CHRONOLOGY: 15th - 17th centuries
CONTEXT:
- Development of Humanism
- Art was part of authoritarian and absolute monarch campaigns of claiming authority
- Bourgeoisie used its wealth to commission pieces of art
- Protestant Reformation
- Catholic Counter-Reformation
RENAISSANCE
15th - 16th centuries (Quattrocento and Cinquecento)
- Rebirth of Ancient Greek and Roman traditions
- influence of the Humanism: The human being was the centre of everything
- importance of proportion, balance and harmony
- Absence of excessive decoration
- ARCHITECTURE:
a) Façades look like Roman triumphal arches
b) Religious and civil buildings
c) classical elements: pediments, columns and capitels
d) architects: Brunelleschi, Alberti, Michelangelo, Maderno, Bramante
SCULPTURE:
a) Reflection of humanism
b) Realistic images of human body
c) Religious and mythological inspiration
d) White marble
e) Sculptors: Ghiberti, Donatello, Michelangelo
PAINTING:
a) Use of perspective
b) Realistic images
c) Proportion, beauty and harmony
d) Religious and mythological inspirations
e) Painters: Masaccio, Botticelli, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian
SPANISH RENASSANCE
- The Herrerian Style
- The Plateresque Style
- Juan de Herrera
- El Greco
BAROQUE ART
17th century
- Natural forms
- Abundant decorative elements
- Recreation of movement and drama
- Light and shade games
- Affirmation of Catholicism
ARCHITECTURE:
a) curved façades
b) elaborated decoration creating a dynamic appearance
c) oval or circular plans (not square or cross)
d) Windows and medallions
e) Architects: Borromini, Bernini
SCULPTURE:
a) dynamic poses
b) expressive faces
c) dramatic scenes
e) Sculptors: Bernini
PAINTING:
a) Large and colourful scenes
b) Historical and mythological inspiration
c) same features as in supture
e) Painters: Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Rubens
SPANISH BAROQUE ART:
- Baroque and Churrigueresque Style
- The Golden Age of Spanish painting: Velázquez, Ribera, Zurbarán, Murillo
- The Counter-Reformation sculptors: Alonso Cano, Martínez Montañes, Gregorio Fernández, and Pedro de Mena
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CONTEXT:
- Development of Humanism
- Art was part of authoritarian and absolute monarch campaigns of claiming authority
- Bourgeoisie used its wealth to commission pieces of art
- Protestant Reformation
- Catholic Counter-Reformation
RENAISSANCE
15th - 16th centuries (Quattrocento and Cinquecento)
- Rebirth of Ancient Greek and Roman traditions
- influence of the Humanism: The human being was the centre of everything
- importance of proportion, balance and harmony
- Absence of excessive decoration
- ARCHITECTURE:
a) Façades look like Roman triumphal arches
b) Religious and civil buildings
c) classical elements: pediments, columns and capitels
d) architects: Brunelleschi, Alberti, Michelangelo, Maderno, Bramante
SCULPTURE:
a) Reflection of humanism
b) Realistic images of human body
c) Religious and mythological inspiration
d) White marble
e) Sculptors: Ghiberti, Donatello, Michelangelo
PAINTING:
a) Use of perspective
b) Realistic images
c) Proportion, beauty and harmony
d) Religious and mythological inspirations
e) Painters: Masaccio, Botticelli, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian
SPANISH RENASSANCE
- The Herrerian Style
- The Plateresque Style
- Juan de Herrera
- El Greco
BAROQUE ART
17th century
- Natural forms
- Abundant decorative elements
- Recreation of movement and drama
- Light and shade games
- Affirmation of Catholicism
ARCHITECTURE:
a) curved façades
b) elaborated decoration creating a dynamic appearance
c) oval or circular plans (not square or cross)
d) Windows and medallions
e) Architects: Borromini, Bernini
SCULPTURE:
a) dynamic poses
b) expressive faces
c) dramatic scenes
e) Sculptors: Bernini
PAINTING:
a) Large and colourful scenes
b) Historical and mythological inspiration
c) same features as in supture
e) Painters: Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Rubens
SPANISH BAROQUE ART:
- Baroque and Churrigueresque Style
- The Golden Age of Spanish painting: Velázquez, Ribera, Zurbarán, Murillo
- The Counter-Reformation sculptors: Alonso Cano, Martínez Montañes, Gregorio Fernández, and Pedro de Mena
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