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Baroque Art

Baroque Art. Baroque Period Basics. Power of Church and Monarchies restored Excess ornamentation valued Rome became an artistic center Art filled with emotion/drama Realism instead of idealism Chiaroscuro – play of light and dark and shadows – helps set a dramatic mood. Caravaggio.

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Baroque Art

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  1. Baroque Art

  2. Baroque Period Basics • Power of Church and Monarchies restored • Excess ornamentation valued • Rome became an artistic center • Art filled with emotion/drama • Realism instead of idealism • Chiaroscuro – play of light and dark and shadows – helps set a dramatic mood

  3. Caravaggio • Italian • Moved to Rome • Focused on painting portraits, still lives, historical and religious topics • Condemned for being a “naturalist” • Personal life • Works were not modest/very violent • Works lacked theological correctness

  4. Conversion of Saint Paul

  5. Calling of Saint Matthew

  6. David Victorious over Goliath

  7. David with the Head of Goliath

  8. The Entombment of Christ

  9. Self-Portrait as Bacchus

  10. Martyrdom of Saint Matthew

  11. Boy with a Basket of Fruit

  12. The Crucifixion of Saint Peter

  13. Judith Beheading Holofernes

  14. The Musicians

  15. Death of the Virgin

  16. Victorious Cupid (Amor VincitOmnia)

  17. Saint John the Baptist

  18. Rembrandt • One of best known Baroque artists • Dutch (native to the Netherlands) • Developed revolutionary technique • Use of large amount of paint • Use of fewer brushstrokes • Made paintings almost seem unfinished • Painted many landscapes and made etchings about nature in the 1630s • Many featured trees that had been blown over/very dark cloudy skies

  19. Rembrandt Cont. • 1640 works became more solemn • Featured family tragedies he had suffered • Biblical themes from New Testament rather than Old • Biblical themes featured groups • 1650s his style changed again • Richer colors • Stronger brushstrokes moved him further from fine detail • Biblical themes focused on portrait-like figures • Last years he focused on self portraits that showed his grief and sorrow that he had suffered (many consider these to be his finest paintings)

  20. Self Portrait 1629

  21. A Scholar

  22. The Anatomy Lecture of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp

  23. Philosopher in Meditation

  24. The Blinding of Samson

  25. Self-Portrait 1640

  26. David and Jonathan

  27. The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq(Night Watch)

  28. Christ with the Sick around Him, Receiving the Children (etching)

  29. The Mill

  30. Aristotle contemplating a bust of Homer

  31. Joseph Accused by Potiphar's Wife

  32. Self-Portrait 1661

  33. Self-Portrait 1669

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