Art Gallery

May 7,2018

· Renaissance (1300 – 1600)

· Description of movement

Renaissance refers to the period in Europe after the Middle Ages that witnessed a massive renewal of attention to classical knowledge and standards of the ancient Greece and Rome. The roots of this movement originated from Italy during the late and early thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, respectively. This period experienced a massive flourish in art and literature and was fostered by the establishment of new technologies such as the printing press as well as great political stability. The style of sculpture, sculpture, painting and decorative arts recognized during this period attained its pick during the late and early fifteenth and sixteenth centuries respectively (Grendler, 1991). The art identified with this period sought to highlight individual experience, mystery, and beauty of the natural environment. Renaissance is characterized with a renewed commitment to humanism and the deferential renewal of classical Roman or Greek art forms as well as styles.

· Artwork significant to the movement

· Mona Lisa

This painting was created by Leonardo da Vinci in 1503 and completed in 1519 in Florence. It is also an oil painting on a poplar wood panel. The original size of the artwork is 77 x 53 cm. it is currently located in Musée du Louvre, Paris.

· The Birth of Venus

The Birth of Venus is a painting by Sandro Botticelli created in 1484 and completed in 1486. The medium of the painting is a ‎Tempera on canvas and its original size is 1.72 m x 2.78 m. This art is currently located in Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

· Baroque (1600 to 1750)

· Description of movement

Baroque is an extremely decorative style of music, architecture, and art that emerged and blossomed in Europe during the early seventeenth century and late eighteenth century. This movement followed the Renaissance period. This movement witnessed the establishment of tonality in which a piece was authored in a specific key. Some of the key composers during this era include Vivaldi and Monteverdi and among others. Garretson (1993) states that this era was characterized by the dramatic application of color and key qualities related to Baroque include grandeur and vitality.

· Artwork significant to the movement

· The Calling of Saint Matthew

The Calling of Saint Matthew is a large oil painting by Italian painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. It was created and completed between 1599 and 1600. The medium of the painting is oil on canvas and its size is 322 cm × 340 cm. The painting was created in Rome, Italy.

· The Four Continents

The Four Continents is a painting by Peter Paul Rubens created in 1614. It is an oil on canvas painting and its size is 209 cm × 284 cm. The painting is currently located in Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.

· Romanticism (1780-1850)

· Description of movement

This era is identified with the artistic, musical, literary and intellectual movement, which emerged from Europe in 1780. According to Garvin (1980), this movement highlighted the fight for freedom, equity, and justice as painters used prevailing events and human rights violations to drive attention to injustices through dramatic compositions. Some of the key characteristics of this movement include a focus on emotive and creative spontaneity, denunciation of industrialization and idealization of females.

· Artwork significant to the movement

· The Third of May 1808

The Third of May 1808 was created by Francisco Goya and completed in 1814. It is an oil on canvas painting whose dimensions are 2.68 m x 3.47 m. The painting is currently located in Museo del Prado, Madrid.

· The Monk by the Sea

The Monk by the Sea is an oil painting by Caspar David Friedrich created between 1808 and 1810 in Dresden, Germany. The size of the painting is 1.1 m x 1.72 m and currently located in Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin.

· Impressionism (1872-1892)

· Description of movement

This movement is regarded as the first noticeably contemporary movement in painting. It was stared by a group of artists in Paris, France through their personal exhibitions that enhanced their popularity between the 1870s and 1880s (Nochlin, 1966). Its impact later spread across Europe and the US. The founders of this movement objected the formal, state-sanctioned exhibitions and were later rejected by key academic art establishments. Some of the features of this movement include the focus on the correct portrayal of light in its shifting elements, emphasis on the ordinary subject matter and open composition.

· Artwork significant to the movement

· The Beach at Trouville

The Beach at Trouville is an impressionist painting by Claude Monet created in 1870. It is an oil painting on canvas whose dimensions are 38 cm x 46.5 cm and currently located in Wadsworth, Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut.

· Impression, Sunrise

Impression, Sunrise is a painting by Claude Monet created and completed in 1872. It is an oil on canvas painting whose dimensions are 48 cm x 63 cm and currently located in Musee Marmottan Monet, Paris.

· Modernism (1965)

· Description of movement

This movement was identified with rapid and unanticipated separation from traditional methods of observing and relating to the world in Western society over the late and early nineteenth and twentieth centuries respectively. It is categorized with an extremely self-conscious separation from traditional forms of writing and facilitated an era of trialing in the arts (Garvin, 1980). Some of this separation from traditions is marked with a sound objection to recognized political, social and religious views.

· Artwork significant to the movement

· The Bathers

The Bathers is an oil painting created by Paul Cezanne between 1898 and 1905. It is an oil on canvas painting whose dimensions are 210.5 cm x 250.8 cm and currently located in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

· Family of Saltimbanques

The Family of Saltimbanques is a painting by Pablo Picasso and was completed in 1905. It is on oil on canvas painting whose dimensions are 212.8 cm x 229.6 cm and currently located in Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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Grendler, P. F. (1991). Schooling in Renaissance Italy: literacy and learning, 1300-1600. JHU

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