1. Josse Lieferinxe, St Sebastian interceding for the plague stricken, 1497-1499 Text Paul Rubens, The Adoration of the Magi, 1624
Peter
THE BODY AS AN IDEAL AND DISPLAYED
THE FIGURE IN RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE ART
presented by Hong Minh Phuong (A0103455)

2. OVERVIEW
Historical background
Understanding of Renaissance
Understanding of Baroque
Comparing Renaissance and Baroque, using the
examples of paintings.

3. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Prehistory Classical Antiquity Early Modern Europe World Wars and Cold War
(7000-2750BC) (1100BC-4th century AD) (16th-18th century AD) (20th century)
Minoans and Mycenae
(2700-1100BC)
From revolution to imperialism Recent history
(19th century AD)
Middle Ages
(4th-15th century AD)

4. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Classical Antiquity Early Modern Europe World Wars and Cold War
(1100BC-4th century AD) (16th-18th century AD) (20th century)
Minoans and Mycenae
(2700-1100BC)
From revolution to imperialism Recent history
(19th century AD)
Middle Ages
(4th-15th century AD)

5. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Classical Antiquity Early Modern Europe World Wars and Cold War
(1100BC-4th century AD) (16th-18th century AD) (20th century)
From revolution to imperialism Recent history
(19th century AD)
Middle Ages
(4th-15th century AD)

6. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Early Modern Europe World Wars and Cold War
(16th-18th century AD) (20th century)
From revolution to imperialism Recent history
(19th century AD)
Middle Ages
(4th-15th century AD)

7. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Early Modern Europe World Wars and Cold War
(16th-18th century AD) (20th century)
From revolution to imperialism Recent history
(19th century AD)

8. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Early Modern Europe World Wars and Cold War
(16th-18th century AD) (20th century)
Recent history

9. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Early Modern Europe
(16th-18th century AD)
Recent history

10. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Early Modern Europe
(16th-18th century AD)

11. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Early Modern Europe
(16th-18th century AD)

12. Early Modern Europe
(16th-18th century AD)
Discover of the New World
Human’s superiority
Significant shift of focus to science, economics and
politics - human-centered subjects

13. RENAISSANCE
“Renaissance” means
“Rebirth”
Represents the cultural
movement occurred
from the 14th to 17th
century in Europe
The transition from the
Middle Ages to the
‘new’ world, considered
as Revival of Learning Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, 1503-1505

14. RENAISSANCE
A shift of focus from
the church to human.
Involves a lot of
human-centered study
in search for realism
and humanism in art
First usage of
perspective
Leonardo da Vinci, The Vitruvian Man, 1487

15. BAROQUE
“Baroque”, in French,
means “rough or
imperfect pearl”
Represents the cultural
and historical
movement starting
around 1600 in Europe
Moves away from the
ideals of Renaissance Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, The ecstasy of Saint Teresa, 1647-1652

16. BAROQUE
Emphasize on the
drama, intensity and
exuberance.
Human-centered
Realistic expression
Caravaggio, The Conversion on the way to Damascus, 1601

17. COMPARING RENAISSANCE AND
BAROQUE PAINTINGS
Giotto di Bondone Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
La Cattura di Cristo (Bacio di Giuda) The taking of Christ
The arrest of Christ (Kiss of Judas) 1602
1304-1306

18. Giotto di Bondone
La Cattura di Cristo (Bacio di Giuda)
The arrest of Christ (Kiss of Judas)
1304-1306

19. COMPARING RENAISSANCE AND
BAROQUE PAINTINGS
Giotto di Bondone Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
La Cattura di Cristo (Bacio di Giuda) The taking of Christ
The arrest of Christ (Kiss of Judas) 1602
1304-1306

20. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
The taking of Christ
1602

21. COMPARING RENAISSANCE AND
BAROQUE ARTS
Similarity: Human centered, influence of Christianity
since the Middle Ages era was carried on.
Differences:
Renaissance: Scientifically logical
Baroque: Expressive

22. IMAGES
http://www.artbible.info/art/large/39.html Peter Paul Rubens, The Adoration of the Magi, 1624
http://art.thewalters.org/detail/6193/saint-sebastian-interceding-for-the-plague-stricken/ Josse Lieferinxe, St
Sebastian interceding for the plague stricken, 1497-1499
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/vinci/joconde/ Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, 1503-1505
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitruvian_Man Leonardo da Vinci, The Vitruvian Man, 1487
http://sexualityinart.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/berninis-portrayal-of-the-ecstasy-of-saint-theresa/ Giovanni
Lorenzo Bernini, The ecstasy of Saint Teresa, 1647-1652
http://artofmanliness.com/2010/10/18/the-basics-of-art-the-baroque-period/ Caravaggio, The Conversion on the
way to Damascus, 1601
http://history.hanover.edu/courses/art/giojud.html Giotto di Bondone, La Cattura di Cristo (Bacio di Giuda)-The
arrest of Christ (Kiss of Judas), 1304-1306
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/caravbr-2.htm Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, The taking of Christ,1601

23. BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/195896/history-of-Europe, European history
http://artofmanliness.com/2010/10/18/the-basics-of-art-the-baroque-period/ The basics of Arts: The Baroque
Period
Margaret Aston, The Fifteenth Century, the Prospect of Europe, 1979
Franco Mormando, “Saints and Sinners, Caravaggio and the Baroque Image”, 1999
Stella Fletcher, The Longman Companion to Renaissance Europe 1390-1530, 2000
The New Testaments, Holy Bible, New English Translation Version