Baroque Period

The Baroque Period The Baroque Art began in Italy between the sixteen hundreds and the seventeen hundreds. Classicism of the High Renaissance has been replenished during the Baroque period. During the Baroque period of art, the exploration of the fundamental components of the human nature and the realm of senses and emotions were very crucial. The Baroque era was very vast and dynamic, radiant and colorful, dramatic and intense, passionate and ardent, and sensual and …

…of tenebrism causes the scene to be more dramatic due to the harsh contrast of dark next to light. They both used bright and radiant colors; therefore, the intensity of the colors stands out of the painting. The biblical and symbolic meaning of both babies from each painting represents a religious theme in the Bible. And the expressions of each figure are left to lead us to predict the feelings and emotions among the scenes.