Baroque Vs Renaissance Art

Known as “the two greatest and most influential periods of Italian art…”, the Renaissance and the Baroque periods were ones that relied heavily on the Classical art style, along with its ideals (Mules, n.d.). It affected art all the way through the 1700s, up until a new wave of artists decided to get brave and try new things. One on the ways that showed the Classical tradition was still alive was that they still used the Church as the biggest influential patron of art. Many paintings and sculptures pictured holy/religious figures as the main subject. In the 1600s, painting showed hints to a return to the principles of the Renaissance tradition (Mules, n.d.). Another way the Classical tradition was still influential was in sculpting the