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Baroque Blog     The Baroque era was time where paintings depicted a lot of real life objects and people. The paintings in this period also used darker colors. The Baroque era lasted from 1600-1750.  This painting is  Fruit and Insects  by Rachel Ruysch. Rachel lived in Amsterdam so she was heavily influence by royalty. Her paintings were given to Medici in Italy and bought by wealthy families that lived in England.  I like how much detail was put into this painting. I also liked how she was able to make the fruit and insects in this painting look like they do in real life. She was able to use shading to create the different shades of the fruit and shadowing to create the shadows under the butterfly and lizard. I think this painting is really interesting but I don't think I would ever have this painting in my house.                                                                  References                          Beranek, Dr. S. (n.d.-a). » Rachel Ruysch, fruit and insects. Retri

\ Mona Lisa Leonardo De Vinci had a huge impact on the art created during the Italian Renaissance. This painting is the Mona Lisa  where he used shading to create a realistic painting of a woman. This woman is believed to be Madam Lisa Giocondo who was the wife of a wealthy Florentine. This painting was painted sometime between 1503-1519. Leonardo was able to make the background look blurred which make the woman stand out even more.  Leonardo used shading, and blurring to make this painting look natural. He was able to blur the  background behind the woman depicted in his painting so that she would stand out in his painting. He was also able to use shading to make her look just like she did in real life.    I would have this painting in my house because I think it is really unique and have always loved this painting. This is one of the most talked about and well known paintings and it has been used in a lot of movies. I would love to be able to go to the Louvre Museum in Paris and be a