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MATTHEW M. HERNANDEZ
RENAISSANCE (1400-1600)
• means rebirth
• flourished in the 1400s in the Italian
City of Florence
• the era of great creativity in painting,
sculpture, and literature
• the period of economic progress
• the period that revived enthusiasm for the study
of artistic values and ancient philosophy
• the time when people rediscovered the glories
of ancient Greece and Rome
• an era of great intellectual and artistic
achievement with the birth of secular art
• focus was on realistic and humanistic art
Mona Lisa
• also called as the Portrait of Lisa
Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del
Giocondo
• Leonardo da Vinci’s oil painting on
poplar wood panel
• a painting that presents a woman in a
half-body portrait and a backdrop of a
distant landscape
• Mona a polite form of address,
originates as Madonna, similar to My
Lady, Ma’am, or Madamme
Pieta
• Michelangelo Buonarroti’s
Renaissance sculpture
• made from Carrara marble
• intended for the cardinal’s funeral
monument
• the theme is of northern origin
• famous work of art that depicts the
body of Jesus on the lap of his mother
Mary after the crucifixion
BAROQUE (1600-1800)
• derived from the Portuguese word Barocco
which means “irregularly shaped pearl or stone”
• a period of artistic styles in exaggerated motion,
drama, tension, and grandeur.
• describes a complex idiom and focuses on
painting, sculpture, as well as architecture
BAROQUE (1600-1800)
• the period that utilizes a lot of ornamentation and uses
exaggerated motion and contrast that leads to a dramatic effect
• reflects the tensions of the age by the Catholic church in Rome
• medium for spreading the message of Counter-Reformation
• use to propagate Christianity by the Roman Catholic Church
• use for architecture and arts to impress visitors, express triumph,
power, and control by the aristocracy
Portrait of Helene Fourment
• Peter Paul Ruben’s Baroque oil on
wood painting
• a portrait of her second wife Helena
Fourment
Ecstasy of St. Teresa
• Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s sculpture
• made from white marble
• set in elevated aedicule in Cornaro
Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria,
Rome
• often describe as a total work of art
• incorporates variety of elements,
sculpture, painting, ang lighting
effects presented in a theatrical
setting.