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B A R O Q U E A R T. BAROQUE ART 1600-1750. • Originated in Italy • The artistic and musical style after the Renaissance • Ornate, sensual, expressive, realistic, religious, intense colors, and dramatic lighting – chiaroscuro. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Trevi Fountain

Trevi FountainTrevi Fountain

95 Piazza di Trevi Rome, Lazio (GOOGLE Street Map)

Basilica di Superga by Filippo Juvarra

Church of the Gesù, the first baroque facade

Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Kraków, Poland

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Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Kraków, Poland

BerniniBerniniBaldacchino of St. Peters, 1633Bronze, 100 ft.

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Chapel of the Church of Santo Domingo, Puebla, Mexico viewChapel of the Church of Santo Domingo, Puebla, Mexico view

Chapel of the Church of Santo Domingo, Puebla, Mexico viewChapel of the Church of Santo Domingo, Puebla, Mexico view

Chapel of the Church of Santo Domingo, Puebla, Mexico viewChapel of the Church of Santo Domingo, Puebla, Mexico view

Holy Rosary Church 12021 Mayfield Rd, Cleveland, OH

BAROQUE ART 1600-1750BAROQUE ART 1600-1750

• Originated in Italy

• The artistic and musical style after the Renaissance, or

• Is it the end of the Renaissance?

• Ornate, theatrical, expressive, realistic, religious, intense colors, and dramatic lighting (chiaroscuro).

• Renaissance art shows the moment before an event.

• Baroque art tends to show the drama of the event.

The Drama of an Event.Michelangelo’s David Bernini’s David

TWO SCHOOLS

• Catholic – French, Italians, Spanish, and FlemishFrance was the most powerful country.The center of art shifted from Rome to France.

• Protestant – Dutch, and EnglishLittle religious subjects.

TWO SCHOOLS

• Catholic – French, Italians, Spanish, and FlemishFrance was the most powerful country.The center of art shifted from Rome to France.

• Protestant – Dutch, and EnglishLittle religious subjects.

Italian – Caravaggio, Bernini, Artemisia Gentileschi

Spanish - El Greco, Diego Velázquez

Flemish: Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, and Jacob Jordaens

Dutch, Rembrant, Vermeer

French – Poussin, Antoine Coysevox

BAROQUE ARTISTS

BAROQUE IN ITALYBAROQUE IN ITALY

Michelangelo Merisi da CaravaggioMichelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

(1571–1610)

CARAVAGGIO (1571–1610)

- His family moved to Caravaggio to escape a plague. - He’s the first great Baroque painter - noted for realism, dramatic lighting (chiaroscuro), and emotion.- He drew with the brush – no sketching was done.- His followers are called Caravaggisti: Rubens, Bernini, Artemisia Gentileschi, and Rembrandt.- He was prone to fighting, and fled Rome because he killed a man, and wounded a police officer.- Although famous, he was forgotten until recently.

Caravaggio –The Cardsharps (1594)His first masterpiece.

Caravaggio

Amor Vincet Omnia (1603)Amor Vincet Omnia (1603)

Caravaggio - The Calling of St Matthew, 1600 CE

CARAVAGGIO - Crucifixion of Saint Peter, 1601 CE

Caravaggio - Sacrifice of Isaac, 1596Caravaggio - Sacrifice of Isaac, 1596

David with the head of Goliath

Caravaggio – Medusa, 1590

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1598 –1680

Bernini Medusa

Bernini – Apollo and Daphne

Bernini- Ecstasy of St. Teresa, 1652

Bernini - Angel

Artemisia Gentileschi 1630s

Artemisia Gentileschi 1593–1653

Judith Slaying Holofernes, 1620

Artemisia Gentileschi - Sleeping Venus, 1630

Gentileschi – Danaë, 1612

BAROQUE IN SPAIN

El Greco (1541-1614)

El Greco

ELGRECO – SPAIN, View of Toledo, 1597 CEELGRECO – SPAIN, View of Toledo, 1597 CE

El Greco / Picasso

El Greco (1608–1614)Opening of the Fifth Seal

El Greco (1608–1614)Opening of the Fifth Seal

Early Cubist InfluenceEarly Cubist Influence

Pablo Picasso - 1907 Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

Pablo Picasso - 1907 Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

Laocoon - 1614 CE

SPAIN Diego Velázquez (1599 – 1660)

Velazquez

Velazquez, The Maids of Honour, 1656

Picaoos - Las Meninas

Velazquez - Pope Innocent X

Baroque Flemish ARTPeter Paul Rubens (1577–1640)

Flemish - Peter Paul Rubens, Tiger Hunt, c. 1617

Peter Paul Rubens – Hippopotamus Hunt, 1617

Rubens - Three Crosses

Van DyckFlemish Baroque - Anthony van Dyck (1599 –1641)

Van Dyck - King Charles I

DUTCHRembrandt van Rijn, 1606–1669

IMPASTO

The Man with the Golden Helmet

- No longer attributed to Rembrandt.

- It is not a fake or a forgery.

- No longer attributed to Rembrandt.

- It is not a fake or a forgery.

Rembrandt – The Anatomy Lesson

Rembrandt

Abraham & Isaac, 1634

Rembrandt – St Peter in Prison

Rembrandt - Carcass of Beef 1643

BAROQUE IN FRANCE Self-Portrait by Nicolas Poussin, 1650

Nicolas Poussin, 1630

Poussin 1630Poussin 1630

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Poussin

Antoine-Coysevox 1640-1720Mercury Riding Pegasus

Antoine-Coysevox Neptune 1705

Antoine-Coysevox Nymph with a shell. Marble, 1685

Nicolas Coustou (1658-1733)

Nicolas CoustouNicolas Coustou (1658-1733)(1658-1733)

Nicolas Coustou - Fontain of TuileriesNicolas Coustou - Fontain of Tuileries

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