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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, you can see normal people just doing their jobs. Not a single community member stands out from the other, giving off the impression that they are all equal. It shows what a common day may be like in that village if you look out a window. I think that the most powerful emotion about this artwork is the realness and trueness that is shown. In my opinion, this painting is raw and that is the beauty of it. I would love to have a copy of this painting.
    In my opinion, this artwork by Pieter Brueghel connects to humanism. In this painting you can see human beings interacting in a dance on the street as well as feasting and also playing musical instruments. This shows the values of humanity and shows how people could get along. The example I chose to use for humanism is that this painting shows that people in this village have a code they are living by, which is one of the characteristics of humanism according to BBC's Religions - Atheism: Humanism article.


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