Discussion and comparison of 2 works of Art from the MET. "Merry Company on a Terrace" by Jan Steen vs. "Modern Rome" by Giovanni Paolo Panini.

Every artwork is unique and beautiful in its own way. All of them try to grab our attention. Each of them undertakes a very difficult task of bring out some sort of emotion in us. Weather that emotion is an admiration or even repugnance. If it triggered any of those, the artist was successful. Paintings such as Merry Company on a Terrace by Jan Steen and Modern Rome by Giovanni Paolo Panini could certainly be …

…a way a signature element of the baroque period a baroque curtain. We can also distinguish a beautiful use of linear perspective in the panting as a whole or even if we look at the individual works of art that are displayed in his fictional gallery. He combines this with area perspective painting figures and panting which are further away blurry and out of focus. This combination creates a very realistic suggestion of real space.