Baroque

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Baroque Art Architecture
Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS
Chappaqua, NY
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Baroque

• 1600 1750.
• From a Portuguese word barocca, meaning
  a pearl of irregular shape.
• Implies strangeness, irregularity, and
  extravagance.
• The more dramatic, the better!

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Baroque Style of Art Architecture

• Dramatic, emotional.
• Colors were brighter than bright darks
  were darker than dark.
• Counter-Reformation art.
• Paintings sculptures in church contexts
  should speak to the illiterate rather than to
  the well-informed.
• Ecclesiastical art --gt appeal to emotions.
• Holland --gt Real people portrayed as the
  primary subjects.

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Counter-Reformation Church Art Architecture
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St. Peters Basilica, Vatican City by
Gialorenzo Bernini
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Church of Santiago de Compostella, Spain
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Church of Veltenberg Altar, Germany
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The Assumption of the Virgin MaryEgid Quirim
Asam, 1692-1750
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Altar of Mercy, Germany, 1764
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St. Francis in EcstasyCaravaggio, 1595
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The Flagellation of Christ by Caravaggio
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David and Goliath by Caravaggio
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Salome with the Head of the Baptist by
Caravaggio
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The CardsharpsCaravaggio, 1595
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The Dead Christ MournedAnnibale Carracci, 1603
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The Virgin Appearing to St. HyacintheLodovico
Carracci1594
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Josephs Bloody Coat Brought to JacobDiego
Velazquez, 1630
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Christ on the CrossDiego Velázquez, 1632
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Las MeninasDiego Velazquez 1656
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St. Francis in MeditationFrancisco de Zurbarán
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St. Bonaventure on His DeathbedFrancisco de
Zurbarán, 1629
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The Elevation of the Cross by Peter Paul
Reubens1610-11
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The Lamentation by Peter Paul Reubens1609-11
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Battle of the AmazonsPeter Paul Reubens
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A Village FetePeter Paul Reubens
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The Garden of LovePeter Paul Reubens, 1630-32
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The Ecstasy of St. Theresa of Avila by
Gianlorenzo Bernini1647-52
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Portraits of Famous Personalities of the Times
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A Bust of Louis XIVby Bernini
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Louis XVI HyacintheRigauld
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A Bust of Cardinal Richelieuby Bernini
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Cardinal RichelieuPhilippe de Champaigne
1602-1674
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Baroque Homes
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Baroque Furniture
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Baroque Furniture
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A Baroque Room