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BAROQUE ART. Baroque Art (History). Baroque period started an era in the history of the Western Arts with the 17 th century. Its earliest manifestation, which occurred in Italy, dates back from the earlier decades of the 16 th century. It lasted about 1600 to 1750. . Baroque.
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Baroque Art (History) Baroque period started an era in the history of the Western Arts with the 17th century. Its earliest manifestation, which occurred in Italy, dates back from the earlier decades of the 16th century. It lasted about 1600 to 1750.
Baroque The older meaning of Baroque is synonym for capricious, overwrought, and florid. Some of the qualities most frequently associated with the Baroque are grandeur, sensuous, richness, drama, vitality, movement, tension, and a tendency to blur destinations between the various arts.
Michelangelo Merisida Caravaggio • (29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610) was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. • Caravaggio trained as a painter in Milan under a master who had himself trained under Titian.
AnnibaleCaracci • Belongs to the family of Bolognere painters. • He was called to Rome by cardinal Fermese to carry art masterpiece, the decoration of the Fanuese Gallery in the cardinal’s family palace.
Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini • The supreme genius of Baroque Art. • A great sculptor. • His works dominates the period sometimes called the “High Baroque”.
Fleming Peter Paul Rubens • The first great painter to come in contact with Caravaggio’s work. • Some people criticize him for painting too many “fat woman”.
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez • A Spanish painter at the court of Phillip IV. • He admired Caravaggio’s work. • His famous of his court paintings is The Maids of Honor.
Phillip IV • Infanta Maria (Phillip IV’s daughter)
The Maids of Honor (detail) 1. Infanta Margarita; 2. CoñaIsabel de Velasco; 3. doña María Agustina Sarmiento de Sotomayor; 4. Maribarbola; 5. Nicolas Pertusato; 6. doña Marcela de Ulloa; 7. unidentified guard; 8. Don José Nieto Velázquez; 9. Velázquez; 10. King Philip IV ; 11. Queen Mariana
The Maids of Honor Coming or going? Detail of the mirror
Assignment 20 pts (Project) • Painting -nature -portrait of someone - paintings (Mona Lisa, Last Supper, the Maids of Honor, etc.) • ¼ illustration board • pencil • Watercolor • Oil pastel • Paint • Deadline of Submission: Monday, January 10, 2011.
Performance (Thursday) • Costume and Props : 20 pts • Presentation: 20 pts _______ 40 pts • 5 to 10 minutes