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The Renaissance• Renaissance art was based on re
embracing the classic from the ancient Greeks and Romans.
• This style sought to replicate reality by adding marvelous detail.
(1450-1520)
• Although influence by classic style, Renaissance artists still employed Christian themes.
• Using techniques such as ciarro scuro , Renaissance artist manipulated light, darkness, form,
• Artist were mainly employed by the Catholic church. Some of the most famous of said artists include the TMNT. (Leonardo, Donatello, Rafael, and Michael Angelo.
• The following version of David reflect the varying styles of Renaissance artists:
• Donatello’s David (right) is portrayed more accurately to the story as he is shown to be a young Jewish boy.
• Where as Michael Angelo’s sculpture (left) reflects the humanist ideals of a balanced man, and depicts David in the exemplary form all men should strive to become.
Baroque(1600-1750)
• Born in Italy and spread all throughout Europe (especially France) the Baroque movement is especially characterized by it’s use of dark lighting.
• The dramatic illumination allows for the artist to emphasize specific aspects of the painting.
• Key painters of the era were Rembrandt and Vermeer.
• This came at a time when Europe was divided by catholic and Protestant beliefs following the Reformation.
• Baroque art was especially promoted by the Catholic Church in their efforts to inspire the people into the Catholic faith.
• This style is also often associated with absolute monarchies that developed along the same time and so is sometimes called “the style of Absolutism.”
Romanticism
• Romanticism was a movement that se t out to challenge the established tenants of society such as order an Religion.
• As such it denounced rationalism and logic and embraced the individual, imagination, emotions, and nature.
(1790-1850)
• Romantic art likewise, depicted and glorified human nature and emotion.
• A recurring them was the glory of warfare.
• Other romantics emphasized the more natural lifestyle of the middle ages with paintings of medieval castles and the surrounding wilderness.
Impressionism (1860s-1890)s
• The impressionist movement was most predominant in France where the development of the bourgeoisie class was coming into power.
• Impressionist artists were highly focused on the effect and manipulation of light.
• Likewise, paintings involved the observer’s ‘impression’ of what was there.
• New techniques like dotting embodied this.
• A common theme in impressionist paintings was the leisurely activities of the bourgeoisie class in contrast to the nobles an monarchs in previous art.
Surrealism(1924- )
Surrealism• Surrealism highly emphasized
the idea of the observer's perception of the art as dictated by their subconscious.
• This paralleled the new developments in psychology of the time period.
• Like Romanticist, Surrealists though rational thinking constrained the mind and was a tool for established powers to suppress others.
• Surrealist painters like Salvador Dali embedded deep metaphorical meanings in what would seem like nonsensical drawings to those whose minds were bound by established reason.
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(1940’s- 1960’s)
• Following WWII, paintings of war and contemporary life had become overused and replaced by photographs. As a result, the Abstract Expressionist movement arose, primarily in America.
(Notice how the painting is similar to the polish flag, signifying how much it fails.)