Throughout human civilization, paintings and art forms have transformed from era to era. From lifelike pictures to canvas’s filled with paint splatters, art may not have a superior form, but rather a predominant style. Yet, famous paintings from each period of time often share one similar trait. They give an insight as to how society was in that period of time.
For example, the Baroque portraits created by Rembrandt contrast with Picasso’s cubistic to a point at which it makes a bold statement about society of the Modern Era. In Rembrandt’s portraits in which he received a salary for, it depicted the subjects as people of power. In a sense, this portrays the trend of showing individualism of the time period.
By contrast, Picasso’s paintings depict a much more difficult time despite the lack of a definite shape. One painting, for example, was his depiction of Guernica, which was devastated by the actions Francisco Franco. In a city that was bombed and massacred, Picasso’s cubistic approach towards painting the devastated city amplified the chaotic nature because of the absurd and strange shapes throughout the painting.
Ultimately, the major contrast between these artists’ contrasting artistic styles show the utter chaos that the Second Great War brought about in the Modern Era. Even though the renaissance era was a period of great change, its paintings depicted people of wealth. Because of Rembrandt’s moderate paintings, Picasso’s abstract approach is much bolder in its statement that the society was in utter ruin during the modern era.
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