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Running Head: Art Movement

Renaissance Art Movement

Renaissance is an art movement that began from Italy as from 1300 in the 14th century. The term renaissance stands for the rebirth or the revival of the artistic movement and achievements of the so called classical world. Initially, renaissance was known as the moving away from Middle Ages which was religion-dominated and turning its attention to the grievances or the plight of the local man in the society. During this time, the main themes of the renaissance art were individual expression and the worldly experience. (Lilian, 1980).

The Renaissance movement contributed a lot to the continuous increase in the sophistication of the society which was characterised by cosmopolitanism, economic growth and political stability. During this time, education flourished and blossomed with academies and libraries allowing thorough research work to be conducted into the antique world culture.

There was also massive benefit of the art from the patronage groups such as the Sforza family of Milan, the Medici family of Florence and Popes Julius II and Leo X. The first manifestation of the work of Petrarch was in the new interest in the values of the intellectual classical world during the early 14 century.

The archetypal Renaissance person or man who represented the values of the humanistic during the period of this art both in writing and science was Leonard da Vinci. The other vital figure in the renaissance art movement included Raphael and Michelangelo who worked hard in the production of work that was regarded for centuries as the embodiment of the classical notion of the perfection. The architects of the Renaissance included Brunelleschi, Alberti and Bramante.

Baroque Art Movement The Key dates of the establishment of the Baroque art movement were from 1600 and this form of it emerged in Europe. Its emergence was a result of the reaction which was against the Mannerist style and intricate that dominated and reigned the late Renaissance. The Baroque art is more realistic, less complex and more emotionally affecting and disturbing more than Mannerism. The presence of the Catholic Church is the factor that encouraged this Baroque movement which became the most and reliable patron of the art during that period or time as a tradition and spirituality return. (Denver, 1971)) The Baroque art was established and developed by Annibale Carracci, Caravaggio and Gianlorenzo Bernini among other people during the great periods of the history of art. This was also during the age of Vermeer, Rembrandt, Rubens and Velazquez. Baroque art got replaced in the 18th century by elaborate and more elegant Rococo style. Some of the Baroque representative artists included Rubens, Annibale Carracci, Gianlorenzo, Velazquez, Nicolas Poussin, Rembrandt and finally Vermeer.

Remanticism art movement

Despite the efforts that were put in place by the pioneers like (Domenikos Theotocopoulos) El Greco in the year between 1541-1614, Elsheimer Adam in they year between 1578-1610 and finally Lorrain Claude in the year 1604-1682, This renown style of Romanticism did not gather a good momentum until when it came to the end of the 18th century when the central role was to the heroic element in the Neoclassicism in the painting. This produced an emotive Romantic style after it was combined with the revolutionary idealism that resulted to the emotive romantic emergence in the wake of the Revolution of French as the reaction which was against the academic art that was restrained of the establishment of the arts. The romanticism tenets included the returning to the nature which was exemplified by laying emphasis on the spontaneous air painting, plein which is the belief in the humanity goodness, justice promotion to all and an emphatic and strong belief in the emotions and senses, rather than intellect and reason. The express of an emotional and personal response to life is brought about by the romantic painter and the sculptors.

Impressionism Art Movement

This is the art that came into being in the 19th century in French and was marked by a momentous from the French tradition in the European painting. The Impressionist introduced a new research that was scientific into the physics of colour in order to attain more perfect and exact representation of tone and colour. Change in the methodology resulted into a sudden change in the look or manifestation of the paintings. This methodology was carried out by applying paint in the small touches of the clean and pure colour rather than the stroke that is broader and painting of the doors so as to catch the specific fleeting impression of light and colour. The results were to lay emphasis on the perception of the subject matter as much the topic itself or the subject. (John, et al. 1989)

The art of impressionist is a style in which the artist takes the image of an object since someone would be able to see it if they only capture the small part of it or a glimpse. The pictures are painted with several colours and most of these pictures are scenes outdoors. These pictures are very vibrant and bright. The artist in most cases prefers capturing their images with bold colours and without detailing. Some of the artist of the impressionists included Edgar Degas, Auguste Renoir, Berthe Morisot, Edouard Manet, Alfred Sisley and Camille Pissaro among others.

Modernism Art Movement

Modernism as art movement was characterised by the deliberate departure from the use of innovative forms of expression and tradition that separates many styles in the literature and arts of the late 19th and 20th century. To this period’s interest, modernism refers in new types of paints and other materials in the expression of the feelings and the ideas in the creation of the abstractions and the fantasies instead of presenting the real thing. This kind of art existed during the period 1890-1940. The modernism art movement requires its audience to carefully observe in order to get more facts concerning the artist, his environment, his intentions before coming up with the judgements about the work. The father of modernism who came up with this movement is called Paul Cezanne. (Rosa, 1986)

Reference

Lilian, Z. (1980). Historical Dictionary of Renaissance Art. Rowman & Littlefield

Agnes, V., Frederic, M. And John M. (1989) Top of Form

Impressionism: 19th Century, Art Movement, Art Exhibition, Claude Monet, Impression, Sunrise, Le Charivari, Louis Leroy, Neologism, Composition (visual Arts), Visual Arts, Impressionist MusicBottom of Form

Rosa C. (1986) Futurism: The Story of A Modern Art Movement

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Denver M. (1971) Baroque art: era of elegance: one of two inaugural exhibitions.
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