Art Analysis Blog Post

Kermesse of St. George      I chose to write about the Kermesse of St. George, which was created back in 1628. The creator of this painting was done by Pieter Brueghel. Breughel created many other artwork pieces as well. He was an architect in the Italian Renaissance and pursued drawings, paintings, and sculptures. This piece was created during the Northern Renaissance. The Northern renaissance differs from the Italian Renaissance that is centered around royalty. This artwork focuses on poverty and peasant life, instead of wealthy families.      I think that Kermesse of St. George has amazing details, and it broke the normality of art at the time, through the aesthetics of this piece. I love this art piece because it’s different in its time. It shows the frenzied atmosphere and portrays everything that may happen on a normal day in one photo. The people dancing on the street to the people fighting over bread, everything is real. If you look closely,...

Statue of Horus I decided to write about the Horus statue because I recently watched Night at the Museum two and Horus was one of the main characters in the movie. I also have always been fascinated by ancient Egyptian history and wanted to learn more about the first dynasty. Horus was thought to be a God in the form of a falcon and was well known in ancient Egypt. The Temple of Horus is located in Edfu, Egypt and this is where the Horus statue currently stands to this day. The Horus statue was built in 246-222 B.C. on the site of earlier temple constructions. It is a granite statue of the falcon god that is 9 feet tall. It was created about two thousand years ago and it is well preserved and still in great shape. An interesting fact about this statue is that the right eye represents the sun and the left eye represents the moon which is reflected in the artwork. I also think it is interesting how art resembles an immense part of Egyptian stories. Many pieces in this time derive from m...