Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Regional Office IX, Zamboanga Peninsula

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ARTS
Quarter 2, Wk. 4 - Module 2
Arts of Renaissance and Baroque

Name of Learner:
Grade & Section:
Name of School:
WHAT I NEED TO
The arts of the Baroque Period are more elaborate and full 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 Amerighi da Caravaggio, Peter Paul
Rubens, Diego Velasquez, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, and Gian
Lorenzo Bernini.

OBJECTIVES

At the end of the lesson, you as a

learner are expected to:
1. Create artworks guided by
techniques and styles of Renaissance
and
Baroque art traditions. A9PR-llc-e-2
2. Describe the influences of icons
belonging to Baroque Art on the
evolution of art forms. A9PR-llc-e-3
3. Identify representative artists from
Baroque periods. A9PL-llh-1

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WHAT’S IN
Activity 1- Loop-a-word

Encircle 15 words that are connected to the Renaissance and Baroque

Period.

S R E N A I S S A N C E R R M

C U B F A N I A P P L I E T I

U B C U E T S N C P N X Y S C

L E C F M O T C E I F L M V H

P N U X Y B I T N E G L O V E

T S A N D U N R T T B R A E L

U R O M A V E I K A U F J L A

R A D V P B M O N A L I S A N

E P N A R S A S H E S R F Z G

F H D A V I D R L F F T Q Q E

D A R N S I O W O A M J R U L

R E M B R A N D T Q U A I E O

O L I V E E N C E D U Z L Z A

L A C E R S A U I B I E S Y B

D O N A T E L L O S T X F B C

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WHAT’S NEW
Activity 1: Who are they?

Name are the four famous Renaissance Artists?

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Activity 2: Be Vigilant!

1. Identify the common characteristics of the pictures.

2. Describe the similar characteristics.
3. Answer the following questions:
• What are the subjects of the art forms?
• What are the materials used in the art forms?
• What could be the reason why the artist made such an art?
4. Record all the answers on a sheet of paper to be submitted to the
teacher.

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WHAT IS IT

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What is Baroque?

The arts of the Baroque Period are more elaborate and full 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 Amerighi da Caravaggio, Peter Paul
Rubens, Diego Velasquez, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, and Gian
Lorenzo Bernini.

Baroque Art (1600-1800)

The term Baroque was derived from the Portuguese word “barocco” which
means “irregularly shaped pearl or stone.” It describes a fairly 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.

Famous Baroque Artworks and Artists

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
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 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.

“Conversion of St. Paul”

by Caravaggio Image from CCP Library
(Image from Treasures of the World book, by
Golden Press,Inc.,Copyright 1961)

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.

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 “Ecstasy of St. Teresa”
by Bernini
Image from CCP Library

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

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 Portrait of Helene Fourment

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669)

Rembrandt was a brilliant Dutch realist,

painter and etcher. He was generally considered
as one of the greatest painters and printmakers
in European art. He followed no particular faith,
but was interested in spiritual values and often
chooses religious subjects. Rembrandt shares
with Rubens the revolution whereby painting
came to depict the more personal aspects of the
painter: his own home and his family. No artist
has painted himself as often as did Rembrandt.
His concept of himself continued to deepen in
grasp and subtlety, while his technique grew
more daring. His well- known work was his “Self
portrait in Old Age”. Rembrandt had produced
over 600 paintings, nearly 400 etchings, and
2000 drawings.

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 his “Self portrait in Old Age”

Diego Velasquez (1599- 1660)

Velasquez of Spain developed out of the

Baroque. He was one of the finest masters 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.

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 Las Meninas
(The maids of honour)

Summary

Baroque aims to give an effect that wants to carry the viewer’s away with the
force of its impact. It gives not a generally enhanced vitality, but excitement,
ecstasy, and intoxication. Its impact was intended to be momentary, while that of
the Renaissance was slower but more enduring, making the viewers want to linger
forever in its presence.

The Baroque required broad, heavy, massive forms. Elegant proportions

disappeared and buildings tended to become heavier until sometimes the forms
were almost crushed by the pressure. The grace and lightness of the Renaissance
were gone; all forms became broader and
heavier. By the time St. Peter’s Basilica was completed, another architectural style
was developed by the architects who knew all the rules that had been so carefully
recovered and chose to break them. It was during this period, that the effect was of
a dynamic style of architecture in which the forms seem to take on life of their own,
moving, swaying, and undulating. Many European cathedrals have Baroque
features, high altars, facades, and chapels.

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WHAT’S MORE

Activity: Test Yourself!

Match the artworks with the artist’s name. Write only the letter of the correct
answer on the space provided before the number.

1. Equestrian Monument of Gattamelata a. Donatello

2. Mona Lisa b. Michelangelo
3. The Sistine Madonna c. Leonardo da Vinci
4. The Last Supper d. Raphael
5. Pieta e. Bernini

ASSESSMENT

Activity 1:

Choose the correct answer. Write only the letter on the space provided.
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 .

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

Activity 2:

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 “Scenery Spot”

Materials: 1/4 sized illustration board, permanent marker, paint/water

color, paint brush
Procedure:
1. Paint an object in accordance with the principles of art of the Baroque
period
2. Arrange the objects and different colours as to background, middle
ground, and foreground.
3. Apply color harmonies to achieve proper contrast and values of colors.
4. Submit the output to the teacher attached to this module.

WHAT I HAVE LEARNED

Activity 1:
Reflection Questions:

1. What are the elements of art have you shown in

your painting that depicts Renaissance style?
2. How are these elements and the principles of art
important in creating an artwork?
3. What was the message conveyed in your own
painting?
4. How do you feel about your own work?
(Write your answers in and at the back of this
page.)

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Criteria 5 4 3 2 1
1. All instructions were followed
2. Proper use of materials
3. Chosen design was justified by
answering all the questions

4. Neatness of the work

Activity 2:

Question: What have you learned about this lesson?

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 Region IX: Zamboanga Peninsula Hymn – Our Eden Land

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The Footprints Prayer Trees by Joyce Kilmer

One night I had a dream. I dreamed I think that I shall never see
that I was walking along the beach A poem lovely as a tree.
with the LORD.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
In the beach, there were two (2) sets Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;
of footprints – one belong to me and
the other to the LORD.
A tree that looks at God all day,
Then, later, after a long walk, I And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
noticed only one set of footprints.
A tree that may in Summer wear
“And I ask the LORD. Why? Why? Why
A nest of robins in her hair;
did you leave me when I am sad and
helpless?”
Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who
And the LORD replied “My son, My son, intimately lives with rain.
I have never left you. There was only one
(1) set of footprints in the sand, because it Poems are made by fools like me,
was then that I CARRIED YOU! But only God can make a tree.

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