In the Renaissance, we often saw an even use of light, with soft lines outlining figures and a sense of stillness. In the Baroque, everything changes, and most obviously, the art contains dr

Thread #1: Use of Light, Renaissance vs. Baroque
In the Renaissance, we often saw an even use of light, with soft lines outlining figures and a sense of stillness. In the Baroque, everything changes, and most obviously, the art contains dramatic contrasts of light and dark.
Let’s use this thread to look at examples of this and to think about how and why the use of light in a given work changes how we see the subject. Below is an image of DaVinci’s High Renaissance Last Supper followed by the Baroque Tintoretto’s Last Supper. obviously religious subjects continue to dominate – but how specifically does the Baroque style reinterpret this subject?