How Does Art Mirror Society

I have chosen the picture of "The Art of Painting" by Vermeer. This painting was created in the year 1666, and it is an oil on canvas painting. This painting is showing what is happening in the renaissance because it shows Vermeer painting a women in the background.  In the renaissance it was coming more and more common for artist to paint things that were not relevant to religion. This painting mirrors society because Vermeer is showing that people would often get portraits of themselves or others. In Vermeer's painting the women is mirror the women of the renaissance because she is wearing nice clothes and has a horn and book in her hands. This shows that women would learn how to play music and maybe learn how to read and write. The renaissance was a large period of change that could be shown through art. Some of these changes would have been the education of women, and art not be focus on religion. So next time you go look at a painting of the past see if you can see what it is mirroring.