The Baroque, Classical And The Baroque Era

The Renaissance was a special time in human history because it created many endeavors for humans on earth. It was a time in which humans expressed their artistic abilities and became more secular in thinking. Even though they considered very secular, the succeeding time periods would become more secular in thinking, and would organize and distinguish their religious concepts to combine them in a more balanced matter. Correspondingly, the Baroque, Classical (the Enlightenment), and the Romantic Eras have succeeded one of the most notable times in history. These times grew more in artistic abilities, such as Judy Leyster’s Boy Playing a Flute, and scientific advancement as Leeuwenhoek’s magnifying glasses, also known as the modern microscope.

The foundation of the Baroque Era led to many advancements of those past creations. To commence, the first of many Eras that emerged directly from the diverse philosophical thinking of the past is the Baroque Era. For example, several accomplishments created during this era was a different form of art, to include, Judith Leyster’s Boy Playing a Flute. This could be similarly described to the several forms of the art in the Renaissance, but what makes this piece so unique is the visually, intangible animation pre-drawn in the oil canvas. According to the textbook, “Leyster used limited colors and tenebristic lighting. And… the figure occupies a shallow space, close to a picture plane” (Benton et al. 103). Also, this realistic sense, with its obscured and light colors, create an overly realistic expression. One could see this boy playing the flute, almost like a modern animated version of modern cartoons, instead of drawing the movements, the movements are implied due to its complexity. In addition, the Baroque Era was not only artistically inclined, it also sheltered scientific inventors that have created splendid inventions. Anton van

According to the textbook, it refers to as, “European emphasis on the mind’s power to reason, in contrast to the mind’s yearning for religious faith” (145). As an illustration, several ideologies followed this thinking, such as the American Revolution, when the United States withdrew from England as a colony. The major viewpoint that the colonists at the time thought was that “religion [should be] separate from politics, leaving church and state to operate in distinct and separate realms” (146). This balanced thinking led to create a modern nation with a balance government and a freedom of religious practice, no matter the religion. Similarly, another phenomenon that occurred prior and influenced this revolution was la Révolution française, the French Revolution. This revolution created France’s political uprising against the monarchy and the bourgeois class during France at the time and the injustices and economic strains of the lower classes. According to the textbook, “the Execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in 1793 represented not only the death of the monarchy, but also an end to the privilege and extravagance that the monarch had come to represent in the minds of the people” (147). Moreover, this transformation has led to a freer expression within the people living in the Western World. It had a positive effect on the