The document discusses the Baroque art movement between 1600-1750. It began in Rome as a reaction against Renaissance art, which was seen as too perfect. Baroque art used dramatic lighting effects to create maximum emotional impact. The two main categories of Baroque art were Catholic countries like Italy, Spain, France which featured huge religious works, and Protestant countries like the Netherlands and England which focused more on portraits and landscapes with little religious imagery. Famous artists of the period included Caravaggio, Bernini, Rubens, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hogarth and Reynolds.
7. Baroque Art – 1600-1750 Catholic Countries : Italy, Flanders (Flemish), Spain, France Common Traits that reflect the values of the time : -Gigantic religious works to display their faith’s triumph and to over-whelm and attract new worshippers. -Massive displays of wealth by absolute monarchs to enchant and impress visitors.
8. Baroque Art – 1600-1750 Catholic Countries : Italy, Flanders (Flemish), Spain, France What to look for : -Use of light – harsh light from single source to concentrate your eye (chiaroscuro but for focal point…). -Saints and miracles looking like ordinary people and events -dynamic explosion of energy – images captured at height of action -VERY fat female nudes -portraits – posed to show refinement but looked “real”
14. This supreme example of Baroque art was the first masterpiece that the twenty-six year old genius, Gianlorenzo Bernini made for St. Peter's Basilica. It is impossible not to admire this fantastic, sumptuous bronze canopy supported by four spiral columns, richly decorated with gold, as it majestically rises upward. It is the largest known bronze artwork. He sent most of his life working on St. Peter’s Cathedral Baldachin of St. Peter’s Cathedral Bernini Italian
23. Velazquez Spanish Las Meninas This painting was voted in 1985 as “the greatest work of art by a human being.”
24. In the seventeenth century, France was the most powerful country in the world and Louis XIV tapped the finest talents to glorify his monarchy. France replaced Rome as the center of European art (a distinction it held until WWII) even though its art was modeled on Roman relics… Poussin was the most famous French artist. Painted antiquity – French Baroque art is often referred to as “ Classicism ” because it was copied so often during the next 200 years.
28. Baroque Art – 1600-1750 Protestant Countries : Holland (Dutch) & England Common Traits that reflect the values of the time : -Still lifes -Landscapes -Portraits -Very little to no religious imagery
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