Miguel Mateo Cabrera was a painter hailing from New Spain which is now Mexico.
While he was alive he was regarded as the best painter of New Spain. Religious
and secular art were his main forte, creating them for the Roman Catholic Church as
well as rich patrons. He is more known for his casta paintings in which interracial
marriages that particularly produced interracial children were produced. He is also
known as the leading painter of this genre. Cabrera’s paintings show marriages
between various combinations of Amerindians, Africans, Creoles and Spaniards.
Cabrera was born in present day Antequera (Oaxaca,Oaxaca,Mexico) and moved to
Mexico City when he was about 24 in 1719. Mexico City’s Archbishop and its Jesuit
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He was influenced by the contemporary French
painting of his era as well as Bartolomé Esteban Murillo who hailed from Seville, Spain.
Murillo was more known for his religious paintings, but he also made many paintings of
women and children. This is the opposite of what Carera was known for, however it
seems Cabrera gained more influence from Murillo’s family paintings than his religious
works.
Saint Gertrude (1763) by Cabrera, shadows Murillo’s Virgin and Child (around
1670-1672) in that in both the woman (in Cabrera’s a nun and in Murillo’s the Virgin
Mary) are looking down to their respective downward left side. Both are holding the
Christ child in their left arm’s. However, in Cabrera’s painting the book the nun is writing
In is the focus of the nun. In Murillo’s painting, the Christ child himself is the Virgin
Mary’s focus.
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While Cabrera shows a New Spain spin on his some of his religious paintings, he
is pretty straightforward and traditional with his casta paintings. His casta paintings echo
the Renaissance. The paintings are very realistic and naturalistic. One could compare
his style to Hans Holbein the Younger for example. (Holbein,
Madonna and child is one of the early Christian paintings. It shows “Madonna” as the virgin Marry and the “Child” as baby Jesus. The artist Berlinghiero did this great painting in the Greca period in the twelfth century. This painting was done on wood with two figures in front of a gold background. Madonna is wearing a dark blue cloak with golden decorations that cover most of her body; she is also wearing a reddish dress underneath her cloak that is only visible on her arms. To show here modesty the only thing that can be seen is here arms, neck and face. Her hand has and unrealistic look to them so as if they look long and skinny. According to the museum label “Berlinghiero was always open to Byzantine influence, and this Madonna
In addition, scenes from the lives of the Virgin Mary and St. Blaise, a fourth century martyr, are also present. All the characters in the panels more or less have halos and therefore are holy figures. The twelve apostles line the bottom of the panels, perhaps suggesting that they were the foundation of the Catholic religion. Basically, the painting is designed for a church altar, it has religious figures in it, and it is filled with Bibles and images of Christ's crucifixion. All of this relays a strong message to the viewer that this is what is important in life; one should pay close attention to religion and have respect for
Such controversy that followed him is one of the aspects of his art that made him stand out as a muralist during his lifetime (1). As with most artist his paintings became famous after his death (2) in 1957 due to heart failure in Mexico City, Mexico (1). His radical approach to art and his unique style have created a lasting impression on art and continue to do so (2). Widely regarded as the most influential Mexican artist of the twentieth century (3), Diego Rivera created a legacy in paint that continue to inspire the imagination and mind (2).
I was intrigued to research how artist represented the faith and the way Christ was looked upon thought out history.
... previous jobs to convey a welcoming and educational message in his work. He makes his art clear, educational, and unconventional to express his individuality and help children in their development. Had it not been for his first couple of jobs, the teacher that showed him the banned painting, and his love for children he probably would not be the memorable artist that he is today.
The paintings depict the story of the angel Gabriel visiting the Virgin Mary and announcing the news that she will give birth to Jesus. Yet, even though both Fran Angelico and Robert Campin tell the same story, they do so using different methods. Since, Fra Angelico’s artwork was created for the monetary in San Marco, it reflects that. Monks live simple and devoted faith filled lives. Fra Angelico captured the essences of this in the painting by keeping it very simple, with limited amount of objects and with few symbols. Few symbols was also partly because the audience would have a religious background and the monks could fill in the gaps of the story. Adding to this, the monks used this art work for devotion, and by Angelico keeping it simple the art work was less likely do interfere with the monk’s devotional time. Fra Angelico’s internal struggle as well, not wanting to make the item idolatrized, is also responsible for the simplicity and the Byzantine influence. The few symbols Fra Angelico drew in his paintings included the halos above the figure's head and Mary crossing her arms in a sign of humility. However, even the halos he created were not in perspective and flat as opposed to Masaccio’s 3D looking
Bernard Van Orley painted the Virgin with Child and Angels (ca. 1518) near the beginning of his career. This piece brings elements from the High Renaissance as well as early Renaissance and hints of the Gothic era. Orley’s use of oil on wood in this piece has allowed him to paint intricate details on the structures in the building and the drapery in the fabrics, and the triangular composition in the foreground gives it a nice focal point. The first thing that captures the eye in the hierarchy of scale is the Virgin Mary, holding a nude baby Jesus. The lack of a golden halo on both figures is notable, bringing the world into a realistic perspective. Mary face and body encloses Christ with an expression of endearment, creating a circle that connects
The ability to create a picture of The Annunciation in one’s mind is a key factor in understanding the analysis of the work. Francisco de Zurbaran approaches the painting with a naturalistic style. The painting features a room in which a woman – like angel is seen at the left kneeling on the ground before the Virgin Mary. The figure of Mary is placed between a chair and a small wooden table draped with a green cloth. Mary disregards an open Bible on the table, as she appears solemn while staring at the floor. Floating above the two main figures in the upper left side of the painting are cherubs resting on a bed of clouds. They happily gaze down at Mary with eyes from Heaven.
The depiction of Madonna and Christ is among the most ancient and common in Christian iconography and has an extensive number of variations because apart from its symbolic religious functions, it allows one to interpret the link between mother and child in many aspects. (8)
Diego Rivera was deemed the finest Mexican painter of the twentieth century; he had a huge influence in art worldwide. Rivera wanted to form his own painting fashion. Although he encountered the works of great masters like Gauguin, Renoir, and Matisse, he was still in search of a new form of painting to call his own (Tibol, 1983). His desire was to be capable of reaching a wide audience and express the difficulties of his generation at the same time, and that is exactly what h...
Francisco and was named painter to King Charles IV in 1786,and Court Painter in 1789.
...le artists include Mariscal, Guillermo Perez-Villalta, and the artist duo La Costus. An unconventional but wildly popular artist of La Movida was the graffiti artist Juan Carlos Argüello, usually known by his tag, “Muelle”. He painted his tag all over Madrid and became extremely well-known. Once as he was driving away after painting his tag a police officer pulled him over. After asking him if he had painted the tag, the officer just asked for Muelle’s autograph! Another personality was Francisco Umbral, a writer for the periodical El País.
In this painting there is a strong presence of the color element. There is a strong contrast in lighting between the mother and child and the angels worshiping on the outside. The mother and child are painted in a vibrant pinkish rose hue while the surrounding angels are a slightly darker mix of green shades. The painting also offers a good variation of saturation when it comes to the fading yellow brick background. The pallets used
how much he admired him that the painting he did was thought to be the
During the Renaissance, the Virgin Mary was prevalent theme throughout this period where artists such as: Fra Angelico, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Bothicellical and Perugino were inspired to paint the Virgin Mary. The paintings show a motherly pleasant looking women holding or caring for her child. The paints are capturing the Mary as a human but giving her a divine appearance. The child being Christ shows her power by giving birth to him and by caring for the Son of God. In essence providing love, caring, and protection for the young child of God. For example, plate 15 and frame 23, these plates show a compassionate caring mother that is humanistic in depiction but larger or more encompassing of the painting than the Christ child. This is implying her importance in the early life of Christ. This also shows the power or her earthly influence over the child even though she is a human and not a deity. This gives her a special place in the church as the earthly Mother that is the most perfect of humans, other than Christ.