Special Edition! [Art Institute] :)

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All of the following Paintings are the ones that I found to be my favorite out of the hundreds that I seen. I had a very nice time at the Art Institute. I think it is super cool to travel through time using ART!

Craft: El Greco [The Feast In the House of Simon] Oil on a Cavas

 Concept: During a meal in the house of Simon, a repentant woman, often assumed to be Mary Magdalene anointed Christ with costly oil. Although Simon condemned her wasteful action, Christ commended her faith and the episode came to be associated with the sacrament of penance whose values was reaffirmed by the counter reformation. The scale of this work served as an alter piece.

Composition: The scale of this framework seems like it served as the altar piece of a chapel or a side altar. The spatial distortions and the flamelike forms of the drapery, which seem to consume the bodies of the figures are characteristics of the work of El Greco's last years.

Craft: Francisco de Zabaran [The Crucifixion, 1627] Oil On a Canvas

Concept: These painting has a powerful three dimensional illusion as though is a work of sculpture rather than a painting

Composition: Dramatically lit figure of Christ set against a dark empty background, betrays the influence of Caravaggio.

Craft: Balthus [Solitaire, 1943] Oil on a Canvas

         Concept: This artist is known for his mysterious emotionally charged scenes.It reveals the influence of such Old Masters as Piero Della Francesca and Paola Uccello in its monumentality as well as its awkwardness. 

                               Composition: This was painted in Switzerland where the artist returned during WWII.