Activity #10: Write about it.

Visual art comes from various mediums, some are done in watercolor, some in oil, and some as sculptures. The mediums that apply to my chosen artworks are oil for Winslow Homers "breezing up a fair wind", and sculpture for the Florentine's "Madonna and child".
In Winslow Homers "Breezing up a Fair Wind", the painting is thick, but the thickness does not seem to undermine the image he is trying to potray also even though the brush strokes are visible to some degree and are an important part of the painting, it still eventually brings the painting as a whole to life. Rather than making texture a part of the picture, Homer chooses to make the image the most important part of the artwork.
In the Florentine artwork "Madona and child" done as a sculpture, it cuts across time and space. Sculpture is usually done to represent humans just as is done with "Madonna and Child". In this piece, it seems as though the artist is trying to potray Mary as being gentlein an informal way, and Jesus as being somewhat animated. The pose the virgin Mary strikes seems to show how they are connected to humanity and to each other.