ART EDUCATION 9

2ND GRADING LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET (WEEK 1 -8)

RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE ART PERIODS

Name : _______________________________________ Grade/Section: ______________

LET US KNOW

This learning activity sheet is designed to inform you about Arts of the Renaissance and the Baroque
Periods which covers artworks produced during the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries in Europe.

The word “renaissance” comes from the word, “renaitre”, which means, “rebirth.” It pertains to arts, particularly
in Italy, such as sculptures, paintings, music, architecture, and literature. The most common subject of this period is
human philosophy. Famous artists of this era were Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Raphael, and Donatello.

The arts of the Baroque Period are more elaborate and fuller of emotion. They developed in Europe around the
1600’s. This type of art form was highly encouraged by the Catholic Church to propagate its dogma. Artists who were
popular during this era were Caravaggio, Rubens, Velasquez, Rembrandt, and Bernini.

LET US REVIEW
Identify the painter/sculptor of the following based on the given photos of their art works and name one
which is most familiar to you.

1. __ I __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ O 2. __ __ V __ __ __ I
Artwork: ___________________ Artwork: __________________

LET US STUDY

ARTS OF THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD

Renaissance means REBIRTH. People considered this exciting time a rebirth because they were rediscovering the
glories of ancient Greece and Rome. Renaissance flourished in the 1400s in the Italian city of Florence. The period brought
new learning and changes in Europe. America was discovered by Columbus. Magellan proved that the world was round by
sailing around it. Galileo and Copernicus established astronomy as new science. There were exciting changes in art. European
artist began to make their work look more real. Sculptors created statutes with accurate details that look more real people.
Painters began to use scenes from everyday life. The Renaissance period, also called as the “Age of Genius”. It was an era of
great artistic and intellectual achievement with the birth of secular art. The focus was on realistic and humanistic art.

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Renaissance art was characterized by accurate anatomy, scientific perspective, and deeper landscape. Renaissance painters
depicted real-life figures and their sculptures were naturalistic portraits of human beings. Architecture during this period
was characterized by its symmetry and balance.

GREAT ARTIST DURING RENAISSANCE AND THEIR WORKS

Leonardo di ser Piero Da Vinci (1452- 1519)
Leonardo Da Vinci was a painter, architect, scientist, and mathematician. He was popularized
in present times through the novel and movie, “Da Vinci Code.” He was known as the ultimate
“Renaissance man” because of his intellect, interest, talent, and his expression of humanist and classical
values. He was also considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most
diversely talented person to have ever lived. His well-known works were: The Last Supper (the most
reproduced religious painting of all time), and the Mona Lisa (the most famous and most parodied
portrait). His other works were: The Vitruvian Mar, The Adoration of the Magi, and the Virgin of the
Rocks.

Leonardo’s Famous Art Works

MONA LISA - Leonardo da Vinci’s world-famous portrait was the artist’s favorite painting. Although
there have been many theories about the origin of the inexplicable smile on the woman’s face, it was
probably just the result of Leonardo’s interest in natural chiaroscuro. The painting, thought to be a
portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo, is in oil on a popular panel, and is
believed to have been painted between 1503 and 1506, although Leonardo may have continued
working on it as late as 1517.

LAST SUPPER - Leonardo da Vinci decorates the walls at the monastery of the
church of Santa Maria Delle Grazie in Milan, Italy.

The figures of Christ form the calm center of the painting while the disciples
seated to his right and lest respond in agitation to his announcement the “ONE
OF YOU SHALL BETRAY ME”.

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475-1564)

Michelangelo was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet. He was considered the
greatest living artist in his lifetime, and since then he was considered as one of the greatest artists of
all time. Several his works in paintings, sculpture, and architecture rank among the famous in
existence. Among his outstanding works as sculptor were the following: Pieta, Bacchus, Moses, David,
Dying Slave, Dawn and Dusk. Two of his best-known works, The Pieta and David, were sculpted before
he turned thirty.

Michelangelo’s Famous Art Works

The Pietà is a subject in Christian art depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body
of Jesus, most often found in sculpture. As such, it is a particular form of the Lamentation of Christ,
a scene from the Passion of Christ found in cycles of the Life of Christ.
When Christ and the Virgin are surrounded by other figures from the New Testament,
the subject is strictly called a Lamentation in English, although Pietà is often used for this as well,
and is the normal term in Italian.

THE STATUE OF DAVID - The statue represents the Biblical hero David, a
favored subject in the art of Florence.

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 CREATION OF ADAM - It illustrates the Biblical creation narrative from the Book of
Genesis in which God breathes life into Adam, the first man.

Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Raphael) (1483-1520)

Raphael was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance period. His work was
admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of interpreting the
Divine and incorporating Christian doctrines. Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, he
formed the traditional trinity of great masters of that period. His main contributions to art were his unique
draftsmanship and compositional skills.
Raphael’s Famous Art Works

LA BELLE JARDINIERE - La belle jardinière, also known as Madonna and Child with Saint John
the Baptist, is a painting by the Italian High Renaissance artist Raphael. Shows Mary,
Christ, and the young John the Baptist.

CHERUBINI
DISPUTATION OF THE HOLY SACRAMENT
(LA DISPUTA)

SISTINE MADONNA

THE SCHOOL OF ATHENS

The Transfiguration was Raphael’s last painting on which he worked on up to his death.
Commissioned by Cardinal Giulio de Medici, the late Pope Clement VII, the painting was
conceived as an altarpiece for the Narbonne Cathedral in France. The painting exemplifies
Raphael’s development as an artist and the culmination of his career. The subject is combined
with an additional episode from the Gospel in the lower part of the painting.

Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi (Donatello) (1386- 1466)

Donatello was one of the Italian great artists of the period. He was an early Renaissance Italian
sculptor from Florence. He is known for his work in bas- relief, a form of shallow relief sculpture. His
works included the following statues and relief: David, Statue of St. George, Equestrian Monument of
Gattamelata, Prophet Habacuc, and The Feast of Herod.

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 Donatello’s Famous Art Works

“David” by Donatello
At the time it was created, it was the first known free- standing nude statue produced since ancient times.

Equestrian Monument Statue of St. George Prophet Habakkuk The Feast of Herod
of Gattamelata

ARTS OF THE BAROQUE PERIOD

The term Baroque was derived from the Portuguese word “barocco” which means “irregularly shaped pearl or
stone.” It describes a complex idiom and focuses on painting, sculpture, as well as architecture. After the idealism of
Renaissance, and the slightly forced nature of “mannerism”, Baroque art above all reflects the tensions of the age notably
the desire of the Catholic Church in Rome to reassert itself in the wake of the Protestant Reformation which is almost the
same with Catholic- Reformation Art of the period. Although always in conflict with the simple, clear, and geometric concepts
of classicism, the Baroque existed in varying degrees of intensity, from a simple animated movement of lines and surfaces,
to a rich and dynamic wealth. Baroque was a period of artistic styles in exaggerated motion, drama, tension, and grandeur.
The style started in Rome, Italy and spread to most of Europe.

The Roman Catholic Church highly encouraged the Baroque style to propagate Christianity while the aristocracy
used Baroque style for architecture and arts to impress visitors, express triumph, power, and control.
Baroque painting illustrated key elements of Catholic dogma, either directly in Biblical works or indirectly in
imaginary or symbolic work. The gestures are broader than Mannerist gestures: less ambiguous, less arcane, and mysterious.
Baroque sculpture, typically larger than life size, is marked by a similar sense of dynamic movement, along with an
active use of space.
Baroque architecture was designed to create spectacle and illusion. Thus, the straight lines of the Renaissance
were replaced with flowing curves.

FAMOUS ARTIST DURING BAROQUE PERIOD AND THEIR WORKS

Michelangelo Merisi or Amerighi da Caravaggio (1571- 1610)

He was better known as Caravaggio. He was an Italian artist who wanted to deviate from
the classical masters of the Renaissance. He was an outcast in his society, because of his own
actions and the lack of modesty and reverence for religious subjects in his own paintings. Perhaps
he started out as a specialist in his paintings of still life, especially of fruits. Studies of single figures
followed, but they are clumsier than the fruit which gives savor of originality and charm.
Caravaggio’s models at this period were either himself or young persons who have an air of being
promising but wicked. Among his famous paintings were: Supper at Emmaus, Conversion of St.
Paul, and Entombment of Christ.

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 Caravaggio’s Famous Works:

SUPPER AT EMMAUS - Pilgrimage of Our Lord to Emmaus. The painting shows the moment
the two men finally realize who has been talking to them all day: their deceased teacher.
The man on the right is generally believed to be Peter because of the pilgrim's shell on his
clothes, in which case the man on the left is Cleophas - the only one mentioned in by name in
Luke's version.

THE CONVERSION OF ST PAUL - Saul was on his way to

Damascus, to destroy the Christian community in that city.
He was struck by a flash of light, and heard the
words "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"

BETRAYAL OF CHRIST

Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680)

Bernini was an Italian artist and the first Baroque artist. He practiced architecture, and
sculpture, painting, stage design, and was also a playwright. He was also the last in the list of the
dazzling universal geniuses. As a prodigy, his first artworks date from his 8th birthday. Among his
early works were: The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter and a Faun, Damned Soul, and the
Blessed Soul. He made a sculpture of “David” was for Cardinal Borghese which is strikingly
different from Michelangelo’s David because it shows the differences between Renaissance and
the Baroque periods. He was the greatest Baroque sculptor and architect as seen in his design of
the Piazza San Pietro in front of the Basilica. It is one of his most innovative and successful
architectural designs. The famous “Ecstasy of St. Teresa” was his greatest achievement and the
Colonnade of the Piazza of St. Peter’s Rome.
Bernini’s Art Works

Damned and Blessed Soul Ecstasy of St Therese

Peter Paul Rubens (1577- 1640) – Rubens was a Flemish Baroque painter. He was well known
for his paintings of mythical and figurative subjects, landscapes, portraits, and Counter-
Reformation altarpieces. His commissioned works were mostly religious subjects, history
paintings of magical creatures, and hunt scenes. His famous works were Samson and Delilah,
Landscape with a Tower, Portrait of Helene Fourment, and The Three Graces Rembrandt
Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669)

Ruben’s Art Works

Landscape with a Tower Portrait of Helene Fourment Samson and Delilah

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Diego Velasquez (1599- 1660)
Velasquez of Spain developed out of the Baroque. He was one of the finest Master of
Composition and one of the most important painters of the Spanish Golden Age. He worked out
solutions to pictorial problems of design that transcend the style of any period. Velasquez was
the case of a painter who discovered his avocation almost at the very start of his career. The
passion for still life frequently emerges in Velasquez’s art. His famous works were: The Surrender
of Breda, Las Meninas (The maids of honour), Los Borachos (The Drinkers), and Maria Theresa.

Velasquez Art Works

Los Barrachos Las Meninas Surrender of Breda

Art forms in the Philippines are diverse. Western influences can be seen in Philippine art forms such as: painting,
dancing, weaving, sculpting, and pottery. In 16th century, the Baroque style was brought by the Spanish and Portuguese
to the Philippines where it became the prominent style of building large and small churches.
Large Baroque churches often have a proportionally very wide facade which seems to stretch between the towers.

During this time, the Spaniards used paintings as religious propaganda to spread Catholicism throughout the
Philippines. These paintings, mostly on the church walls, featured religious figures in Catholic teachings.
The pre- colonial architecture of the Philippines consisted of nipa huts made from natural materials. However,
there are some traces of large- scale construction before the Spaniards came. An example of this is the pre- colonial
walled city of Manila which was dismantled by the Spaniards and rebuilt as Intramuros with its houses, churches, and
fortress after the Spanish colonization.

During the three hundred years of Spanish colonization, Philippine architecture was dominated by Spanish
influences.

LET US PRACTICE
ACTIVITY NO. 1 - Test Yourself!
Identify the painter/sculptor of the following art works. Write only the letter of the correct answer
on the space provided before the number.

A. DA VINCI B. MICHELANGELO C.RAFAELLO D.DONATELLO

_________ 5. Pieta
_________ 1 Equestrian Monument of Gattamelata _________ 6. The Creation of Adam
_________ 2. Mona Lisa _________ 7. Prophet Habakkuk
_________ 3. Sistine Madonna _________ 8. The School of Athe
_________ 4. The Last Supper

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 LET US REMEMBER

ACTIVITY NO. 2 - My Learning Log

Write what you have learned about the Art of the Renaissance and Baroque Period.

LET US APPRECIATE
ACTIVITY NO. 3
Activity: Describe it!
A. Describe the painting from the Renaissance B. Describe the sculpture from the Baroque
period based on the given principles of art. period based on the given elements of art.
C.
Unity: D. Movement:

Emphasis: Texture:

Balance: Form:
“MONA LISA” “Ecstasy of St. Therese”

LET US PRACTICE MORE

ACTIVITY NO. 4
Activity: “Royal Selfie”
Materials: a close-up picture of yourself, pencil, oslo or bond paper
Procedure:
1. Draw a self-portrait wearing an improvised Renaissance costume.
2. Enhance your drawing by putting accessories on your portrait like headdress, long hair, etc.

Examples:

G
Goal Create artworks guided by techniques and styles of the Renaissance period.

R
Role Artist

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Audience Community/Family

S
Situation Draw a self-portrait wearing a renaissance costume.

P
Product / Royal Selfie/Self Portrait
Performance

Criteria Advance (5) Proficient (4) Approaching Developing (2) Beginning (1)
Proficiency (3)
Facial Realistically Realistically Facial features and Most of the facial All facial
Features and and drew and other details were features and other features and
Details Accurately placed all facial acceptably drawn. details were not other details
drew and features and drawn were not
placed all other details. realistically. represented
facial realistically.
features and
other details.
S
Standards and Criteria for
Value and Included full Attempted to Used only 3-4 scales Very minimal No value and
Success
Shading scale of include full of value and shading value and shading shading added
shading and scale of shading
value and value
Proportion All facial Facial features At least half of the Most of the facial No facial
features and and other facial features and features and other features/other
other details details are in other details are not details are not details are in
are placed relative drawn in proportion drawn proportion.
accurately in proportion to to where they proportionally.
proportion to each other. should be.
each other.

EVALUATION

A.MATCHING TYPE.
Write only the letter of the correct answer on the space provided before the number.
A. B.
______1. Rebirth, revival, and rediscovery a. Leonardo da Vinci
______2. A form of shallow relief sculpture b. Mona Lisa
______3. The ultimate “Renaissance man” c. Renaissance
______4. Leonardo da Vinci’s world-famous portrait d. Raphael Sanzio da Urbino
______5. An Italian painter and architect of the e. Bas Relief
High Renaissance period.

B. MULTIPLE CHOICE.

1. It means “an irregular shaped pearl”

a. Renaissance b. Baroque c. Sculpture
2. One of his famous works is the “Conversion of St. Paul”.
a. Caravaggio b. Bernini c. Rubens
3. “Ecstasy of St. Teresa” is the artwork of ___________.

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 a. Bernini b. Rembrandt c. Rubens
4. He is known as the greatest Baroque sculptor
a. Velasquez b. Rembrandt c. Bernini
5. “The maids of honour” is the artwork of _________.
a. Velasquez b. Rubens c. Bernini

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