1. Baroque Art, Architecture, Music

2. What is the Baroque Period? • An artistic, architectural, musical and decorative style that first developed in the early 1600’s. • Most common in areas of strong Catholic influence • The Catholic Church continued to be a major patron of the arts • Council of Trent called for patronage of arts as means to educate the illiterate population about religion

3. Characteristics of Baroque Art and Architecture • Flamboyance and Extravagance • Dramatic poses and gestures • Artists attempt to evoke emotion • Lots of severed heads for some reason...

4. Famous Baroque Artists • Gian Lorenzo Bernini • Italian sculptor and architect • Carravagio • Italian painter • Peter Paul Rubens • Flemish artist (Netherlands) • Artemesia Gentileschi • Female • Italian painter

5. Bernini Ecstasy of St. Teresa

6. Bernini Apollo and Daphne

7. Carravagio Bacchus, 1597 DavidandGoliath

8. Carravagio Judith Beheading Holofernes, 1598

9. Carravagio Medusa, 1590’s The Deposition, 1604

10. Peter Paul Rubens Prometheus Bound, 1611-12 The Fall of Man, 1628-29

11. Peter Paul Rubens Massacre of the Innocents, 1611-12

12. Gentileschi Judith Slaying Holofernes

13. Baroque Architecture

14. Baroque Architecture

15. Baroque Music • Famous Composers • Johann Sebastian Bach • George Frederick Handel • Antonio Vivaldi • “Four Seasons” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRxofEmo3HA