Visiting the MET

This week, on September 30th (my birthday, yay!) our class visited the Metropolitan Museum. This is my third visit, but I feel like it's the first time every time. We were asked to focus on Renaissance and Baroque works and sketch one from each period.

For the Baroque painting I chose "The Feast of Achelous" circa 1615 by Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel. The two collaborated for a series of mythological paintings. This piece was most likely commissioned for an elaborate collector.

This Baroque piece is identifiable due to the action and the asymmetry of the painting.



For the Renaissance piece I selected "Virgin and Child" by Jan Provost. Painted between 1495-1500, this painting is an excellent example of Renaissance work. Channeling religion, we can see the virgin Mary, Christ, and five angels above them presenting a crown. The nearly perfect symmetry and religious connotations are essential to Renaissance works.