Case for Critical Analysis: Lincoln Electric

During the Renaissance and Baroque periods, there was much religious effort put forth to create beautiful religious pieces, dispite the religious tensions within Western Christianity. In the 1550"s the Catlholic Church responded to the Protestant Reformation of the early sixteen century (1999, n.d.). According to the Article "Baroque" (1999 n.d.), "the Roman Catholic Church had embarked in the 1550s on a program of renewal known as the Counter - Reformation. As part of the program, the Catholic Church used art of the magnificent display for the campaign. It was intended to be both doctrinally correct and visually and emotionally appealing so that it could influence the largest possible audience."

During the council of trent (1545-1563), the Roman Catholic Church insisted that paintings and sculptures in the church should be used to teach the people on the subject of Religion. In our Art History textbook (Stokstad & Cothren, 2011) goes on to say, "to restore the heart of the city of Rome, Paul lll began rebuilding the Capitioling Hill as well as continued work on St, Peter's, His commission includes some of the finest art and architecture of the late Italian Renaissance. His first major commission brought Michael Angelo, after a quarter of the a century, back to the Sistine Chapel."

There were many wonderful examples of Religious art during the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Artists like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Gianiorenze Bernini represented beautiful religious pieces. Leonardo da Vinci was popular for his beautiful oil painting of The Last Supper, which set the mark during the Renaissance period (Stokstad & Cothren p.635). His oil paintings depicted light and perfect landscapes (1999 n.d.). While Michelangelo perfected his technique by painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (1508-1512). According to Stokstad & Cothren (2011, p.631), "The pope demanded an art that reflected his imperial vision of the new St.Peter, founding a second great age of papal dominon.

The Baroque period created a feeling of energy and tension by using strong contrasts of light and shadow of spaces (Stokstad and Cothren, 2011). During this period the Baroque style was used a lot in church buildings.The famous Baroque Sculptor, Gianiorenze Bernini, created a remarkable statue of David. Stokstad & Cothren (2011, p.715) goes on to say, "the statue introduced a new type of three-demonsional composition that introduces forcefully into the viewers space."

References

Hunt for images (n.d.), Baroque (1600-1750), Retrieved from:

http://www.huntfor.com/arthistory/c17th-mid19th/baroque.htm