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An 8 page research paper that discusses how the work of El Greco (in the 16th century) and Caillebotte (in the 19th century) is each reflective of the era in which it was created. The writer looks specifically at El Greco's "The Assumption of the Virgin" and Caillebott's "Paris Street: Rainy Day." Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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due to their individual differences but also results from the fact that the work of these two great artists is separated by roughly three centuries. But, while it is true
that their work is very different, their paintings do bear one similar characteristic, which is that their art reflects the basic ideas of the society in which it was produced.
El Grecos work reflects the emphasis placed on traditional religious subjects, which is reflective of the Counter-Reformation. Caillebotts work, on the other hand, is characterized by the new "modern"
urban landscape that came to represent Parisian life in the 1870s. By examining two paintings, one by each artist (El Grecos "The Assumption of the Virgin" and Caillebotts "Paris Street:
Rainy Day"), it is possible to see how each artist manifests the main social ideas of his era. The following discussion will, therefore, focus on how the work of each
artist reflects the role of the individual according to the society of their respective periods. During the second half of the sixteenth century and the first decades of the
seventeenth, art underwent some drastic changes. The concepts of harmony that so influenced the art of Renaissance gave way to the "stark reality of contradiction and conflict" that characterized the
Reformation, as well as Romes response to the Reformation, the Counter-Reformation (Fleming, 1974, p. 324). During this period, every aspect of life, from religion to economics to the aesthetic, was
reconsidered and redesigned. At the Council of Trent, theologians attempted to reform the Roman Catholic Church from within. In so doing, the
bold humanism of the previous era was transformed into a violent reaction to the insurrections of Martin Luther and other leaders of the Reformation (Fleming, 1974). Neoplatonic philosophy was discarded
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