Renaissance Art -v- Baroque Art
Hello again everybody.I know this post has been a long time coming and I apologise….but i’m back 
In this post I want to compare renaissance art to art of the baroque era. I’m sure all of you have heard of Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael and maybe even botticelli but how many of you know work by or have heard of artists such as Bernini, Borromini, Carravaggio or Rubens??? Maybe some of you have but personally I was not familiar with these artists before I began a class in Baroque art history.
I was already familiar with baroque music from Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Bach, to Handel so I thought it would be interesting to learn about the art of that time also. I learned that many people disliked Baroque art some said there was no good art created inthat time and that it was all nonsense.
I disagree and to explain why I disagree Iwant to show you two statues of David. One well known sculpture by Michelangelo and one by Bernini.
Michelangelo http://graphics.stanford.edu/dmich-archive/images/david.jpg
Bernini http://slog.thestranger.com/files/2008/10/bernini-david.jpg
As you can see from these two links there are multiple differences between the two. These are both sculptures to represent the legend david before he went to kill the giant Goliath. Michelangelo’s David remians calm and composedas if he does not have a giant to kill. Bernini’s David on the other hand is different.His face displays true emotion and feeling and any observer can get the true meaning and can see the determination in his face. This idea was the main focus of baroque art. Artists wanted to involve the viewers in the action of the sculpture or painting.
So tell me which would you prefer..to do nothing but stare at a painting of still figures or be able to feel as if your looking on as the figures are mid movement and going about there business at thetime of action?????
Heya,
The image links are not click able, but I copied and entered the URL’s into the search engine.
I prefer Bernini’s David, the motion he capture in the sculpture is really fantastic and Michelangelo’s David just looks like a statue of a nude fashion model.
Yeah I realised they were not click able I will fix it..It usually works like that??
Yeah that was my opinion too, the two sculptures are supposed to be capturing the same emotion and show feeling of the same events??? I found that hard to believe.
Hey Janiey,
Did you see Burger kings David yet…
http://u1.ipernity.com/7/76/44/2557644.45893504.l.jpg
Sorry Jaynie, I just realized I spelled your name wrong sorry in the last comment.
haha that picture is hilarious..
don’t worry about spelling my name wrong you got it right in the end thats all that matters.
Now here’s a block of stone that is considered a work of art http://www.jeffersonsculpture.com/images/18%20block%20of%20wood-block%20of%20stone%2002/block%20of%20wood-block%20of%20stone%2002.jpg
give me the classics in this post any day, without argument are sublime in form and genius in conception
Really Philip??
I had you down as a man who would be more interested in the detail and complexity of the baroque era??
I was wrong
Its nice to see I can surprise you, I much prefer certain styles but appreicate all styles at almost a universal level of creative attainment of artisic will shaped to astetic beauty whatever form