Art during the Renaissance and Baroque Periods This famous work of art depicts the body of Jesus

on the lap of his Mother Mary after the Crucifixion.

Renaissance was the period of economic The theme is of
progress. The period stirred enthusiasm for the Northern origin,
study of ancient philosophy and artistic values. popular by that time in
Italian Renaissance began in the late 14th century. France but not yet in
It was an era of great artistic and intellectual Italy. Michelangelo's
achievement with the birth of secular art. The focus interpretation of the
was on realistic and humanistic art. Pietà is unprecedented
in Italian sculpture. It is
Art was characterized by accurate anatomy,
an important work as it
scientific perspective and deeper landscape.
balances the
Painters depicted real-life figures and their
Renaissance ideals of classical beauty with
sculptures were naturalistic portraits of human
naturalism.
beings.
Leonardo Da Vinci
Architecture during this period was characterized
by its symmetry and balance The “Ultimate Renaissance Man” he is widely
considered to be one of the greatest painters of all
Renaissance architecture is the European
time and perhaps the most diversely talented
architecture of the period between the early 14th
person to have ever lived.
and early 17th centuries in different regions,
demonstrating a conscious revival and Works: The Last Supper, Mona Lisa, Vitruvian man,
development of certain elements of ancient Greek the adoration of the magi, and the virgin of the
and Roman thought and material culture. rocks.
Stylistically, Renaissance architecture followed.
Mona Lisa
Gothic architecture and was succeeded by Baroque
architecture. Developed first in Florence, with The Mona Lisa is a half-
Filippo Brunelleschi as one of its innovators, the length portrait painting by the
Renaissance style quickly spread to other Italian Italian Renaissance artist
cities. The style was carried to France, Germany, Leonardo da Vinci that has
England, Russia and other parts of Europe at been described as "the best
different dates and with varying degrees of impact known, the most visited, the
most written about, the most
Famous Renaissance Artworks and Artist sung about, the most
parodied work of art in the
Michelangelo Buonarotti
world".The Mona Lisa is also
He was considered as the greatest living artist of one of the most valuable
his lifetime, and since then he was considered as paintings in the world. It holds the Guinness World
one of the greatest artists of all time. A number of Record for the highest known insurance valuation
his works in paintings, sculpture, and architecture in history at one hundred million dollars in 1962
rank among the famous in existence. Sculptures:
Raphael Santi
Pieta, Bacchus, Moses, David, dying slave, dawn,
and dusk. He also two of the most influential works Raphael was an Italian painter and architect of the
in fresco in the history of western art: the scenes High Renaissance period. His works was admired
from the book of genesis and the last judgment on for his clarity of form and ease of composition and
the altar wall ceiling of the Sistine chapel. for its visual achievement of the interpreting the
Divine and incorporating Christian Doctrines.
He was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and
Together with Michelangelo and Da Vinci, he
poet of the High Renaissance born in the Republic
formed the traditional trinity of great masters of that
of Florence, who exerted an unparalleled influence
period. His Main contributions to art were his
on the development of Western art. Considered to
unique draftsmanship and compositional skills
be the greatest living artist during his lifetime, he
has since been described as one of the greatest Transfiguration
artists of all time. Despite making few forays
beyond the arts, his versatility in the disciplines he The Transfiguration is the
took up was of such a high order that he is often last painting by the Italian
considered a contender for the title of the High Renaissance master
archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival Raphael. Commissioned
and fellow Florentine Medici client, Leonardo da by Cardinal Giulio de
Vinci. Medici, the later Pope
Clement VII (1523–1534)
and conceived as an
altarpiece for the
La Pieta
Narbonne Cathedral in
France, Raphael worked on it until his death in The style started in Rome, Italy and spread to most
1520. The painting exemplifies Raphael's of Europe. The RCC highly encouraged the
development as an artist and the culmination of his baroque style to propagate Christianity while the
career. Unusually for a depiction of the aristocracy used Baroque style fot architecture and
Transfiguration of Jesus in Christian art, the subject arts to impress visitors, express triumph, power and
is combined with an additional episode from the control.
Gospels in the lower part of the painting
Famous artworks and artists
Donatello
Michelangelo Merisi or Amerighi da Caravaggio
Donatello was one of the Italian great artists of the (1571-1610)
period. He was an early Renaissance Italian
He is an Italian artist who wanted to deviate from
sculptor from Florence. He is known for his works
the classical masters of the Renaissance. He was
on bas-reliefs, a form of shallow relief sculpture. His
an outcast in his society, because of his own
works included the following statues and relief:
actions and the lack of modesty and reverence for
David, Statue of St. George, Equestrian Monument
religious subjects in his own paintings. Perhaps he
of Gattamelata, Prophet Habakkuk, and the Feast
started out as a specialist in his paintings in still life,
of Herod
especially of fruits.
David
Studies of single figures followed, but they are
The story of David and clumsier than the fruit which gives their savor of
Goliath comes from 1 Samuel originality and charm. Caravaggio’s models at this
17. The Israelites are fighting periods were either
the Philistines, whose best himself or young
warrior – Goliath – repeatedly persons who have an air
offers to meet the Israelites' of being promising but
best warrior in man-to-man wicked. Among his
combat to decide the whole famous paintings were:
battle. None of the trained Supper at Emmaus,
Israelite soldiers is brave Conversion of St. Paul,
enough to fight the giant and Entombment of
Goliath, until David – a shepherd boy who is too Christ.
young to be a soldier – accepts the challenge. Saul,
Conversion of St. Paul
the Israelite leader, offers David armor and
weapons, but the boy is untrained and refuses Gian Lorenzo Bernini
them. Instead, he goes out with his sling, and
confronts the enemy. He hits Goliath in the head Bernini was an Italian artist and the first Baroque
with a stone, knocking the giant down, and then Artist. He practiced architecture and sculpture,
grabs Goliath's sword and cuts off his head. The painting, stage design, and
Philistines withdraw as agreed and the Israelites was also a playwright. He
are saved. David's special strength comes from was also last in the list of
God, and the story illustrates the triumph of good dazzling universal geniuses.
over evil. As a prodigy, his first
artworks date from his 8th
Baroque Period birthday. Among his early
works were: The Goat
The term Baroque was derived from the Amalthea with the Infant
Portuguese word “barocco” which means Jupiter and a Faun, Ecstasy
“irregularly shaped pearl of stone.” It describes a of St. Teresa, Apollo and
fairly complex idiom and focuses on painting, Daphne and David.
sculpture, as well as architecture. After the idealism
of the Renaissance, and the slightly forced nature Ecstasy of St. Teresa
of mannerism, Baroque art above all reflects the
Peter Paul Rubens
tensions of the age notably the desire of the
Catholic Church in Rome to reassert in the wake of Rubens was a Flemish Baroque painter. He was
the Protestant Reformation. well known for his paintings of mythical and
figurative subjects, landscapes, portraits, and
Although always in conflict with simple, clear, and
Counter-Reformation altarpieces. His
geometric concepts of classicism, the Baroque
commissioned works were mostly religious
existed in varying degrees of intensity, from a
subjects, history paintings of magical creatures,
simple animated movement of lines and surfaces,
and hunt scenes. His famous works were: Samson
to a rish and dynamic wealth
and Delilah, Landscape with a tower, Portrait of
Baroque was a period of artistic styles in Helene Fourment, and The Three Graces.
exaggerated motion, drama, tension, and grandeur.
Portrait of Helene Fourment

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

Rembrandt was a brilliant Dutch realist, painter,
and etcher. He is generally 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. Rembrandt shares with Rubens
the revolution whereby painting came to depict the
m0ore personal aspects of the painter: his own
home and his family. No artist has painted himself
as often as did Rembrandt. His concept of himself
continued to deepen in
grasp and subtlety, while
his technique grew more
daring. His well-known
work was his “Self-portrait
in Old Age.” Rembrandt
had produced over 600
paintings, nearly 400
etchings, and 2,000
drawings.
Self-Portrait

Diego Velasquez
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. He worked out solutions to
pictorial problems of design that transcend the style
of any period. Velasquez was the case of a painter
who discovered his avocation almost at the very
start of his career. The passiom for still life
frequently emerges in Velasquez’s art. His famous
works were: The Surrender of Breda, Las
Meninas(The Maids of Honour), Los Barachos(The
Drinker), and Maria Theresa.

Las Meninas-(The maids of honour)