Arts of The Renaissance and Baroque Periods

Arts of the Renaissance and Baroque Periods

Renaissance

 Was period of economic progress, the period stirred enthusiasm for the study of ancient philosophy and
artistic values.
 Began in the late 14th century.
 Was an era of great artistic and intellectual achievement with the birth of secular art, focuses on realistic and
humanistic art
 Renaissance art was characterized by accurate anatomy, scientific perspective, and deeper landscape
 Renaissance painters depicted real-life figures and their sculptures were naturalistic portraits of human
beings.
 Architecture during this period was characterized by its symmetry and balance
 A period of artistic experimentation.
 The greatest cathedral building of the age was the rebuilding of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome

Famous Renaissance Artworks and Artists

1. MICHAELANGELO DI LODOVICO BUONARROTI SIMONI (1475-1564)
- Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet. He was considered the greatest living artist in his lifetime,
and ever since then he was considered as one of the greatest artist of all time.
- Works: Pieta,Bacchus, Moses, David, Dying Slave, Dawn and Dusk, Pieta and David
- He also created two of the most influential works in fresco in the history of Western art: the scenes from
the Genesis on the ceiling and the Last Judgment on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Rome
- In Pieta, Michaelangelo approached the subject which until then had been given form mostly from the
north of the Alps, where portrayal of pain had always been connected with the idea of redemption as
represented by the seated Madonna holding Christ’s body in her arms.
2. LEONARDO DI SER PIERO DA VINCI (1452- 1519)
- Was a painter, architect, scientist and mathematician.
- Was popularized in present times through novel and movie”DA VINCI CODE”
- An ultimate “ Renaissance Man” because of his intellect, interest, talent and his expression of humanist
and classical values.
Works:The last Supper, Mona Lisa, The Virtruvian Mar, The adoration of the Magi, Virgin of the Rocks
- Mona Lisa stems from a description by Renaissance art historian Giorgio Vasari, who wrote “ Leonard
undertook to paint for Francesco del Giocondo the portrait of the Mona Lisa, his wife. Mona, in Italian, is
a polite form of address originating as Madonna – similar to Ma’am, “maddame”, or My Lady in English.
This became Madonna and its contraction Mona. The title of painting, though traditionally spelled
“Mona”, is also commonly spelled in Modern Italian as “Mona Lisa”
3. RAFFAELLO SANZIO DA URBINO (RAPHAEL) (1483-1520)
- Was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance period.
- His work admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the
interpreting the Divine and incorporating Christian Doctrine.
- Works: The Sistine Madonna, The School of Athens, The Transfiguration
- The Transfiguration was Raphael last painting on which he worked on up to his death . The painting
exemplifies Raphael’s development as an artist and the culmination of his career.
4. DONATO DI NICCOLO DI BETTO BARDI (DONATTELO) (1386-1466)
- Italian great artists of the period.
- Was early Renaissance Italian sculptor from Florence,
- He is known for his work in bas-Relief, a form of shallow relief sculpture
- Works: David, Statutue of St. George, Equestrian Monument of Gattamelata, Prophet Habacuc,
and the Feast of Herod
Baroque Art( 1600-1800)
 The term Baroque was derived from the Portuguese word barocco which means irregularly pearl or stone.
 Describes a fairly complex idiom and focuses on painting, sculpture, as well as architecture
 A period of artistic styles in exaggerated motion, drama, tension and grandeur.
 The Roman Catholic Church highly encouraged the Baroque style to propagate Christianity while the
architecture and arts to impress visitors, express triumph, power and control
 Baroque painting illustrated key elements of Catholic dogma, either directly in Biblical works or indirectly in
imaginary or symbolic work. The gestures are broader than Mannerist gestures: less arcane, and mysterious.
 Baroque sculpture, typically larger than life size, is marked by a similar sense of dynamic movement, along
with active use of space
 Baroque architecture was designed to create spectacle and illusion. The straight lines of the Renaissance
were replaced with flowing curves.
Famous Renaissance Artworks and Artists

1. Michelangelo Merisi or Amerighi da Caravaggio (1571-1610)
 Better known as Caravaggio
 Italian artist who wanted to deviate from the classical masters of the Renaissance.
 He was an outcast in his society because of his own actions and the lack of modesty and reverence
for religious subjects in his own painting
 He started out as a specialist in his paintings of still life, especially of fruits- studies of single figures
followed, but they were clumsier than the fruit which gives savor of originality and charm.
Artworks: Supper at Emmaus, Conversion of St. Paul and Entombment of Christ
2. Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680)
 An Italian artist and the first Baroque Artist
 He was also the last in the list of the dazzling universal geniuses
Artworks: The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter and a Faun, Damned Soul and Blessed Sou
David, Ecstacy of St. Teresa,Colonnade of the Piazza of St. Peter’s Romel
 He made a sculpture of “David” was for Cardinal Borghese which is strikingly different from the
Michaelangelo’s David because it shows the differences between Renaissance and the Baroque
Periods.
3. Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
 Flemish Baroque painter
 He was well known for his paintings of mythical and figurative subjects, landscapes, portraits and
Counter-Reformation altar pieces
 His commissioned works were mostly religious subjects, history paintings of magical creatures
and hunt scenes.
Artworks: Samson and Delilah, Landscape with a tower, Portrait of Helene Fourment and The
Three Graces
4. Remabrandt Harmenzoon van Rijn (1606-1669)
 A brilliant Dutch realist, painter, and etcher
 He was considered as one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European arts.
 He followed no particular faith, but was interested in spiritual values and often chooses religious
subjects.
 He produced over 600 paintings, nearly 400 etching and 2000 drawings
Artwork: Self Portrait in Old age
5. Diego Velasquez (1599-1660)
 He was one of the finest masters of composition and one of the most important painters of the
Spanish Golden Age.
 He worked solutions to pictorial problems of design that transcend the style of any period.
Artworks: The Surrender of Breda, Las Meninas (the Maid of Honour), Los Borachos(The Drinkers)
and Maria Theresa

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