The Lady and Her Bath – How Does Clouets Painting Reflect the Culture and Ideology of the Renaissance Era?
The Lady and her Bath
How does Clouets painting reflect the culture and ideology of the Renaissance Era?
It is obvious that the Lady in Her Bath painting reflects wealth. During the Renaissance Era, the majority of the people were very poor and they did not have servants or maidservants. The lady seems to be pretty confident in her bath and knows just what she wants. She is very pleased with her help and in her mind; her money can buy her anything and everything.
Her skin is very white and clean and again that is a sign of wealth. She has perky breasts and does not want to lose that, so she has a maid servant breastfeed her baby. The maid servant is breastfeeding her baby. The reason why I believe it is the Lady’s baby is that there is no other reason for anyone else to be in the room with her for something that should be so private. Otherwise, why would the maid servant breastfeed her own child in the same room with the Lady in the tub?
Close to her bath, she has fresh fruit in a bowl and the little child next to her is eyeing it as if he/she would like some. Of course, the Lady is not aware of the child wanting the fruit because she wants everything to be focused on her. It looks like she is the main focus in the picture and it is three dimensional layered with the Lady on the bath is up front, her son is sitting beside her, which tells me that she is not ashamed of her body.
The third layer seems to depict a woman who is in another room possibly cooking, cleaning or has more water to add to her bath. It is hard to determine her purpose.
The Renaissance Era was also a period of time that was considered a new beginning to religion and their culture. During this period of time Christianity was becoming more prevalent and the Catholic faith was being set aside. The wealthier the families