Baroque Art began in Italy between the sixteen hundreds and the seventeen hundreds. Classicism of the High Renaissance has been replenished during the Baroque period. During the Baroque period of art, the exploration of the fundamental components of human nature and the realm of senses and emotions was very crucial. The Baroque era was very vast and dynamic, radiant and colorful, dramatic and intense, passionate and ardent, and sensual and overpowered by emotions. The superficial form of light was fascinating during this period due to the thoughts of the godlike sun or the truth of the Holy Spirit.
             Baroque naturalism maintains the religious themes in content. The elements of perception in Baroque art are how we perceived natural human figures are in motion through space, time, and light. We present and analyze the extent of human actions and passions in all their degrees of lightness, darkness, and intensity. One of the most well-known Italian painters from the Baroque period was Annibale Carracci. One of his famous works was from the Gallery of the Palazzo Farnese in Rome. The Farnese ceiling had a big impact on the modification of High Renaissance painting. It revives the Renaissance in human themes and emotions and the concentration of human nature and anatomy; therefore, forming a connection between the Renaissance and the Baroque. It creates naturalistic and classical art and forms in the paintings. He greatly influenced another Italian painter named Carlo Dolci, who painted Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist.
             In this painting, strong feelings and emotions are being greatly expressed without words. We see that Carracci's painting of the Farnese ceiling was painted in rich, brilliant colors, just like the Virgin and the Child's clothing in Dolci's painting. The emphasis on the human body and emotions is greatly displayed. Human nudity and beauty was also important factor. The nudity of the Child embodies the spiri...