Renaissance and Baroque

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Renaissance &

Baroque Art
Renaissance Art
• The term “Renaissance” refers to the “rebirth” of Greek
and Roman culture
– Architecture
– Sculpture
– Painting
– Literature
Renaissance Art
• Artists gained prestige, no longer anonymous (they became
celebrities )
• Patrons financed & protected artists. Patrons
commissioned artwork and decided the themes.
– Kings & Popes
– Medici Family in Florence (the most famous and
wealthy patrons of the Renaissance)
Renaissance Art
CHARACTERISTICS
• Classicism
• Emphasis on human figure
• Realism & expression
• Perspective
• Light & shade
Renaissance Art
CLASSICISM
Artists, architects and sculptors studied the art of Ancient Greece
and Rome and incorporated elements of these civilizations:
– Mythological themes
– Idealized beauty (proportion)
– Classical architectural elements (columns, semicircular
arches) & techniques (symmetry, proportion, simplicity)
Baroque Art

• Comes from the Portuguese word “barroco” meaning


“irregular shaped pearl”.
• But may also come from the “verruga” meaning
“something that is considered as defective”.
Baroque Art
OPPOSITE TO THE RENAISSANCE:
• Rejects Renaissance principles (proportion, symmetry,
simplicity, order…)
• Refers theatrical, excessive, pretentious & complex forms.
• It tries to amaze & attract people appealing to their
emotions, not their reasoning.
Baroque Art
Topics:
Mythological
Mainly religious
Portraits and Landscapes
Still life and Scenes of everyday life
Baroque Art
CHARACTERISTICS
• Naturalism
• Expression of feelings
• Movement achieved by dynamic & complex compositions,
unstable poses, treatment of clothing, excessive
gesticulation
Renaissance &
Baroque Art
Renaissance
Artists/Artworks
Michelangel
o

PIETA
Da Vinci

MONALISA
Raphael

THE TRANSFIGURATION
Donatello

DAVID
Baroque
Artists/Artworks
Caravaggio

CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL


Bernini

ECSTASY OF ST. TERESA


Rubens

PORTRAIT OF HELENE
FOURMENT
Rembrandt

SELF-PORTRAIT
Velazquez

LAS MENINAS
Written Task

- LEARNING TASK 1
- Table, 10pts
- page 21 (Copy and Answer)
Performance Task

- LEARNING TASK 7, Royal Selfie, 100pts, page 31


- NOTE FOR THE ACTIVITY:
- Take a selfie then paint yourself wearing a
Renaissance costume (landscape orientation)
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