Arts

• Renaissance - It means rebirth. Its art focuses on realistic and humanistic subjects.
• Chiaroscuro is the use of light and dark for dramatic effect.
• Chiaro means bright while scuro means dark.
• The art in Renaissance was known for realistic scenery, linear perspective and chiaroscuro.
• Michelangelo is considered as the greatest living artist in his lifetime.
• La Pieta by Michelangelo

  
• David by Michelangelo

  
• Leonardo is known as the ultimate Renaissance Man.
• Raphael is the architect of High Renaissance.
• The Transfiguration by Raphael

  
• The School of Athens by Raphael

  
• Donatello is one of the Italian great artists of the period.
• David by Donatello

  
• The Feast of Herod by Donatello

  
• Baroque - From the word barocco/irregular shaped pearl. Uses realism rather than idealism.
• The Baroque Arts were known for its exaggerated motion, drama, tension, and grandeur. It replaced the linear perspective with flowing lines.
• Caravaggio is an Italian artist that aims to deviate himself from the Renaissance artists.
• Conversion of St. Paul by Caravaggio

  
• Bernini is the known as the first and greatest Baroque sculptor.
• David by Bernini

  
• Ecstacy of St. Teresa by Bernini

  
• Rubens was a Flemish Baroque painter.
• Portrait of Helene Fourment by Rubens\

  
• Samson and Delilah by Rubens

  
• Rembrandt is a brilliant Dutch realist, painter, and etcher.
• Self Portrait in Old Age by Rembrandt

  
• Las Meninas by Velasquez

  
• The Three Graces by Rubens