millian gehrer rennaisance painting analysis

Madonna and Child with Saints

By PeruginoSize: 178cm x 164 cm

This painting was clearly painted

during the Renaissance.

Subject

Subject

Religious FiguresMadonna and ChildSt. John the BaptistSt. Sebastian

Halos

No religious objects

Clothing

Classical AspectColumns/Pillars

SettingLandscape in the background

St. John the Baptist• Was a Baptist• Announced that Jesus was going to be born• Baptized Jesus• All of Jesus’ first followers had previously

followed St. John

St. Sebastian• Diocletian ordered Sebastian’s death because

he was Christian; tied him to a stake and let archers shoot him – body full of arrows, but Sebastian survives

• Irene, a Catholic widow, comes to bury him and finds him alive – she takes him home and nurses him to health

• Once healthy, Sebastian screams at Diocletian and says he will not give up his Catholic faith – Diocletian beats him to death

Interesting Facts:• During the Black Death, people prayed to St.

Sebastian to take the plague away

Technique

Technique

ChiaroscuroUsing shadow and light to show volume on figuresAerial PerspectiveChange in color and shadows used to show depth in natureLinear PerspectiveCreating the illusion of space and distance on a flat surfaceProportionNo hieratic scale to show powerNot StylizedEveryone has natural expressions and postures

This painting was clearly painted

during the Renaissance.