Baroque

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Baroque Art
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Baroque Art 1600-1750

• Begins in Rome
• -Renaissance artists did everything perfectly,
  so it was a time to change
• -Reaction to Mannerism

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Baroque Art 1600-1750

• Begins in Rome
• -Renaissance artists did everything perfectly,
  so it was a time to change
• -Reaction to Mannerism
• 2. Every country that develops it, adds its own
  spin
• 3. Most common element Use of light to achieve
  maximum emotional impact.

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Baroque Art 1600-1750

• Begins in Rome
• -Renaissance artists did everything perfectly,
  so it was a time to change
• -Reaction to Mannerism
• 2. Every country that develops it, adds its own
  spin
• 3. Most common element Use of light to achieve
  maximum emotional impact.
• 4. Patrons wealthy burghers looking for home
  improvements for living rooms
• 5. Emphasis on emotion dynamism rather than
  rationality stasis

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Baroque Art 1600-1750

• Two distinct schools of Baroque Art
• Catholic Countries Italy, Flanders (Flemish),
  Spain, France
• Protestant Countries England Holland (Dutch)

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Baroque Art 1600-1750
Catholic Countries Italy, Flanders (Flemish),
Spain, France Common Traits that reflect the
values of the time -Gigantic religious works to
display their faiths triumph and to over-whelm
and attract new worshippers. -Massive displays
of wealth by absolute monarchs to enchant and
impress visitors.
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Baroque Art 1600-1750
Catholic Countries Italy, Flanders (Flemish),
Spain, France What to look for -Use of light
harsh light from single source to concentrate
your eye (chiaroscuro but for focal
point). -Saints and miracles looking like
ordinary people and events -dynamic explosion of
energy images captured at height of
action -VERY fat female nudes -portraits
posed to show refinement but looked real
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Caravaggio Italian
Conversion of St. Paul
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Caravaggio Italian
The Supper at Emmaus
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Bernini Italian
David
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David
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Bernini Italian
The Ecstasy of St. Theresa
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Bernini Italian
Baldachin of St. Peters Cathedral
This supreme example of Baroque art was the first
masterpiece that the twenty-six year old genius,
Gianlorenzo Bernini made for St. Peter's
Basilica. It is impossible not to admire this
fantastic, sumptuous bronze canopy supported by
four spiral columns, richly decorated with gold,
as it majestically rises upward. It is the
largest known bronze artwork. He sent most of his
life working on St. Peters Cathedral
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Rubens Flemish
The Descent from the Cross
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Rubens Flemish
The Hippopotamus Hunt
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Rubens Flemish
Marie Arrives at Marseilles
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Rubens Flemish
The Three Graces
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Van Dyck Flemish
Charles I at the Hunt
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Van Dyck Flemish
Count of Ossuna
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Velazquez Spanish
Portrait of Pope Innocent X
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Velazquez Spanish
This painting was voted in 1985 as the greatest
work of art by a human being.
Las Meninas
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In the seventeenth century, France was the most
powerful country in the world and Louis XIV
tapped the finest talents to glorify his
monarchy. France replaced Rome as the center of
European art (a distinction it held until WWII)
even though its art was modeled on Roman
relics Poussin was the most famous French
artist. Painted antiquity French Baroque art
is often referred to as Classicism because it
was copied so often during the next 200 years.
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Poussin French
Burial of Phocion
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Poussin French
Autumn or The Grapes brought from the Promised
Land.
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The classic example of Baroque art/style
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Baroque Art 1600-1750
Protestant Countries Holland (Dutch) England
Common Traits that reflect the values of the
time -Still lifes -Landscapes -Portraits -Ver
y little to no religious imagery
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Ruisdael Dutch
The Sunbeam
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Ruisdael Dutch
The Sunbeam
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Hals Dutch
The Jolly Toper
Jester with a Lute
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Hals Dutch
The Laughing Cavalier
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Rembrandt Dutch
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Rembrandt Dutch
Night Watch
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Rembrandt Dutch
The Masters of the Cloth Guild
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Vermeer Dutch
The Geographer
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Vermeer Dutch
The Milkmaid
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Vermeer Dutch
Girl with a Pearl Earring
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Vermeer Dutch
The Artists Studio
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Hogarth English
Breakfast Scene from Marriage a la Mode
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Hogarth English
Gin Lane
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Gainsborough English
Reynolds English