Hunter Manning
Professor Winn
Art 218 C F
5 November 2016
Oxcarts Hauling Stones
The oil painting Oxcarts Hauling Stone by Leopold Mariotti displays a simplistic view of commoners working in an Italian countryside. Mariotti uses rough brush strokes but they are clean enough to clearly see the objects he is portraying. His painting is not specifically for someone who is paying him but most likely out of self interest. Leopold Mariotti is Italian so this may have been a scene which he saw and intrigued him. A cold and wet feeling is given off from the painting because of the way Mariotti constructed the landscape. The grey sky suggests that it it was painted in the northern part of Italy, as opposed to the sunny and dry southern part of Italy. The overcast sky can suggest it will rain soon giving it a dark depressing feeling, the puddles on the ground around also suggest that it has recently rained. The wagon is clearly going to have a rough time riding along the dirt path, the mud and rain make travel very difficult for the the heavy cart wagon. The green lush grass also suggests that the land is optimal for
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If I was going to redesign the Lightener museum I would try to put this painting around marble statues from Italy during the time period of the Renaissance, when marble sculpting was big with artists such as Michelangelo. Moving this painting would change its meaning and value totally because of the content of the image. When surrounded by marble sculptures, or pictures of these great pieces of art will draw out the hard work that was brought into making the sculptures. For instance, when looking at David one may think about how much work and dedication Michelangelo put into his sculpture. Not necessarily how hard the labor worker put into extracting the stone from the mine, and carting it to the artist or store to be purchased for