- Renaissance was the period of economic progress. This gain interest for the study of ancient philosophy and artistic values.
ART OF RENAISSANCE AND BORQUE PERIODS
Definitions
Baroque -
From the Portuguese word "barroco" (an irregular shaped pearl or stone)
Renaissance -
comes from the word "renaitre" (Rebirth, revival, and rediscovery)
RENAISSANCE PERIOD
FAMOUS RENAISSANCE ARTWORKS AND ARTISTS
Michelangelo was an Italian scuplter, painter,architech and a poet. He was considered to greatest living artist in his lifteime and ever since then he was considered as one of the greatest artist of all time. A number of his works in painting scuplture, architecture rank among the famous in the world.
To remember :
his full name is Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni and his works are The Last Judgement / Creation of Adam / David / Pieta
Pieta depicts the body of Jesus on the lap of his mother Mary after the Crucifixion. Michelangelo convinces himself and his spectators of the divine quality and the significance of these figures and the significance of these figures by means of earthly and perfect beauty, but of course, there are human standards.
Leonardo Da Vinci was a painter, architect, scientist, and mathematician. He was popularized in prwesent times through the novel and movie, "Da Vinci Code." He is known sa the "Ultimate Renaissance man" because of his intellect, interest, talent and his epxression of humanist and classical values.
To remember :
He made the the Last Supper and his most popular Mona Lisa.
Mona Lisa stems from a description, "Leonardo undertook to paint for Francesco del Giocondo the portrait of Mona Lisa, his wife." Mona, in Italian, is a polite form of address originating as Madonna-similar to Ma'am, Madame, or My Lady in English. This became Madonna and its contraction Mona.
Raffaelo Sanzio Da Urbino or Raphael was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance period. His work was admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the interpreting the Divine incorporating Christian doctrines.
To remember :
His works are The Sistine Madonna / The School of Athens / The Transfiguration.
The Transfiguration was Raphael's last painting on which he worked on up to his death. Commissioned by Cardinal Giulio de Medici, the late Clement VII, the painting was conceived as an altarpiece for the Narbonne Cathedral in France.
Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi or Donattelo was one of Italy's great artist of the Renaissance period. He was an early Renaissance Sculptor from Florence. He is known for his work in bas-relief, a form of shallow relief sculpture
To remember :
He is best known for his work in a form called BASED-RELIEF, His works are The Equestrian Monument of Gattamelata and David.
BAROQUE PERIOD
The Baroque was a period of artistic styles in exaggerated motion, drama, tension, and grandeur (magnificence. The Roman Catholic Church highly encouraged the Baroque style to propagate Christianity while the aristocracy used the Baroque for architecture and arts to entertain and express power and triumph.
FAMOUS BAROQUE ARTWORK AND ARTISTS
To remember :
His Famous Artworks were Judith Beheading Holofernes and Conversion of St.Paul.
- Michelangelo Merisi or Caravaggio 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 paintings. Caravaggio's models at this period were either himself or young persons who have an air of being promising but wicked.
To remember :
His Famous artworks alongside Donatello were David and his own creation Ecstasy of St. Teresa.
- Gian Lorenzo Bernini was an Italian artist and the first artist. His first Baroque artworks date from his 8th birthday. He made a sculpture of "David" was for Cardinal Borghese which strikingly different is from Michelangelo's David. The famous "Ecstasy of St. Teresa" was his greatest achievement and the Colonade of the Piazza of St. Peter's Rome.
To remember :
His Famous works are Raising of the Cross / Portrait of Helene Fourment
- Peter Paul Rubens was well known for his paintings of mythical and figurative subjects, landscapes, portraits, and Counter- Reformation altarpieces. His commissioned works were mostly religious subjects, history paintings of magical creatures, and hunt scenes.
To remember :
His well-known work was his Self Portrait in Old Age. He had amassed over 600 paintings, nearly 400 etchings, and 2000 drawings.
- Rembrandt van Rijin he was considered as one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European Art. No artist has painted himself as often as did Rembrant.
To remember :
One of his artworks is called The Maids of Honour
Diego Velasquez of Spain developed out of the Baroque. He was one of the finest masters of composition and one of the most important painters of the Spanish Golden Age.