The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Baroque Art

Jacopo Tintoretto

Italian Venice 1519-1594 Venice

Doge Alvise Mocenigo (1507-1577)

Presented to the Redeemer

Oil on Canvas

This painting by Tintoretto is Baroque art. Most baroque art always has a religious subject and is

always brought to life by the artist and the viewers point of view. This is an unfinished painting that

was sketched before everything came together. You can see the sketch of the people who weren't

finished being drawn. This painting represents Venice's great victory at sea over the Turks, the Battle

at Lepanto of 1571, it is represented by the ships in the background. This is a Baroque painting

because you can see the contrast of light and dark being shown. On the right side there are dark

colors like black and red with the light background. On the left is more angelic and soft with a light

of divinity shinning down. This is an asymmetrical painting. There is balance within the way the

painting is set and the way the artist uses the colors to bring the painting to life. The shapes on the 

floor balance out the background of the painting where it looks like people are floating.

Renaissance Art

 Michelangelo Buonarroti

Italian Renaissance 15108-1512

The Creation of Adam

Fresco of the Sistine Chapel

Rome, Italy

Renaissance art was characterized by a humanistic feeling in which the painter shows a connection between the subjects of the painting. They also use heavenly subjects in a different way than the baroque period. To show how things came about.  In the painting we see God reaching to Adam to give him life. As you can see behind God there is a large amount of non-mortal females and out of

them you notice Eve looking at Adam. If you look closely you will see that Adam is staring at God and vice versa this is called a Psychic line where it shows the connection. Michelangelo painted this very interesting image to show the relationship between the people and God from a Renaissance point of view. 

   

 

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