Essay On Baroque Style

Renaissance artists expressed classicism and physical realism in their paintings. The early renaissance was the development period for this type of art form. During the late renaissance mannerism was the new art form. Mannerism was the distortion of physical form like elongated limbs, unnatural lighting and coloring, complex poses, and imbalanced restless composition. The founder of renaissance painting was Masaccio he was Giottos greatest success in the quest for perspective, modeling and emotion.

Scientific discoveries were made and contributed to the growth of the people in Europe and America. The Enlightenment was a growth period in Europe and America, as people were told to rely on their own intellect instead of always looking to God for answers. Unfortunately, because of their existing class structure, religious positions, and authoritative rule, these new ideas in Europe could only be debated.

17th century century scientists laid down the building blocks of science that eventually helped the world make more and more discoveries leading into the future. The amount of knowledge our modern day scientists have is pretty incredible, but it is only becoming more

Inigo Jones’ second visit to Italy he had plenty of liberty to practice Italian art and architecture. He used Palladio’s treatise, Quattro libri dell’architettura, visiting as many as possible of the buildings illustrated in it and conning them over, line by line, against Palladio’s woodcuts. Palladio had great importance to him and he greatly inspired many of his work. Although Palladio’s work was what Jones studied and implemented in his work what interested Jones was the antique and all that Vitruvius had to say about architecture. Jones second visit to Italy was what established him as an architect.

Early Netherlandish painter, Robert Campin, active during the 15th and 16th century was one of the few to introduced a new painting style to the Italian Renaissance Era. Although Campin belongs to the Northern Renaissance era, he still carried elements of Late Gothic. Therefore, Campin was greatly influenced by the International Gothic movement. The Gothic movement, which was introduced by the French includes a saturation of biblical scenes, Illumnatied religious manuscripts, and very detailed portraiture. One of Robert Campin’s biggest achivements was, Merode Altarpiece, a detailed religious scene done between 1425 and 1428.

During the Renaissance in Florence, Italy, it was very common for artists to produce magnificent works of religious art. Unlike most art made today, wealthy patrons deliberately commissioned these pieces with a political agenda in mind. Commissions promoted the prestige of the patron and were a tool of diplomacy. Furthermore, the cultural and historical context in which art was produced can shape and impact the style and overall approach to the painting.

The Renaissance or Rebirth of the European cultural scene spanned the period between the fourteenth and the seventeenth century and it collectively refers to the collection of paintings, murals, sculptures and other works that were created as part of the revival of the classical past of Europe. During this period artists created various works and masterpieces including art, literature and learning ideas, which in turn gave Europe a new cultural foundation to begin with. The work created during this period had a very distinguished style influenced by the remnants of the Middle Ages.   Italian artists and writers wanted to bring back the values, teachings and the civilized culture and tradition left by the Greco-Roman era.  

The Renaissance was a dramatic time period where many changes happened in Europe due to the contributions of humanists. One of these humanists was Raphael Sanzio. He significantly impacted the world through his paintings,architecture,and his influence on other artists. Even though he had a short life he painted amazing paintings with great details and perspective. His paintings were mostly religious such as The Sistine Madonna and The Marriage of the Virgin,however,he did paint non-religious paintings like School of Athens and his self-portrait.

Baroque Periods Impact in Today 's Modern Arts Baroque music is a period of history that was widespread between 1600-1750 (newworldencyclopedia.org). Baroque changed music to make it more of an entertainment for people which helped generate its popularity amongst all types of people. The music was so widespread and diverse it is hard to label different musicians and songs under “baroque” but that what it is. The original meaning of baroque is actually “irregular pearl” which would help to understand that the music does not fit with say secular music it is to diverse and has become so widely used and accepted it just stuck (newworldencyclopedia.org). The Baroque period did not just affect the art of music, but the arts in general.

The Early renaissance were mostly paid the very well-known family Medici, as for the High Renaissance the people paying for the art and the painters were the church and the pope. Both eras brought uniqueness to sense of art. Also, the Italian and the renaissance were going through some dramatic changes that influenced the way their painting arises. There was new interest in science, the environment and philosophy during the period of the renaissance, Music, literature and paintings were no longer seen just as art, there were now started to been seen like knowledge. “The birth of Venus” by Botticelli (Early renaissance), “Mona Lisa” by Leonardo Da Vinci (High renaissance) and “The last Judgment” by Michelangelo (High renaissance) were and still are historical and famous painting that satisfy the world of art because through the painting we can see so many different aspects that make this art unique, from the way they were pained to the great detail that was put in the art work.

Lorenzo De’ Medici encouraged and supported one of the greatest artist periods in time, the last decade of his reign of Florence was the highlight of artistic contributions to the Renaissance. The Renaissance gave people a chance to make something of themselves from practically nothing, your position in society was not determined by heredity anymore. The De’ Medici family was a great example of this, through immense trade and business skills, they made Florence become the artistic culture capital of Europe. Lorenzo De’ Medici only added to this, he captivated the artistic potential of many well known artists today, such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Lorenzo had a great deal of political power, “Under his control, the Florentine economy expanded significantly and the lower class

Inventions, such as the printing press was used during this time period to mass produce material, which made information and intelligence increase all around the world, especially Europe where the Renaissance was centered and flourished. During the early sixteenth century, the most well known and most referenced piece of art was painted, the portrait of Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. But before that the Renaissance had began in the wealthy Italy due to the fact that they had the wealth needed to support the artist, who were at that time thought of as craftsmen, architects, and intellectual geniuses.

The Proto-Renaissance brought Europe away from darkness as a rebirth and started the flare up of art. Artists were known as Renaissance people because they were well educated in many different fields of study. Artists then used science, math, and culture to make art more realistic. Artists used anatomy for modern portraits to look realistic. Math was used to work out the rules of linear perspective.

In a time of depressed antiquity, both the Renaissance and the Reformation were considered some of the most eye opening and crucial events regarding modern thought and religious confrontation. Ancient Greek and Roman art were reborn in many different ways that included the revival of different artistic techniques, the use and portrayal of nude structures such as Donatello’s “David”, and also the adoption of realism utilized in the North. Several art techniques such as sfumato, chiaroscuro, fresco, and linear perspective, not only had a resurgence in the artwork of many Italians and Europeans, but also shaped the way people thought about dimension and personal character. The forms of art that were expressed during that time period using those