Religious art across the Early Renaissance, High Renaissance, and Baroque periods

¶ … Religious Art

Works of religious art have gone through changes during different art periods. The paper will look at three different works of religious art. These works of art will be from the Early Renaissance period, the High Renaissance period and the Baroque period.

The Early Renaissance period

One artist who did religious art in the early Renaissance period Domenico Ghirlandaio .the title of this art work was the last supper. This work was done in 1480's within the 15th century. The medium that was used in this painting was fresco. Currently the painting is located in Ognissanti, Florence.

This work of art was very large the dimensions being Height: 400 cm (157.5 in). Width: 880 cm (346.5 in).the artist uses the existing shape of the rom to create extra space. The view in the background, painting of the ceiling in the work of art and the shape of the table all create depth within the flat surface of the wall. The painting gives an illusion that he is looking upwards towards the ceiling.

The element of art used in this painting is perspective and depth creation with tiled floors and an incorporation of painted architectural elements such as using arches and windows and the inclusion of a background of landscape that has skies, birds and clouds. Ghirlandaio uses decorative style using bright light as well as soft colors with realistic faces and figures that are convincing.

The Baroque period

In this period we look at Tintoretto 'a.k.a' Jacopo Comin work of religious art .the particular work of art on focus is his painting on the last supper. This work of art was done between 1592 and 1594.the medium that was used in this painting was oil on canvas. The current location of the painting is Basilica di san Giorgio Maggiore, in Venice (Art and the Bible, 2012).

Tintoretto did not use perfectly proportioned and symmetrical compositions that were used in High Renaissance instead he used energetic and dramatic compositions. He creates depth and drama in this painting through use of diagonal lines.in the painting he uses mannerist devices noticeably radically asymmetrical and complex composition.

Religious art has gone through several changes as evident from these three works of art. These three paintings are of the same thing the last supper however they have been portrayed in different ways by the different artists. There is a difference in the paintings and elements used for instance creation of depth have been achieved differently in all these three paintings.

Art has ben going through numerous transformations over the past as evidenced from the different art periods. The historical events that are behind these changes are the development and emergence of different art periods. This is because as the art periods emerged there were changes in the way art was done hence a contributing factor to these changes (Essential humanities, 2013).