This is the painting I’m looking at: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/16488/armida

This is the painting I’m looking at: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/16488/armida-encounters-the-sleeping-rinaldo
beginning with a detailed formal analysis of the source painting. Describe the work in detail, focusing on subject, composition, color palette and other material facts of the painting. Your description should be clear and detailed enough to allow someone who has never seen the painting to imagine it’s appearance accurately. Then give a connotative analysis (interpretation), discussing the ways the formal qualities of the work combine with the subject matter to create metaphoric, emotional or other associations for the viewer. This should be a painting that you actually like, and I want you to spend time looking at it. Try to see it deeply, get to the know the painting, become familiar with its subtleties and finer points. This is not primarily about studying history, but you should read background information about the artist, time period, and subject. This will inform your looking. The primary goal of this assignment is to look very closely and to allow your observation to be informed by knowledge of context.