BAROQUE ART

Main characteristics

• Born after the Council of Trent in Catholic countries is the artisctic frepresentation of the Counter- Reformation.• It tries to educate the christians into their faith, so its has to be clear

and naturalistic, triying to inspirate piety.• The principals promoters are the Church and Monarchies in Catholic

countries, and the burghers in the Protestant ones.• It has a tendency to grandiosity.• Baroque desires to evoke emotions, often in dramatic ways.• Baroque artists loved to play with light and colours.

ARCHITECTURE

• Use of classical orders columns and solomonic or twisted columns• Use of central floor plan• Use of dramatic light-and-shade contrasts• Opulent use of ornaments• Illusory effects like trompe l’oleil

ITALY

C. Maderno

Vatican

BerniniSt. Peter’s Baldachin St. Peter’s Square

Sant’Andrea al Quirinale

BorrominiSan Carlo alle Quattro Fontane

Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza Sant’Agnese in Agone

SPAINHurtado Izquierdo: Cartuja of Granada Alonso Cano: Cathedral of Granada

(façade)

Jose ChurrigueraSan Esteban

Nuevo Baztán

FRANCEMansart: Val de Gracê Versailles

ENGLANDChr. Wren: St Paul’s Cathedral N. Hawksmoor: Christ Church at

Spitalfields

SCULPTURE

• Great dynamism: strong curves, decoration, etc.• Multiple ideal viewing angles.• Great development of expression.• The most used materials were wood, marble and

bronze.

BerniniDavid

Apollo and Daphne

Ecstasy of St. Teresa

J. Martínez MontañésSan Jerónimo

Christ of Clemency

Alonso CanoSt. John the Baptist

Inmaculada del facistol

PAINTING

• It reflects grandeur or sensuality• Strong emotional content• Naturalism or realism and classicism• Themes: classical mythology or Judeo- Christian tradition, and also

landscapes, selfportraits and still life works• A mastery of light and shadows: chiaroscuro and tenebrism• Painters tried to involve the viewer into the scene

CaravaggioThe Conversion in the Way to Damascus Call of St. Matthew

Crucifixion of St. Peter Judith and Holofernes

Artemisia GentileschiSelfportrait Danae

Diego VelázquezBacchus Innocent X

Pablo de Valladolid The Fable of Arachne or the Spinners

Las Meninas

Rubens

Leda and the Swan

The three Graces

RembrandtNight Watch Selfportrait

Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp Saskia smiling

J. VermeerThe Milkmaid

Girl with a Pearl Earring

F. HalsJester with a Lute Gypsy Girl

M. HobbemaThe Avenue at Middelharnis Wooded Landscape