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Baroque art

Baroque art. Baroque painting. CARAVAGGIO. Medusa . c.1596. CARAVAGGIO. Narcissus. 1594-96. RUBENS Maria de' Medici's arrival in Marseille, 1622-1625. DIEGO VELASQUEZ Don Sebastian de Morra 1645., 106,5 x 81,5cm, Museo del Prado.

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Baroque art

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  1. Baroque art

  2. Baroque painting

  3. CARAVAGGIO.Medusa. c.1596.

  4. CARAVAGGIO. Narcissus. 1594-96

  5. RUBENS Maria de' Medici's arrival in Marseille, 1622-1625

  6. DIEGO VELASQUEZ Don Sebastian de Morra 1645., 106,5 x 81,5cm, Museo del Prado.

  7. The Night Watch or The Militia Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq, 1642. Oil on canvas; on display at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

  8. Self-Portrait with Beret and Turned-Up Collar (1659), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

  9. VERMEER The Milkmaid (c. 1658)

  10. VERMEER The Astronomer (c. 1668)

  11. VERMEER Girl with a Pearl Earring (1665), considered a Vermeer masterpiece

  12. Andrea Pozzo, Allegory of the Missionary Work of the Jesuit Order, (1691-94), Church of San Ignacio, Rome,

  13. Baroque architecture

  14. Baroque architecture is characterized by: • In churches: broader naves and oval forms • Dramatic use of light; strong light-and-shade contrast (chiaroscuro effects) • Rich use of colour and ornaments or figures made of wood, plaster, marble... • The interior painted by illusory effects like trompe l’oeil • Trompe l’oeil: art technique involving extremely realistic imagery in order to create the optical illusion that objects appear in three dimensions.

  15. Francesco BorrominiChurch of Saint Charles at the Four Fountains, Rome Iconic masterpiece of Baroque architecture The concave-convex facade Wavy facade with corintian columns, niches, windows, a variety of sculptures and oval elements The plan is dominated by oval coffered dome with its oval lantern

  16. Francesco BorrominiChurch of Saint Charles at the Four Fountains, Rome

  17. Giacomo della PortaThe Church of the Gesú, Rome The first truly baroque facade The facade of the church is divided into two sections, each divided by pilasters with corintian capitals The upper section is joined to the lower by a volute on each side

  18. Baroque palaces • The centre of Baroque secular architecture was France, where the open three-wing layout of the palace was established • The court of Versailles was the centre of political power in France from 1682, when Louis XIV moved from Paris • Many European palaces drew inspiration from the Palace of Versailles Palace of Versailles, France

  19. Palace of Versailles, France

  20. Palace of Versailles, France Hall of Mirrors

  21. Evolving with the château, the gardens of Versailles represent one of the finest extant examples of Garden à la française in French garden design.

  22. Baroque sculpture

  23. Gian Lorenzo Bernini • an Italian sculptor and architect • As architect and city planner, he designed both secular buildings and churches and chapels, as well as massive works combining both architecture and sculpture, especially elaborate public fountains and funerary monuments • Bernini used light both as an important theatrical and metaphorical device in his religious settings Self-portrait of Bernini, c. 1623

  24. Gian Lorenzo BerniniSt. Peter's Square Bernini's design of the Piazza San Pietro in front of the Basilica is one of his most innovative and successful architectural designs. Oval plan

  25. Gian Lorenzo BerniniBaldacchino in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City Within the basilica he is responsible for the Baldacchino, the decoration of the four piers under the cupola

  26. Gian Lorenzo Bernini Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi

  27. Gian Lorenzo Bernini Blessed Ludovica Albertoni Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, 1651.

  28. Damned Soul Apollo and Daphne (1622–25)

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