The Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist

Antonio Allegio was born in Correggio, a small Lombard town near ReggioEmilo. His parturition date is unknown (Around 1489). His father was a merchant. Otherwise,Little is known of Correggios life or training. In the years 1503-1505 he apprenticed toFrancesco Bianchi Ferrara of Modena. He was influenced by the classicism of authorslike Lorenzo Costa and Francesco Francia which goat be free-base in his early creates.In 1516 he was in Parma, where he became a friend of Michelangelo Anselmi,one of the main Mannerist painters of the period. He remained in that city until 1530.In 1519 he married Girolama Francesco di Braghetis, also of Correggio and died in 1529.In this period Correggio paints his beautiful depiction Virgin and babe with the novel saint John the Baptist. It is a pic on oil on panel Italian circa. 1494-1534.The subject count of the painting is John the Baptist as a child and his first impact of the bloody shame and the Christ child. Influenced by Leonardo da Vinci isromantic with sweep over radiance and cool neutral colors. The expressive content ofthe painting is of joy, query and is playful. It seems to be a happy, leisurely time for allthree people. The juvenility Saint John Baptists mood is of reverence as he bows down andlooks up at the Christ child. The lines in the painting is of a symmetrical melodic themearrangement with the Madonna leaning a lower-ranking toward the new-fangled saint almost welcomingher into her arms.The matter is religious for the young saint is meeting the Christ child as well aswelcomed into the arms of the Madonna. The young Saint John the Baptists looks as ifhe is kneeling as he looks up from below to look at the Christ child. The figures arepeasants sitting on a bench in a garden underneath a vine. The Madonna is dressed in abeautiful pale red dress and a secrete that is a rich grimy on top and green underneath. The tog draped over her nous is folded over and falling off unveil the green underneatho n the right side of the Madonna and the blue on her unexpended shoulder.The color is rich in texture the skirmish stroke smooth and one stroke. The colorsare pale, delicate, and deep pitch out the rich color in the painting. The light and coolpearly radiant color seems to be coming from within the people as well as behind theMadonna. The specific effect is of symmetry in relation to each other. The bleed isorganized to show the Madonna in the center lovingly balancing the Christ child on herleft leg as she reaches out her left arm to welcome the young Saint John the Baptist. TheChrist child is sitting on the Madonnas left leg he is raised above the head of the youngsaint and the young saint kneel and look up. The interchange focus is of the Madonna inthe center and her smile as well as the Christ child balancing on the Madonnas leg.Antonia Correggio reflected the historical context of the renaissance by usingthe periods work of religious themes ready in the Madonna, the Chris t Child and a youngJohn the Baptist. The painting is a stylized and idealized. His religious symbolism islargely drawn from the work of Jacobus de Voragine (1260) He created dynamiccomposition and perspective in his dramatic three-dimensional focused paintings. Themythological perspective depicts sweat, drama and diagonal compositionarrangement. You can find this movement and drama in the painting The virgin andchild with the young saint John the Baptist in the Madonnas movement of her arm asshe welcomes the young Saint to join her and her son. Also, in the composition of thethree. The Madonna is in the center of the painting thereby catching the center of the personlooking at the painting.Antonio Correggio was an enigmatic and eclectic painter. His art was a means toreproduce life in its most persuasive domestic side. Later, he initiated a style ofsentimental elegance and conscious seduce with soft gestures and captivating charm byusing imaginary spaces as a replacement for rea lity. He used these elements of Manneristand Baroque stylistic approaches anchor at the time of the renaissance. Antonio Correggiois considered to this day to be one of the boldest and most imaginative artist of the HighRenaissance. He was revolutionary and is still influential for ulterior artists.Works Citedhttp//WWW.artic.edu/aic/collections/highlight_search?acc=1965.688&page=&1&ArtistID=310