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Renaissance: Classical Art

Renaissance: Classical Art. Reformation: Baroque Art It was exemplified by drama and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music—it

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Reformation: Baroque Art

• It was exemplified by drama and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music—it was meant to impress the viewer.

• The popularity and success of the Baroque style was encouraged by the Roman Catholic Church which had decided at the time of the Council of Trent that the arts should communicate religious themes in direct and emotional involvement

• Baroque art was used by the Church to fight the loss of Catholics to Protestantism

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Baroque Art

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St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome

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Caravaggio—chioscurro: the contrast of light and dark

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Gerrit van Honthorst

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Neoclassical Art and Architecture

After the Baroque period, arts and architecture reflected a return to

classical ideas about/from Ancient Greece and Rome

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Jacques Luis David

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Ancient postcard from Paris, showing a view of Rue Royale, and the Madeleine Church in the background

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Pantheon in Rome

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Washington DC