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Baroque Art & Architecture. Chapter 14: New Direction in Thought and Culture in the 16 th and 17 th Century Adapted from: Ms . Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY. Baroque. 1600 – 1750 .
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Baroque Art & Architecture Chapter 14: New Direction in Thought and Culture in the 16th and 17th Century Adapted from: Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
Baroque • 1600 – 1750. • Art historians use the term to “denote the style associated with 17thcentury painting, sculpture, and architecture. • From a Portuguese word “barocca”, meaning “a pearl of irregular shape.” • Implies strangeness, irregularity, and extravagance. • The more dramatic, the better!
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 --> appeal to emotions. • Holland --> Real people portrayed as the primary subjects.
Famous Baroque Artists/Works • Michelangelo Caravaggio (1573-1610) • Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) • Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) • St. Peter’s Basilica (Rome) • Palace at Versailles
Counter-Reformation Church Art & Architecture
“The Assumption of the Virgin Mary”Egid Quirim Asam, 1692-1750
“The Virgin Appearing to St. Hyacinthe”Lodovico Carracci1594
The Death of the Virgin, Caravaggio, 1606 • Purchased by the Duke of Mantua at the request of Peter Paul Rubens
“The Elevation of the Cross” by Peter Paul Reubens1610-11 “The Descent From the Cross” Peter Paul Rubens 1614
“Louis XIV” By HyacintheRigauld
“A Bust of Cardinal Richelieu” By Bernini
The Return of the prodigal son By Rembrandt (1669)