Another one of my favorite paintings from Chapter 14 of Gardener's Art Through The Ages is Pietro Lorenzetti's Birth of the Virgin. The scene is of Virgin Mary and The Christ Child. Made around 1342, this piece of artwork is from the Saint Savinus altar in Siena, Italy. It was made during the Renaissance Art Era, as seen through the pictorial realism of the painting. Within the painting, there was great ancient Roman mural influence (this was true for most of the paintings during this time period). The painting is showing a scene where the people on the left are waiting to hear the news of what is happening in the room on the right. My favorite parts of the painting are the depth and illusion created through the layered rooms and the triptych used. They both evoked a sense of realism. It is also interesting to see such great detail used in the layered room in the back, as well as on the column arches. During this era, there was an emphasis on the natural world. We can see this through the vast use of colors, folds on the clothes, and the expressions on everyone's faces.
-Alisha Arora
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