Notes :)

The main difference between art of the Protestant north and the Catholic south can mainly be found in the choice of the image that they painted. In the Protestant north people asked for reformers e.g. Luther etc. to be portrayed, stories of the bible got a little twisted as seeing Moses receiving the Law on Mount Sinai contrasting with the infant Jesus who is carrying a cross towards the Virgin or Adam and Eve repenting their sins on which followed death – all these stories were big contrast to the art of the Catholic south where they believed that salvation could happen through faith and grace.

Today I annotated a mythological painting and first I found it quite difficult to find an image that had good quality so I could also see details of the painting. Analysing a sixteenth-century Italian painting was a fun thing to do, especially because I found the painting “Leda and the swan” by Michelangelo and I love that the use of perspective and proportion isn’t perfect as it makes the painting so much more interesting.

I also just finished reading about Baroque and I have to say that reflecting on my reading – I am better without taking notes but underlining in the actual book, taking notes if necessary on the side and just highlighting the most important words and sentences. This works for me so far and I learned so many things over the last 3 weeks and just thinking about it makes me proud. I am a full time student and I don’t just have 8 hours per week I almost spend 8 hours a day studying so I am kind of flying through the course. I love doing extra research on things that interest me and sometimes I just forget to put it in my learning log but it is good for my individual learning and I feel like sometimes it gives me great background information and because I am a detail person I really enjoy studying like this.