Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio born 1572 in Milan, Italy. Caravaggio, was an Italian artist who worked and practice mostly in Rome, Naples, Malta and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. He is most famous for his paintings of flowers and fruit in his factory-like workshop, a small Boy Peeling a Fruit (his earliest known painting), a boy with a Basket of Fruit, and a young Sick Bacchus, supposedly a self-portrait done while healing from a serious illness that ended his employment for a while in 1594.
Specializing in dramatic still-life painting’s, he was known to demonstrate realism in his work. His art has been described as expressive along with noticeable body movements under a glimpse of soft light. His backgrounds reflect very …show more content…
The still-life, darkness of the background, the emotion yet the expression of the subject is what makes a difference.
As described in the Difference Between Baroque Art and Renaissance,
“This opposite treatment of a subject is displayed in the statue of David that Renaissance man Michelangelo first sculpted and recreated by Bernini of the Baroque movement. The first one shows an emotionless David heading into battle with Goliath, which is the exact opposite of Bernini’s work, which showed an intense David raring to fight the giant. This contrasting style shows the biggest disparity between these two periods.”
(bing.com/images/statue+of+david)
When comparing the two sculptures, the facial and body expression with Bernini’s David, is a more descriptive image displaying ready to fight appears in motion to make a move. As where the original David by Michelangelo, reflects a tensed image, much into thought, with muscle and vein bulging, mentally focused yet a serene piece of art that depicts a different story of David. Although this statue is of one person, the art, it’s interpretation and style is what creates the realism of the Baroque
Specializing in dramatic still-life painting’s, he was known to demonstrate realism in his work. His art has been described as expressive along with noticeable body movements under a glimpse of soft light. His backgrounds reflect very …show more content…
The still-life, darkness of the background, the emotion yet the expression of the subject is what makes a difference.
As described in the Difference Between Baroque Art and Renaissance,
“This opposite treatment of a subject is displayed in the statue of David that Renaissance man Michelangelo first sculpted and recreated by Bernini of the Baroque movement. The first one shows an emotionless David heading into battle with Goliath, which is the exact opposite of Bernini’s work, which showed an intense David raring to fight the giant. This contrasting style shows the biggest disparity between these two periods.”
(bing.com/images/statue+of+david)
When comparing the two sculptures, the facial and body expression with Bernini’s David, is a more descriptive image displaying ready to fight appears in motion to make a move. As where the original David by Michelangelo, reflects a tensed image, much into thought, with muscle and vein bulging, mentally focused yet a serene piece of art that depicts a different story of David. Although this statue is of one person, the art, it’s interpretation and style is what creates the realism of the Baroque