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Baroque Art

Baroque Art. Baroque Art – 1600-1750. Begins in Rome -Renaissance artists did everything “perfectly”, so it was a time to change… -Reaction to Mannerism. Baroque Art – 1600-1750. Begins in Rome -Renaissance artists did everything “perfectly”, so it was a time to change…

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Baroque Art

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  1. Baroque Art

  2. Baroque Art – 1600-1750 • Begins in Rome • -Renaissance artists did everything “perfectly”, so it was a time to change… • -Reaction to Mannerism

  3. Baroque Art – 1600-1750 • Begins in Rome • -Renaissance artists did everything “perfectly”, so it was a time to change… • -Reaction to Mannerism • 2. Every country that develops it, adds its own “spin” • 3. Most common element = Use of light to achieve maximum emotional impact.

  4. Baroque Art – 1600-1750 • Begins in Rome • -Renaissance artists did everything “perfectly”, so it was a time to change… • -Reaction to Mannerism • 2. Every country that develops it, adds its own “spin” • 3. Most common element = Use of light to achieve maximum emotional impact. • 4. Patrons = wealthy & burghers looking for home improvements for living rooms… • 5. Emphasis on emotion + dynamism rather than rationality + stasis

  5. Baroque Art – 1600-1750 • Two distinct “schools” of Baroque Art: • Catholic Countries: Italy, Flanders (Flemish), Spain, France • Protestant Countries: England & Holland (Dutch)

  6. Baroque Art – 1600-1750 Catholic Countries: Italy, Flanders (Flemish), Spain, France Common Traits that reflect the values of the time: -Gigantic religious works to display their faith’s triumph and to over-whelm and attract new worshippers. -Massive displays of wealth by absolute monarchs to enchant and impress visitors.

  7. Baroque Art – 1600-1750 Catholic Countries: Italy, Flanders (Flemish), Spain, France What to look for: -Use of light – harsh light from single source to concentrate your eye (chiaroscuro but for focal point…). -Saints and miracles looking like ordinary people and events -dynamic explosion of energy – images captured at height of action -VERY fat female nudes -portraits – posed to show refinement but looked “real”

  8. Caravaggio Italian Conversion of St. Paul

  9. Caravaggio Italian The Supper at Emmaus

  10. Bernini Italian David

  11. David

  12. Bernini Italian The Ecstasy of St. Theresa

  13. Bernini Italian Baldachin of St. Peter’s Cathedral This supreme example of Baroque art was the first masterpiece that the twenty-six year old genius, Gianlorenzo Bernini made for St. Peter's Basilica. It is impossible not to admire this fantastic, sumptuous bronze canopy supported by four spiral columns, richly decorated with gold, as it majestically rises upward. It is the largest known bronze artwork. He sent most of his life working on St. Peter’s Cathedral

  14. Rubens Flemish The Descent from the Cross

  15. Rubens Flemish The Hippopotamus Hunt

  16. Rubens Flemish Marie Arrives at Marseilles

  17. Rubens Flemish The Three Graces

  18. Van Dyck Flemish Charles I at the Hunt

  19. Van Dyck Flemish Count of Ossuna

  20. Velazquez Spanish Portrait of Pope Innocent X

  21. Velazquez Spanish This painting was voted in 1985 as “the greatest work of art by a human being.” Las Meninas

  22. In the seventeenth century, France was the most powerful country in the world and Louis XIV tapped the finest talents to glorify his monarchy. France replaced Rome as the center of European art (a distinction it held until WWII) even though its art was modeled on Roman relics… Poussin was the most famous French artist. Painted antiquity – French Baroque art is often referred to as “Classicism” because it was copied so often during the next 200 years.

  23. Poussin French Burial of Phocion

  24. Poussin French Autumn or The Grapes brought from the Promised Land.

  25. The classic example of Baroque art/style

  26. Baroque Art – 1600-1750 Protestant Countries: Holland (Dutch) & England Common Traits that reflect the values of the time: -Still lifes -Landscapes -Portraits -Very little to no religious imagery

  27. Ruisdael Dutch The Sunbeam

  28. Ruisdael Dutch The Sunbeam

  29. Hals Dutch The Jolly Toper Jester with a Lute

  30. Hals Dutch The Laughing Cavalier

  31. Rembrandt Dutch

  32. Rembrandt Dutch Night Watch

  33. Rembrandt Dutch The Masters of the Cloth Guild

  34. Vermeer Dutch The Geographer

  35. Vermeer Dutch The Milkmaid

  36. Vermeer Dutch Girl with a Pearl Earring

  37. Vermeer Dutch The Artist’s Studio

  38. Hogarth English Breakfast Scene from Marriage a la Mode

  39. Hogarth English Gin Lane

  40. Gainsborough English Reynolds English

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