Saturday, October 19, 2013
Veronese Research Project
Paolo Veronese was born in 1528 in Verona. His father was a stonecutter. In his youth he apprenticed for local artist, Antonio Badile. Veronese moved to Venice in 1551 to pursue a career in painting. Upon reaching Venice, Veronese would have had to choose between the sweeping classicism of Titian, or the new mannerist style of Tintoretto. His early works reflect his favoritism for classic style.
In 1552, Veronese completed The Temptation of St Anthony. The Rominism in this work is apparent in the attention payed to underdrawings and solidarity of the figures. The figures are muscular, accurate, and suggest strongly that they are fully occupying the space they reside in. Little attention is payed to color. The pallet is dark and earthy compared to this artists later works. Below I've attached a beautiful underdrawing for this piece which exemplifies Veronese's emphasis on disegno. Note the attention payed to the figures occupying their space with a dynamism portrayed by the writhing contrapposto of each figure. This is ,no doubt, a product of Veronese choosing classism early on in his career. The reclining figure, however, foreshadows Veronese's later transition to a contemporary mannerist style.
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kinda moved in the opposite direction when commenting on these. i think the drawing is an awesome insight to his later work. im glad he moved away from a Michelangelo, muscular idealized figure and attempts to employ light. embellishing the human form and perfecting it is one this to admire in sculpting but when it comes to painting, for me, it is much more impressive when one can manipulate light or capture the natural aesthetic of a subject. with out that knowledge, relationship or appreciation of light i think an artist can loose alot when composing an image.
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