Mrs. Lefler's AP/Honors Art History
AP Art History
Baroque Art * Outline
BAROQUE: The term Baroque seems to have begun during the eighteenth century from a Portugeseword barroco meaning "irregular pearl".
After the perfectionism of the Renaissance, the style of the Baroque did appear to be
something out of the ordinary.
STYLISTIC FEATURES
Emotionalism
NaturalismClassicism
Tenebrism
Italian Baroque
ARCHITECTURE-The major architectural projects of the Italian Baroque
were due to the patronage of the Catholic Church and wealthy nobles.
Vatican, Rome-Saint Peter's Basilica, 1607-15
Vatican, Rome-Saint Peter's Square, c1656-57
SCULPTURE-The most noted of Italian Baroque sculptors was Gianlorenzo Bernini.
Saint Teresa of Avila in Ecstasy, Cornaro Chapel, 1645-52
PAINTING-One of the most powerful of the Italian Baroque painters was
Michelangelo Merisi, better known as Caravaggio.
Caravaggio, Calling of Saint Matthew, oil on canvas, c1599-1602
Caravaggio, Entombment, oil on canvas, c1603
Artemisia Gentileschi, La Pittura, oil on canvas, 1630
French Baroque
The art of the French Baroque period corresponds with the reign of the
legendary "Sun King" Louis XIV.
ARCHITECTURE-The two premier example of French Baroque architecture are
The Louvre and the Palace of Versailles.
Louis Le Vau, Claude Perrault, and Charles Le Brun, Palais du Louvre, Paris, 1667-70
Louis Le Vau and Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Palais de Versailles, Versailles, France, 1668-85
PAINTING-The style of Caravaggio was studied and copied by many French painters.
Besides Caravaggiam, Baraoque classicism was also very popular
Claude Lorrain, Landscape with Merchants, oil on canvas, c1630
Nicolas Poussin, Landscape with Saint John, oil on canvas, 1640
George de La Tour, The Repentant Magdalen, oil on canvas, c1640
Spanish Baroque
PAINTING-The influence of Holland and Flanders will affect not only the political and
economicstablity if Spain but will greatly influence the style of Spanish Baroque painters.
Jusepe de Ribera, Boy with Clubfoot, oil on canvas, 1642/52
Diego Velazquez, Las Meninas, oil on canvas, 1656
Flemish Baroque
PAINTING-Flanders control by Spain will be evidenced in the religious works of
Peter Paul Rubens. More domestic works were painted by Jan Bruegal and Anthony Van Dyck.
Jusepe de Ribera, Boy with Clubfoot, oil on canvas, 1642/52
Diego Velazquez, Las Meninas, oil on canvas, 1656
Jusepe de Ribera, Boy with Clubfoot, oil on canvas, 1642/52
Diego Velazquez, Las Meninas, oil on canvas, 1656
Dutch Baroque
Holland's long struggle for independence from Spain ended in 1648. As a nation Holland
flourished not only economically but also artistically.
The three giants of the Dutch Baroque were Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Hals.
PAINTING-Four categories of painting will emerge during the Dutch Baroque:
landscape, still-life, genre and portraiture.
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