Baroque Religion

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The famous Italian artist, Leonardo da Vinci, once proclaimed “Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.” Many people throughout the world are motivated and inspired because of their particular religion. Faith is powerful, and is defined as having couple confidence in a person or thing. This faith inspired many artists to illustrate detailed religious depictions in order to educate and further inspire others. During a time when a specific style of biblical art was badly needed, Baroque art, was first established in Rome, Italy. The greatest contributing factors to the development of Baroque art are its origin, styles, and artists. A huge factor in the development of the Baroque era was where it was originated. According …show more content…

According to an article about how to identify Baroque art by Brett and Kate McKay, Baroque artists illustrated images that are direct, obvious, and dramatic including common themes; conversations, death, psychological moments, etc (McKay 1). One of the most powerful and dominant artists within Baroque art, Michelangelo Merisi de Caravaggio, was best known in Rome, Italy for his religious styled art. Caravaggio had the ideal style of Baroque art for the Roman Catholic Churches Counter-Reformation, making his art direct and easy to understand. Michelangelo created two new painting techniques, tenebrism and chiarsuco, leading to a European-wide trend known as “Caravaggism.” According to an article on the biography of Peter Paul Rubens, he was one of the most famous European artists of the seventeenth century and was well-known for his mythological art that he provided for Kings and Queens throughout Europe (Biography 1). Peter Paul Rubens had many pieces of art throughout Europe, including “The Garden of Love” and “Wolf and Fox Hunt” (Biography 1). Peter Paul Rubens favorite style of Baroque art to use was religious grandeur, making his art historical, and dramatic. Rubens often painted pictures of women's' bodies, which coined the popular term, “Rubenesque”. According to an article on the biography of Rembrandt Harenszoon van Rijn, a Baroque master, he was a unconventional, Dutch, easel artist (Biography 1). Unlike other Dutch artists, Rembrandt depicted illustrations that were mythological and controversial. Rembrandt had many familiar paintings during the seventeenth century including, “The Night Watch” and “Bathsheba at Her Bath”, both of which were religious and historical. Rembrandt went against the conventional landscape art that was usually produced by Dutch easel artists, and he revolutionized the entire style. The final and greatest contributing factor to Baroque art was, by far, the

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