Discussion and Comparison of Two Works of Art

Every artwork is unique and beautiful in its own way. All of them try to grab our attention. Each of them undertakes a very difficult task of bring out some sort of emotion in us. Weather that emotion is an admiration or even repugnance. If it triggered any of those, the artist was successful. Paintings such as Merry Company on a Terrace by Jan Steen and Modern Rome by Giovanni Paolo Panini could certainly be put in that category.
Merry Company on a Terrace by Jan Steen was created in circa 1673-75. It is fairly large oil on canvas painting. …