European Art

I wanted to set a European theme by searching for artworks in the European Paintings, European Sculptures, and the Decorative arts galleries. I decided to choose this theme because the artwork really caters with my taste in art. I tend to gravitate towards religious, cultural, and war paintings, and this exhibit is filled with it. "The Triumph of Marius", "The Capture of Carthage", and "The Battle of Vercellae" are filled with rich european culture. The Capture of Carthage and The Battle of Vercellae are very similar, an obvious similarity is that theyre both depictions of a war, or fight of some sort. Then The Triumph of Marius is the aftermath of all of the war. I think the artworks purpose was to show the struggle, emotions, culture, and the war for the rise of power. All three paintings are by the same artist and you can notice similar setting between all three of the paintings, and he tends to use a few of the similar colors. My analysis is biased sometimes when it comes to European paintings because I am so in love with their culture, and I loved the work I found at the met. These works evoke some emotion in me because I believe Giovanni Battista Tiepolo did a great job of capturing so much in one painting. There are so many things happening at once I'm all three paintings, and I believe those were his intentions for the viewer to not just focus on the point of emphasis; but on the whole painting.

The Triumph of Marius

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo  (Italian, Venice 1696–1770 Madrid)

Date:

1729

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

Irregular painted surface, 220 x 128 5/8 in. (558.8 x 326.7 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

Rogers Fund, 1965

Accession Number:

65.183.1

The Capture of Carthage

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo  (Italian, Venice 1696–1770 Madrid)

Date:

1725–29

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

Irregular painted surface, 162 x 148 3/8 in. (411.5 x 376.9 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

Rogers Fund, 1965

Accession Number:

65.183.2

The Battle of Vercellae

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo  (Italian, Venice 1696–1770 Madrid)

Date:

1725–29

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

Irregular painted surface, 162 x 148 3/8 in. (411.5 x 376.9 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

Rogers Fund, 1965

Accession Number:

65.183.3

Saint Andrew

Andrea Bregno  (Italian, Osteno 1418–1503 Rome)

Date:

1491

Culture:

Italian, Rome

Medium:

Marble

Dimensions:

Overall, assembled (confirmed): H. 47 1/8 x W. 31 3/4 x D. 6 3/4 in., 439lb. (119.7 x 80.6 x 17.1 cm, 199.1291kg); Weight, central panel: 271lb. (122.9248kg); Weight, each pilaster: 84 lb. (38.1022kg)

Classification:

Sculpture

Credit Line:

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Accession Number:

17.190.1736a–c

Moses presenting the tablets of law

Valentin Bousch  (French, active 1514–41, died 1541)

Date:

1532

Culture:

French, Lorraine, Metz

Medium:

Glass-stained

Dimensions:

H. 9' 11 3/8 x W. 66 1/4 in. (303.2 x 168.3 cm.) [a-o only]

Classification:

Glass

Credit Line:

Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917

Accession Number:

17.40.1a–r

The Descent of the Holy Spirit

Francesco Orlandini 

Date:

1547

Culture:

Italian, Verona

Medium:

Walnut and other woods

Dimensions:

H. 35-1/2 x W. 43-1/2 in. (90.2 x 110.5 cm)

Classification:

Woodwork

Credit Line: