In this paper, in 3 pages, please discuss the importance of the idea of the creator/artist/sculptor in relation to the patron. For example, did the patron ask that a certain scene be painted, in a certain way? Was there a patron? Was the artist painting for himself? Were there discussions about specific details included in a painting or altarpiece? Were certain types of architectural elements included in order to make a statement? Consider the time in which the painting or work was made and how that affects the situation of the artist and the work. Visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art to see the works below.
Choose either a painting or sculpture from the list below:
Annibale Carracci
Coronation of the Virgin, after 1595 (1971.155)
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Denial of Saint Peter, 1610 (1997.167)
Nicolas Poussin
Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun, 1654 (24.45.1)
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez
Portrait of Juan de Pareja, 1650 (1971.86)
Jusepe de Ribera
Holy Family with Saints Anne and Catherine of Alexandria, 1648 (34.73)
Rembrandt van Rijn, The Toilet of Bathsheba, 1643 (14.40.651)
Johannes Vermeer, Allegory of the Catholic Faith, c. 1670-1672 (32.100.18)
Peter Paul Rubens, Venus and Adonis, c. 1630 (37.162)
Using descriptive language, discuss the Artist or Maker. If there are attribution issues with the work, discuss why art historians question an attribution. Is there a condition problem that compromises the work, its authorship, or our visual understanding of the image?
When you give the date, also give the context—-where was it made, for what purpose and is it a religious or secular work? Was it a gift to the person who owned it, or was it something they asked to be made for them? In what material is the work created: what is the medium, and was this something the artist used frequently?
