supper by Valentin de

Boulogne was painted in 1625.
Valentin captures each of the
disciples responses to Christs
announcement that one of them
will betray him. In the foreground
to the left Judas is holding his
money bag. Valentin gives the
painting perspective as all of the
disciples are able to be seen in
the foreground and the
background.

The sculpture Adam by Tullio Lombardo was

started in 1490 and finished in 1495. It a life size
statue made completely out of marble. Adams pose
is to indicate that Gods perfect man was also the
anxious victim of the snakes wiles. Renaissance
artists focused on the beauty of nature and the
human body. Usually their sculptures and paintings
are nude, but this one is covered. The security
guard at the museum told us that last year this
sculpture fell off it stand after one of the pedestals
gave away. After this, they closed down the exhibit
and spent 11 months putting it back together. On his
left leg, you can tell where the pieces split and
where they put them back.