Kody Carlson's Art Blog

                                                                  Revolutionary and art 1700               "The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, 17 June 1775" 1786 by John Trumbull  can be found in Museum of Fine Arts Boston and is a oil painting https://www.americanrevolutioninstitute.org/treasures-of-the-american-revolution/revolutionary-war-paintings/                                         This a very big piece in it's time there were many pieces made about the revolutionary war and this art piece in particular. Shows the way John Trumbull felt about the war this showed his political point o...

                                                            Baroque Art Blog                                                                            https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/las-meninas/9fdc7800-9ade-48b0-ab8b-edee94ea877f                                                Las Meninas artist Diego Velazquez , oil painting on canvas  Diego Velazquez was born June 6th, 1599, in Seville, Spain and died August 6th, 1660. Diego became an...

                         Renaissance Blog    Created by Sandro Botticelli "The Birth of Venus"  https://www.artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/art_movements/italian-renaissance/italian-renaissance-art-humanism.html          I have chosen this piece of art from the Italian Renaissance because I like the piece of art because of it's intricate detail and meaning. This painting was created by Sandro Botticelli in 1482. Sandro Botticelli was commissioned by the Medici Family of Florence. This painting represents a classic roman myth Venus the goddess of love has been born from the sea and is gently being blown to shore by Zephyrus the god of the winds. This piece also represents humanism during the Renaissance which places value on the individual human. Botticelli used tempera and oil on a poplar panel to create this masterpiece. This painting can be found at the Uffizi Museum in Florence, ...