The art styles of Baroque and Renaissance has similarities but also many differences.  The Renaissance time period began about 1300 A.D. and the Baroque time period started immediately after at about 1600 A.D..

The main and major difference between the two genre’s of art is the formations of lines and angles within the piece.  Renaissance has straight and distinguishable lines while Baroque has curved and ‘messy’ lines.

 This Renaissance piece “The Birth of the Virgin” (1467), is a good example of straight lines and posing.  The woman who just gave birth is posing in her bed and doesn’t seem natural.  The painting in its entirety seems to be a posed, stiff moment.  Even the baby, who is getting washed up, is standing straight and being posed.  This painting is very unrealistic and stiff. It almost seems like the body movements are fake.  The baby and children are deciphered as short adults.

This Baroque piece, “The Abduction of the Sabine Woman” (1633-34), shows the drama and interactiveness of the Baroque period.  You can’t tell where one body begins and another one ends.  All the lines are curved, the hand, legs and bodys of the people are curved as if they are doing yoga while fighting or something.  The babies look and act like what they are supposed to be; babies.

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