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Greco - "The Burial of Count Orgaz"

ave decided that the Mannerist style is creepy. Looking at this

nting, it seems like it can be divided into two parts: that of

aven, and that of Earth. In Heaven, the saints (I presume?) are

y stretched in some parts. The best example I can point out is

man in blue and orange standing next to Jesus. His arm isiculously long, and much thicker than necessary. In Earth, the

es of the priests are beautifully decorated, but the proportions

some people to others is odd. The man in the gray robe, who I

ppose is the undertaker, is much larger than the person directly

front of him. This childlike person only comes to the

dertaker's hips, but has barely a smaller head than several

er characters in this painting, telling me she is supposed to be

adult. Yet, she simply sits there staring out to us, trying to get

attention of a priest? Trying to tell the priests that someone is

tching them bury the count?

Diego Rodrguez de Silva y Velzquez - "Las Meninas"

This is a wonderful piece. This picture is amazingly compl

with several planes indicated by perspective. Colors are us

effortlessly to show the most minute details. The people in

even seem real, almost as if it were done as a portrait. It's t

wonderful to see how well he combined such delicate shap

and colors in his brushwork. But I am curious, is the little g

towards the center supposed to be the bride? I know that indays, young girls were often married; but this seems to be j

little too young. Girls tended to be married around their fir

period, which would indicate anywhere from 11-15. This g

looks 8, though! Goodness.

ncisco de Zurbarn - "The Apotheosis of St. Thomas Aquinas"

is composition repeats the archaic scheme of the division of

owledge in different registers, as I would expect a religious painter totray. In the lower part, around a writing desk, you can see a group of

ars to the left, and to the right, Emperor Charles V leads another

up of praying figures. In the upper register, St. Thomas rules over

scene, flanked by the four most important founders of the Church. In

highest area, the four gospels are seated. And of course, the dove,

n, and book are included to ensure everyone knows this is St. Thomas

uinas. This painting has several important figures in it, all with

ceptional expressions on their faces. This is a wonderful piece.

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Bartolom Esteban Murillo - "Immaculate Conception"

The painting is another religious one, showing the Virgin Mary rising to

Heaven to receive her child, I suppose (judging by the title of the work). She

stands on a cloud, with a hint of a crescent moon under her feet, surrounded b

little cherubs. Her hands are folded as if praying, and her face shows her

innocence.

The colors flows loosely because of the light brushstrokes, and the details

presented in the figures coupled with the dark, rich colors show this to be a

wonderful Baroque piece.

blo Picasso - "Guernica"

is painting is pitch black in the background (signaling a

her dark mood) and the figures represented look broken.the top of the painting is a light bulb in the shape of an

e, possibly to represent an idea trying to reach them all?

ere are two animals that I can see, the bull and the horse,

I'm not sure how they would contribute to the painting.

ere are also depictions of the human face and various

gans of the body, some of the people are already dead and

ers are in pain, I guess they are close to death. There are

o some lines in there that look like words to me, but I

uldn't find a clear enough picture to read them, if they're

en words. Perhaps it's what the people of Guernica areing to yell out during the war? (Yes, I did look up the

torical context)

Salvador Dali - "Persistence of Memory"

This painting has been talked and theorized about for how ma

years now? The purpose of this painting has to do with time,

obviously, but what about it? A lot of people think the paintin

is about how, in dreams, time doesn't matter, only your

memories of the dreams do (hence the title). This theory hassome evidence to support it because of how the clocks are

melted, but everything else in the dreamworld is clear. But

some people might say that the ants attacking one clock point

towards anxiety about time. In some people's dreams, they

worry about time, and this worry turns into a memory, thus

immortalizing the time presented. What a conundrum. Either

way, I have no idea what the white thing in the middle is.