+1 862 207 3288 The Spanish painter Diego Velasquez is in many ways characteristic of the radical naturalism of the Baroque period, which turned away from the idealized, classical figures of the Renaissance. Read Gombrichs description of the figures on Michelangelos Sistine Ceiling (pp. 307-310) and the figures in Diego Velasquezs The Water Carrier (p. 406). Gombrich describes both artists as geniuses, but their stylistic approaches are very different, how does each artist characterize the changing artistic values between the Renaissance and Baroque periods?
