Blog post#2(High Renaissance & Mannerism)

            Agnolo di Cosimo was an Italian painter who was create many breathtaking portraits during the High Renaissance period. Many people called him Bronzino due to his art style of adding dark complexion to the person in his portrait. Beside portrait painting, Agnolo also created several series of religious works such as The Resurrection of the Virgin Mary and The Martyrdom of San Lorenzo. For me personally, I think that Agnolo di Cosimo is a talented artist. For example, in the piece portrait of Bia de’ Medici he drew all the detail on the little girl’s dress so precisely, which gives the piece a three-dimension felling. However, he did not do a great job in capture the face expression because she looks sad and more mature than her real age. Moreover, I am not fond of the way he paints the eyes in some of his portraits, those figures in his piece look lifeless and dull. Overall, I can understand why Agnolo is so famous due to all his remain art works. It may have some errors in my opinion but he was able to achieve few things that others did not.