More Art Awesome…I mean really Baroque ► 1600 – 1750. ► From a Portuguese word...

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More Art Awesome…I mean really

More Art Awesome…I mean really

BaroqueBaroque► 1600 – 1750.

► From a Portuguese word “barocca”, meaning “a pearl of irregular shape.”

► Implies strangeness, irregularity, and extravagance.

Baroque Style of Art & Architecture

Baroque Style of Art & Architecture

► Dramatic, emotional.

► Colors were brighter than bright; darks were darker than dark.

► Counter-Reformation art.

► Paintings & sculptures in church contexts should speak to the illiterate rather than to the well-informed.

►Very Ornate in design

El Greco

St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican

City

by Gialorenzo

Bernini

St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican

City

by Gialorenzo

Bernini

“The Ecstasy of

St. Theresa of

Avila”

by Gianlorenzo Bernini

1647-52

“The Ecstasy of

St. Theresa of

Avila”

by Gianlorenzo Bernini

1647-52

Bernini

Church of Santiago de Compostella, Spain

Church of Santiago de Compostella, Spain

Church of Veltenberg Altar, Germany

Church of Veltenberg Altar, Germany

“The Assumption of the Virgin Mary”

Egid Quirim Asam, 1692-1750

“The Assumption of the Virgin Mary”

Egid Quirim Asam, 1692-1750

Altar of Mercy, Germany, 1764

Altar of Mercy, Germany, 1764

“St. Francis in Ecstasy”Caravaggio, 1595

“St. Francis in Ecstasy”Caravaggio, 1595

“The Flagellatio

n of Christ”

by Caravaggi

o

“The Flagellatio

n of Christ”

by Caravaggi

o

“David and Goliath” by Caravaggio

“David and Goliath” by Caravaggio

“Salome with the Head of the Baptist”

by Caravaggio

“Salome with the Head of the Baptist”

by Caravaggio

Caravaggio: The Sacrifice of Isaac (1598-99)

“The Cardsharps”Caravaggio, 1595“The Cardsharps”Caravaggio, 1595

“The Dead Christ Mourned”

Annibale Carracci, 1603

“The Dead Christ Mourned”

Annibale Carracci, 1603

“The Virgin Appearing

to St. Hyacinthe”

Lodovico Carracci

1594

“The Virgin Appearing

to St. Hyacinthe”

Lodovico Carracci

1594

Rembrandt: The Blinding of Samson (1636)

Rembrandt: The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp (1632)

Rembrandt: The Night Watch (1642)

Rembrandt: The Cloth Masters

Christ on a storm in Galilee

Rembrandt: Portrait at age 23

Van Dyck: Portrait of Charles I (1630)

Van Dyke: The Assumption of the Virgin (1621)

“Joseph’s Bloody Coat Brought to Jacob”

Diego Velazquez, 1630

“Joseph’s Bloody Coat Brought to Jacob”

Diego Velazquez, 1630

“Christ on the Cross”

Diego Velazquez

, 1632

“Christ on the Cross”

Diego Velazquez

, 1632

“The Maids of Honor”Diego

Velázquez

1656

“The Maids of Honor”Diego

Velázquez

1656

“St. Francis in Meditation”Francisco de Zurbaran

“St. Francis in Meditation”Francisco de Zurbaran

“St. Bonaventure on His Deathbed”

Francisco de Zurbaran, 1629

“St. Bonaventure on His Deathbed”

Francisco de Zurbaran, 1629

Gentilischi: Judith and her servant Slaying Holofernes (1612-21)

“The Elevation

of the Cross”

by Peter Paul

Reubens

1610-11

“The Elevation

of the Cross”

by Peter Paul

Reubens

1610-11

“The Lamentat

ion”

by Peter Paul

Reubens

1609-11

“The Lamentat

ion”

by Peter Paul

Reubens

1609-11

“Battle of the Amazons”Peter Paul Reubens

“Battle of the Amazons”Peter Paul Reubens

“A Village Fete”Peter Paul Reubens

“A Village Fete”Peter Paul Reubens

“The Garden of Love”Peter Paul Reubens, 1630-

32

“The Garden of Love”Peter Paul Reubens, 1630-

32

“A Bust of Louis XIV”by Bernini

“A Bust of Louis XIV”by Bernini

“Louis XVI”

HyacintheRigauld

“Louis XVI”

HyacintheRigauld

“A Bust of Cardinal Richelieu”by Bernini

“A Bust of Cardinal Richelieu”by Bernini

“Cardinal Richelieu”Philippe de Champaigne

[1602-1674]

“Cardinal Richelieu”Philippe de Champaigne

[1602-1674]

Baroque FurnitureBaroque Furniture

Baroque FurnitureBaroque Furniture

A Baroque RoomA Baroque Room

Christopher Wren

Music

Bach Handel

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