Saint Catherine

One painting in particular is very beautiful. This painting is called Saint Catherine. It is currently located at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the Jhon G. Jhonson collection. It was painted around the years 1470-1490. Saint Catherine has a style of northern renaissance. These artists are masters of technique. Its media is oil on wood. The height is twenty four and a half inches tall. Artists of time period are also marvels of exquisite detail. This detail is present in many of its elements of art.

The first element is color. This painting has many different and contrasting colors. The artist uses shades of red and tints of blue that contrast each other. These colors are separated by implied lines. Some of the implied lines are around the woman’s dress. These lines serve as outlines to separate the different objects. In this painting there are many more sharp lines; especially in the castle that is in the background. Organic shapes are a major part of this art piece. Some organic shapes are the trees, bushes,

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The artist uses overlapping in great depth. The artist does not use value in this painting. Back then there were queens and peasants . Saint Catherine shows asymmetrical balance because of the way the people and objects are placed. The organic shapes give a feeling of realness. I believe that he wanted to show how life was in those times. This implies that she is the emphasis. The woman in the center is like the queen; and the man in the corner is like a peasant. Her dress has a very intricate design on it; witch adds life to the painting. In the brick wall there are rectangles. She is so much larger than her surroundings it establishes her as the main focal point. Space is used very well in this painting.

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