Baroque


 * //This is an image with a caption from the Baroque art time period.//**

Orazio Gentileschi created this painting and it represented the Annunciation of Mary into Heaven. The image is made to show how Mary had received the news that she had been chosen to be the mother of the Lords son. She was told that she would get pregnant and that she would name the child Jesus. The way that the artist represented this the theme is that he had used the human bodies posture, facial expression and the accompany angel as signs and indicators of how this news has would change Mary's life forever. The image generates a sort of dramatic scene that would usually come from a soap opera. The posture that she is in gives out the message that she is very shocked of the sudden news that was given to her by the angel. Also she was very shocked at the sight of seeing an angel. The way that the angel is shown in this image is that the angel seems s to be frightened as well as comforting. The angel is holding a daisy or flower to represent a hope and new life as well as to comfort Mary with the flower. I think that this is an appropriate image of Jesus because this image shows how Mary had taken on the burden and had faith in God that she would give birth to thew Son of Man.
 * Orazio Gentileschi ,The Annunciation, 1623,** **Oil and Arcylic on Canvas**