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Madonna of the Meadow- ~1500= Bellini

• Mary stares at the baby Jesus• The painting has strong horizontal lines• There is a black bird dead on a tree• The White Egret in the background is fighting a snake

– In Christianty the Egret is a bird that can destroy evil (the snake)• Very Classical painting

– No dove appears– Blue sky– Classical Architecture in the background

• Note Jesus looks dead (Foreshadowing)• This painting is in the mannerism style (Transition between

the Renaissance and Baroque periods)

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Mona Lisa, Leonardo Da Vinci, 1503-6

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Madonna of the Meadow- 1505/6- Raphael

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The Three Philosophers, Giorgione, 1507-8

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Flight into Egypt, Joachim Patinir, 1520

• Patinir was the first landscape painter• Flight to Egypt as an excuse to paint a landscape• Mary and Joseph walking• We see an image of the local saints falling off the

pedestal• She was trying to escape Herrod and they passed

somebody sowing wheat– The soldiers asked the farmer did you see a lady passing

• He said yes• Miracle of wheat grew in three weeks instead o three months

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The Ambassadors, Hans Holbein the Younger, 1533

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Danae- 1560- Titian

• Venus

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Gloomy Day, Brueghel, 1565

• Flemish painting often are according to almanac

• This is a February painting shows many of the things you do in February

• Pruning the willow• Fools Day- boy has something written on his

head

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The Land of Cockaigne, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1567

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Deposition- Peter Paul Rubens- 1577-1640

• Joseph of Arimathea has been granted permission to take down the body of Christ - a special dispensation, since it was customary to let the bodies hang.John the Apostle, Nicodemus and two servants lend a hand. Christ's feet are resting on Mary Magdalene’s shoulders. The woman in blue is Mary, Mother of Christ.

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Narciso, Caravaggio, 1597-9

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View of Toledo- El Greco- 1597

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