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- Collection: November 11: Metropolitan Museum of Art or The Frick Collection
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Allegory of Virtue and Vice (The Choice of Hercules)
This work, Allegory of Virtue and Vice (The Choice of Hercules) depicts a man, Hercules, making the choice between two women, who symbolize Vice and Virtue [1]. Veronese was the last of Venice’s three great painters of the sixteenth century, after…
St. Francis in the Desert
This painting was done by Giovanni Bellini in 1480. Bellini was known to bring humanistics and religious qualities into a naturalistic painting. [2]. This work is no excpetion as it a provides a beautiful landscape that almost seems like a photograph…
St.Francis in the Desert
St.Francis stands barefoot at the focal point of this painting adorned in tanish brown Catholic monk robes. His arms are extended out to his sides in a fashion similar to depictions of Christ showing his crucifixion wounds.[2] His head is upturned…
The Choice Between Virtue and Vice Veronese
The Choice Between Virtue and Vice Veronese depicts the situation of Hercules in Greek mythology encountering two women and facing a tough choice. Vice shows him a life of comfort, enticing him with the riches of life; yet Virtue summons him to work…