Mariotto di Bigio

When I was browsing through google to get pictures for a school project, a interesting picture caught my eye.The painting is called The Visitation by Mariotto di Bigio. He was a oil painter in the Renaissance. The reason why this painting caught my eye is because just the way the people are positioned.Both women are wearing long pieces of cloth and their faces are very close.The woman on the right seems to be poor and the woman the the left seems to be wealthy. During the Renaissance people relied on the church for guidance. The way he painted this was in a way as though you were right there.The lack of details and angles give you a bettter understanding of the paintin and the time period. For instance the arc behind them has such detailed work.Its almost hard to belive that this painting was made from a oil painter.Another instant that I had was also the way they dressed but the backround is mostly landscape. You can tell that in this time it was not in this century.Wikipedia said that Bigios paintings "bear the imprint a sence of volume in space and perspective". I agree. This painting was Mariottos masterpiece that will show its amazing detailed and landscape. There is just something about it that amazes me.