Arts of the Renaissance and

Baroque Periods
 Renaissance Period
The word renaissance comes from the word,
renaitre, which means, rebirth.
Common subject is Human Philosophy
Famous artists were Michelangelo, Leonardo
Da Vinci, Raphael, and Donatello
 Baroque Period
More elaborate and full of emotion.
Developed in Europe around 1600s
Famous artists were Caravaggio, Rubens,
Velasquez, Rembrandt, and Bernini.
 Renaissance Period (1400-1600)
Characterized by accurate anatomy, scientific
perspective and deeper landscape.
Depicted real-life figures and their sculpture were
naturalistic portraits of human beings.
Classical Greeks believed in the harmonious
development of the person through a sound
mind, by the practice of athletics, the
Renaissance held up the ideal of the well-
rounded man, knowledgeable in number of fields
 Period of artistic experimentation
Marks the transition of Europe from medieval
period to early modern age
The greatest cathedral building of the age was
the rebuilding of St. Peters Basilica in Rome.
 Famous Renaissance Artworks and
Artists
Michelangelo di Lodovico
Buonarroti Simoni (1475-
1564)
Italian sculptor, painter,
architect and poet.
Greatest living artist in his
lifetime.
Works were Pieta, Bacchus,
Moses, David, Dying Slave,
Dawn and Dusk.
 2 best known works, The Pieta and David,
were sculpted before he turned 30.
Works in fresco in the History of Western art:
the scenes from Genesis on the ceiling and
Last Judgment
Pieta by Michelangelo
Approached the subject
which until then had
been given form mostly
from north of the Alps,
where the portrayal of
pain had always been
connected with the idea
of redemption as
represented by the
seated Madonna
holding Christs body in
her arms.
Leonardo di ser Piero Da Vinci
(1452- 1519) Da Vinci Code
Renaissance
man
Works were The
Last Supper,
Mona Lisa The
Virtruvian Mar,
The Adoration of
the Magi and the
Virgin of the
Rocks
Monalisa by Leonardo da Vinci
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Raphael)
(1483-1520)
The Transfiguration by Raphael
Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi (
Donatello)
(1386-1466)
David by Donatello
Baroque Art (1600-1800)
Famous Baroque Artworks and artists
Intramuros, Manila
San Agustin Church, Manila
San Agustin Church, Paoay, Ilocos
Norte
Sto. Tomas de Villanueva Church,
Miag-ao,Iloilo
Baclayon Church,Bohol
The Sta. Maria Church in Sta. Maria,
Ilocos Sur