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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
  • Naturalism
  • Classicism
  • 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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