The Holy Maria is in each of the paintings, but the Maria in El Greco's painting is just looking at the baby. Except in Mantega's painting Maria is praying to God. .
I see differences between the two pictures about painting styles. In Mantegna, it is painted delicately in that every figures clothing the wrinkles are shown. This painting is a detailed realistic work. Also, the mountain and the land have many lines to show realism. However, El Greco's painting is worked as tone by colors. It feels smooth, but is heavy surrounding. It is used by oil colors, so it is painted smoothly. It is worked very well. On the other hand, Mantegna's painting is showed very brightly with tempera colors. The brushes are stroked strongly, but it is also worked well. The landscape of El Greco's painting is on the inside; however, Mantegna's painting has the landscape on the outside. This painting seems that the time is afternoon. El Greco's painting is focused to angels who are placed on top. However, Mantegna's painting is focused to Holy Maria who is placed in the middle side. Each artist showed their own styles, so I can see the different styles of the paintings. Although it feels differently, the both of the paintings are successful work that used nice colors at that time. However, I like El Greco's work because the figures are big with bold colors that I can feel more emotion than Mantegna's painting. It is really interesting to compare different artist's paintings with the same subjects.
The next painting I observed was one from the Baroque time period. The Baroque era began in the late 1500's in Italy and ended around the early 1800's. This era may also refer to the seventeenth century as a whole. The Baroque Time period is sometimes used as a general term that indicated eccentric modes of paintings, architecture, and sculpture. Baroque art spread throughout western civilization. During this time, the Catholic Church was losing its followers in rapid members due to the rise of Protestantism Art became more spiritual.