The Hunt in the Forest

The Hunt in the Forest

I was referred to this work by my tutor in response to my images of the Woodlands Valley Plantation which I included in my images for Exercise 4.1.

The Hunt in the Forest (also known as The Hunt by Night or simply The Hunt) is a painting by the Italian artist Paolo di Dono; his nickname, Uccello (‘Bird’), alludes to his depictions of the natural world. He was celebrated in his lifetime as a master of perspective, and of animals and landscape. The painting is an early example of the effective use of perspective in Renaissance art, with the hunt participants, including people, horses, dogs and deer, disappearing into the dark forest in the distance. (THE HUNT IN THE FOREST, s.d.)

My tutor suggested I look at this with a view to examining his use of perspective, but also to explore the nature of shadows and the iconography of shadows as mysterious and dangerous places. My images which most closely resemble the viewpoint and perspective of Ucello, include these

Woodlands Valley Plantation 01

Woodlands Valley Plantation 02

However as the light is coming through the trees, these images seem less mysterious than images such as this, where we are looking into the darkness of the forest.

Woodlands Valley Plantation 01

Woodlands Valley Plantation 03

References
References to the works cited in this post are found in my separate post “References”