Caravaggio

Artwork has always been a reflection of perception; one’s take on the world and humanity, including their own. The Baroque is a period of art where we see a culmination of emotional expression, with artists abandoning rationality and geometry in their endeavor to reach the human soul. The human condition is portrayed through highly dramatized, emotional, and psychologically compelling scenes, intense chiaroscuro, and natural composition of both the body and the canvas. Artemisia Gentileschi, a…

Baroque pieces that all have resembling quality that resemble the one I choose. The Piece that I choose is an Oil on Canvas which was created in 1598-1599 from a Dutch Artist Wtewael. The piece got my attention for having a similar style like of Caravaggio 's by making his painting emotional and full of dramatic postures, but one main difference was that Wtewael’s painting looked artificial with its colors and bodies while before the renaissance made their paintings realistically . The…

The Baroque artistic style came to fruition in the 15th and 16th centuries, and had a dominant presence in Europe. However, it did not surface in European countries in the same manner, and Baroque artists were not necessarily working with the same types of subjects or themes. That being said, overall, it was a movement focused on motion, and did its best to portray details and ideas that could be easily interpreted. Furthermore, while not every artist utilized religious themes, most were…

The world in which we live in is something that is constantly changing. Nothing ever stays the same. And with these changes in the world, there comes changes in painting as well. Painting has come a long way, and as the times change, the style, subject matter, and characteristics of painting change as well. The Baroque period took place between the years 1600-1750. There are two main characteristics that seem to be representative of baroque painting. There seemed to always be a sense of…

It is at the start of the 15th century that scientific discovery begins to take off. This growing interest in scientific knowledge is then showcased through art for the next three centuries, covering the renaissance, baroque and rococo stylistic periods. Although it is not a continually growing interest, the interest is always present and shifting in its use. This interest starts in early renaissance with Donatello’s sculpture of David. Donatello builds upon the realism previously made popular…

Messina: The Perfect Setting Messina, a harbor city on the Italian island of Sicily, claims the 14th largest population in all of Italy ("Messina."). Sparkling bright blue heavens dotted with puffy white clouds fill Messina’s sky, and the aquamarine waters of the Strait of Messina in the Mediterranean Sea shimmer in the brilliant sunlight. Standing between sky and sea, classic 15thcentury coral toned houses, shops, and churches line the busy streets of Messina. In the 16th century, this…

INTRODUCTION: This essay will discuss the relationship between the arts and the growing body of scientific knowledge during this time. Three major periods that will be discussed in this essay are the Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo. This essay will also explain the ways how different artists during the period of Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo used new scientific knowledge when creating their art work. Baroque period was the period where there were some disagreement between the Catholics…

Art History Written Assignment Unit 4 Throughout history art has represented an artist's perspective on the world around us. With advancement in science these perspective began to take on new characteristics; using mathematical basis for proportions and central lines, using anatomical diagrams to model movements of the body, and the discovery of vast swathes of unseen matter with the development of the telescope and microscope. During the Renaissance period a scientific focus on the world…

popular in the baroque era in Rome so that they could potentially compete against renaissance artists. In the baroque era, artists typically only present David in two different ways. Bernini’ s creation has a classical and idealized feel to it but Caravaggio painting is more gritty and lack of detail. Bernini gives the audience an exciting moment as David is about to throw a stone with all his strength straight towards…

Washington, DC VS. Rome Have you ever visited the cities of Rome or Washington, DC? Even though Washington, DC, and Rome are major capital cities of their countries in the world, they have many differences along with their similarities. They have vastly different histories, cultural aspects, and racial demographics, but they remain similar in their cost of living and socioeconomic disparity. First, Washington, Dc and Rome are rich in world and national history. The history in the two cities…