Baroque Art

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Baroque Art

• The Council of Trent, in which the Roman Catholic
  Church answered many questions of internal reform
  raised by both Protestants and by those who had
  remained inside the Catholic Church, addressed
  the representational arts by demanding that
  paintings and sculptures in church contexts
  should speak to the illiterate rather than to the
  well-informed.

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• The Catholic Church wanted art that would inspire
  and move the worshiper
• It also wanted art that would sell the Catholic
  religion
• Church artworks should be a clear, intelligible
  subject realistically interpreted in order to
  stimulate piety.
• This was part of the reason that the artwork
  turned towards naturalism, becoming emotionally
  engaging and intense.

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• Baroque art is a successor to mannerism
• It is grandiose
• It is a three-dimensional display of life and
  energy
• Baroque art tends to focus on Saints, the Virgin
  Mary, and other well known bible stories
• Baroque art is characterized by great drama, rich
  deep color, and intense light and dark shadows

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• As opposed to Renaissance art, which usually
  showed the moment before an event took place,
  Baroque artists chose the most dramatic point,
  the moment when the action was occurring.

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CaravaggiCrucifixion of Peter(1601)Italian
Artist
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Caracci Flight into Egypt (1603) Italian Artist
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Georges de La Tour St. Joseph
Carpenter(1642)French Artist
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Rembrandt Christ in the Storm on Lake of Galilee
(1632) Dutch Artist
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Not all baroque art was religious in nature.
Rembrandt painted Abduction of Europa.Europa was
a Phoenician woman in Greek mythology, from whom
the name of the continent Europe has ultimately
been taken.
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• The princess Europa is carried away from her
  companions and across the sea by the god
  Jupiter in the guise of the white bull to the
  distant land that would bear her name.

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Rembrandt Abduction of Europa (1632) Dutch Artist
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Francisco de Zurbarán(1627)Spanish Artist
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Peter Paul Rubens (1571-1640)

• The most popular and prolific Flemish and
  European painter of the 17th century.
• Because many of his paintings feature
  full-figured, voluptuous women, the word
  "Rubenesque" (meaning plump or fleshy, yet not
  "fat," and used exclusively to describe women) is
  derived from his last name.

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Peter Paul Rubens Allegory on Charles V as Ruler
of the World Flemish Painter
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Gianlorenzo Bernini (1598-1690)Italian Artist

• Sculptor
• Architect
• Roman fountains, part public works and part Papal
  monuments, were among his most gifted creations
• Also revolutionized marble busts, lending
  glamorous dynamism to once stony stillness of
  portraiture.

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BerniniMarble Bust of Pope Urban VIII
(1623-1624)
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BerniniBronze Bust of Pope Urban
VIII(1632-1633)
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Bernini David (1623-1624)Considered to be among
the first truly baroque statues. Note that
David is poised to throw the rock.
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Spanish Baroque ArchitectureSantiago Cathedral
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German Baroque Architecture Kaisersaal, or
Emperors Hall, of the Residenz, shown on next
slide, is an oval reception room with a domed
ceiling and frescoes painted by Italian master
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. (1700s)
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BerniniPiazza and CollonadeSt. PetersRome
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French Baroque Architecture Palace of Versailles

• Built 1660-1685
• In the Hall of Mirrors
• The German Empire was proclaimed on January 18,
  1871 following the defeat of France in the
  Franco-Prussian War.
• It was also here that Germany signed the 1919
  Treaty of Versailles, officially ending World War
  I.

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Versailles Hall of MirrorsLocated on the first
floor of the palace, it takes its name from the
357 LARGE mirrors that face windows on an
opposite wall.