Jessica's Blog for School

                                                                              Church in the Meadows I find the artwork presented in The Church in the Meadows located in Bavaria, Germany to be so beautiful. It is done in Rococo Style making me feel romantic, light, and feminine. I feel swept away to another time and place - a place that does not reflect real life. Which I think is a metaphor for the church. I feel like God would and does permeate this structure. The Classical era of Art was defined by two movements, the Rococo Style of Art and then it transcended into the Neoclassical style which was a more orderly style of art. Today you can see the traditional Neoclassical style alive in the architecture of the U.S Capitol building. In this assignment, I am going to talk about the Rococo Style.                                                                                                                                   The Altar in the Church.                                      

  The Ecstasy of St. Teresa , by Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, 1652.  I choose this piece of artwork because I've always had this love for Mother Teresa. I've respected her calling to dedicate her life to humanitarianism. She cared for the dying and impoverished. She won a Nobel Prize and is also known for performing miracles on the sick and educating girls to help raise them out of poverty through education. It is no surprise to me that this painting uses religious imagery. the meaning behind the painting is that during St. Teresa's vision an angel pierces her heart with a fiery arrow of divine love. I believe the symbolism is great - Once you choose to dedicate your life to a life of service, working miracles through your heart filled with divine love that you may feel pain so strong that it pierces your skin like an arrow that's burning. This painting was created 1647-1652 in Chiesa di Santa Maria Della Vittoria.  This painting can be linked to The Council of Trent. In

          Merode Altarpiece                                                          Artist:   Robert Campin                                                                                                    I am drawn to this piece of art and I would like to own something extraordinary as this, I really like the richness of the oil and the complexity that oil lends to a painting as well as the religious symbolism that is used. Oil is flexible as it lends itself to be applied thick and also fine so that the details can be honed in.       I like the triptych panel work as it makes me feel like I'm in a story. The details of this painting are outstanding. There are so many symbolic and religious themes in this piece that I feel like you could stare at this piece of art for a while and find subjective abstract thoughts and feelings, but ultimately this piece is a religious piece of art and is ranked one of the greatest renaissance paintings of Northern Europe and it is a highly celebr