Historical And Scholarly Movement Of The 18th And 17th Century

The history of art has been broken up into different time periods, each unique due to the influences of the time. The Baroque period began in the 1600s where artists such as Caravaggio and Bernini began experimenting with dramatic colors, light and darkness, and dramatics to tell stories. Michelangelo, while contributing to the art scene during the Renaissance period, was a large influence in the creation of the Baroque style. The ever-changing styles of art invent new periods with distinct artists that challenge each other to create stunning works that eventually influence a news style to be born. Michelangelo, a Renaissance artist, was born on March 6, 1475 in Caprese, Italy to a governor of a Florentine outpost and his wife.

The transition from Middle ages to Renaissance for art changed dramatically. The Art in the Middle ages was usually 2 dimensional and had a religious subject. When the renaissance came around art changed a lot. New artistic styles would echo the broader movements and interest of the new age. The art produced in the renaissance was more 3d and focused more on individuals and landscapes (Doc A). Paintings such as the Mona Lisa are what the Renaissance focused on, as well as landscapes such as the wedding at Cana. The works of art changed man’s view of the world

The baroque and renaissance periods are two different periods. The renaissance period rolled into the baroque era. There were changes made over the years from the baroque to the renaissance period. Differences in style accumulated along with views of art and music.

The Mona Lisa is a very popular, and well known oil painting, painted by Leonardo Da Vinci. The painting is quite simple, it presents a portrait of a woman sitting in front of a distant landscape. Her face is expressionless; she is looking off to the side with a faint smirk. Similar to other Renaissance paintings, Mona is drawn with almost no personality or thought. The influence of the Mona Lisa on the Renaissance, and even modern day, has been enormous. This is because of the expression of realism. Mona’s smile represents more of a human-like expression rather than supernatural.

The Renaissance was from the late fourteenth century to the late sixteenth century.The word Renaissance means ‘rebirth’ in French. In this period of the arts, the paintings dramatically improved. The individuals changed from flat two-dimensional people to three-dimensional, life-like figures. During the Renaissance, there were many artists including Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Jan van Eyck.

Each period has its artistic characteristics. The Baroque was a style in art that it stark contrast between light and dark. The Northern Renaissance gave so much attention and care and detail and clarity to objects. There are two different artists. Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun was one of the artists of the Late Baroque period of the 18th-century. Jan van Eyck was one of the famous artists of Northern Renaissance art of the 15th century. I will describe and compare the Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun and Jan van Eyck's artworks. Also, I will discuss their careers, their styles, and life.

The period of Baroque art was from 1600 to 1750, and relates to the style

The era known as the Baroque period includes the seventeenth and most of the eighteenth centuries in Europe. The Baroque style was a style in which the art and artists of the time focused upon details and intricate designs. Their art often appeals to the mind by way of the heart. During this time the portraits began to portray modern life, and artists turned their backs on classical tradition. Much of the art shows great energy and feeling, and a dramatic use of light, scale, and balance (Preble 302). Buildings were more elaborate and ornately decorated. These works of art created history and altered the progress of Western Civilization. Architecture such as the palace of Versailles, and artists like

The Renaissance and the Baroque eras created some of the most famous works of art produced in the world. The two eras expressed differences in style and theme, but they also have many characteristics in common. To better understand the similarities of the eras it will be described by the characteristics, styles and the influences of each; Renaissance and Baroque works of art. Famous artist from the Renaissance era were Leonard da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti. Famous artist from the Baroque era were Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn and Michelangelo Merisi o Amerighi da Caravaggio.

The Renaissance was the age of discovery and rediscovery, this was reflected in the art as it began to return to a more Classic Greek/Roman style the more religious symbolism. The art of the time, it while still held onto its religious roots, began to deviate to more secular subjects as

Art has changed and developed throughout time. I will be writing about two specific time periods that I think were an important part of the revolution of art. The two time periods that I will write about is the Medieval Times and the Renaissance. Art has changed in four main topics. These four topics are subject, color, perspective and realism. The subject changed in Renaissance art from the subject in the Medieval Times. Almost all of the paintings in the Medieval Times were based on religious events and topics. The topic changed from religious events to more secular events during the Renaissance. This is because people became more interested in humanistic topics and the world around us. You can see that the Medieval painting is about Jesus’ crucifixion and the Renaissance

The term baroque is used to describe an artistic style characteristic of the seventeenth century which was expressed through painting, sculptures and architecture. This movement departed from the previous artistic style the Renaissance with its idealism and emphasis on harmonious design, and it accentuates this departure with exaggerated lighting and curves within the art piece. The term baroque was not used as a label by the people of the time, it was a term coined by 18th-century art critics to mean shocking, confused and bizarre. Baroque art reflects intense emotions and a particular sort of Dionysian chaos; a release from restraint, and even a kind of artistic sensationalism, meant to evoke drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur.

The Renaissance was the period of time after the Black Death when people wanted to start over with their lives and make better decisions. During this time there were several significant artists that had great attributes and showed each of the classics, Raphael, Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Donatello. I believe that the most significant Renaissance artist was Michelangelo.

Baroque art encompasses a broad range of art from Dutch genre paintings to dramatic and theatrical Italian pieces. Because of the religious, socio-economic, and political events of the time, Baroque art can hardly been contained into one description. Politically, the rulers and monarchies used commissioned art to emphasize assert their authority, power and right to rule. Religiously, the Reformation caused the Catholic Church to commission provoking pieces of piety and devotion. And Socio-economically, the rising middle class in many areas of Europe wanted pieces of art to further improve prestige in the social scene and improve their reputation. These three developments that came with the transition from the Renaissance age to the Baroque

It is hard to believe that what began during the Renaissance would be followed by what we refer to as the Baroque period beginning in the 1600’s and later the Rococo. The term Baroque was first used in the eighteenth-century by critics in a negative way. “To the eyes of these critics, who favored the restraint and order of Neoclassicism, the works of Bernini, Borromini, and Pietro da Cortona appeared bizarre, absurd, even diseased—in other words, misshapen, like an imperfect pearl” (Camara, E., n.d. para. 12). Stylistic style differs in the Baroque period with the use of interrupted contours, dynamism, and instability. In addition, artists were moving toward a more realistic subject matter and not the idealized portrayals we saw in the Renaissance period.