A Review of the Materpieve the Monument to Mignard Painted by Francois Boucher

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As you walk into the Los Angeles County Museum of Arts (LACMA), the sheer amount of paintings to view can be overwhelming but each is a masterpiece of its own as you pass by each art frame by frame from all different time. Francois Boucher, one of the greatest artist in the 18th century, was born in Paris, France on 1703 and later died on May 30th 1770. A painting that stands out is the Monument to Mignard, a painting Francois Boucher created around 1735 using oil on canvas with the dimensions of 28 ½ x 22 5/8 in. (72.39 x 57.47 cm). The Monument to Mignard has a lot of visual elements as you take a closer look and with imagination; people can conjure up the content of this masterpiece. The artwork is very interesting as the painting is very detailed and have a strong sense of symbolism behind the center piece. The content of the Monument to Mignard can be looked at a grieving woman thinking about her husband on a platform of a monument. There is two cupids grieving to the left of the man and in front of the woman. One cupid sitting on the edge of the platform clutching a dead bird on its arm, symbolizing that there is death between the two lovers. The other cupid that is standing up crying holding its right hand against the side of the man, which symbolize that the man has passed away and not among the living. There is an angel looking down at the vicinity of the man, woman, and the two cupids. The angel himself could be the angel of death, which takes the dead to heaven. The painting takes place inside building that is probably around the roman era because of the perfect arches and their integration of the Greek Doric columns. There is a total of eight columns, four on each side that supports the arch in the upper middle par... ... middle of paper ... ...tion of the monument. The person can clearly see that the angel is looking directly down towards the man, in thus making the man as the implied shape of the Monument to Mignard painting. The Monument to Mignard by François Boucher is a great painting to admire because the contents and symbolism an individual can conjure. The painting is very detailed and will astonish some of how much more detail can be seen as one looks at it closer in person. Visiting the Los Angeles County Museum (LACMA) at first can be overwhelming because of the amount of art that is available but as one looks around, a painting or a piece of art will demand more attention just like the Monument to Mignard had demanded my attention. It is a painting definitely worth seeing when visiting the Los Angeles County Museum (LACMA) and a painting worth calling an excellent work of art, a masterpiece.

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