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  La Visite à la grand-mère  (Visit to Grandmother 1645-1648) by Louis Le Nain I was drawn to this Baroque time period piece by Louis Le Nain because of several art elements. The rich colors: especially the reds in the clothing, the use of the tenebrism technique which is described as " Tenebrism   was another technique used by several Baroque painters, popularized and believed to have started by Caravaggio. Although it is like  chiaroscuro , it mainly focuses on the darker areas of a painting. The term originates from the Italian word,  tenebroso , which in turn originates from the Latin,  tenebra , meaning “darkness”. Other words related to this terms are gloomy and mysterious. It sought to create what is referred to as the “spotlight” effect, also called “dramatic illumination”."(Artincontext) The way the artist displayed the shadows in the room within the corners really highlights the people in the middle of the room and the casting of the light on the floor from the nei

Boccaccio, Dante, Petrarca By: Giorgio Vasari "The 1544 CE painting by Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574 CE) known as the 'Portrait of Six Tuscan Poets'. The poets are (left to right): Cino da Pistoia, Giuttone d'Arezzo,   Petrarch ,  Giovanni Boccaccio ,  Dante Alighieri and Guido Cavalcanti."  (Art) . This piece really stands out to me because all the contrast of the different colors of clothing and items in the painting is so rich for the eyes to view. The different pinks of the gown on the man holding the book, the green of the tablecloth, the red of the head and neck pieces on some of subjects in the painting and the dark background really highlights these colors. I also really enjoy how the different textures are painted so realistic and delicate looking, I can imagine what the linen of the clothes feels like or how the leafy crowns on their heads would be smooth and cooling to the touch, when a painting has elements like this where I can imagine how my senses would