2. Brief History
• The Baroque art period was born in Italy, and
later adopted in France, Germany, Netherlands,
and ultimately Spain.
• The word "baroque" was first applied to the art
period from the late 1500s to the late 1700s.
• In art criticism the word Baroque came to be
used to describe anything irregular, bizarre, or
otherwise departing from established rules and
proportions.
• Baroque covers a wide range of styles and
artists.
• Rococo art period was the result of the Baroque
art period
3. Three Main Tendencies of Baroque
• The variety within the Baroque period, in relation to
the cultural and intellectual developments of the era,
three tendencies are most important for the result of
the Baroque art period:
1. Baroque that was primarily associated with the
religious tensions within Western Christianity.
2. The combination of absolute monarchies,
accompanied by a middle class.
3. The new interest in nature, influenced by
developments in science and by explorations of the
globe.
4. Baroque Art Period Mediums
• Visual Arts
– Painting
– Sculpture
– Architecture
– Ornamental /
Furniture
– Stained Glass
• Non Visual Arts
– Music
– Literature
– Poetry
5. Painters of the Baroque Art Period
•Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1573-
1610/Italy)
•Gianlorenzo Bernini (1598-1680/Italy)
•Diego da Silva Velázquez (1599-1660/Spain)
•Francisco Zurbarán (1598-1664/Spain)
•Georg Flegel (1566-1638/German)
•Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641/Belgium)
•Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640/Belgium)
•Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669/Netherlands)
•Jan Vermeer (1632-1675/Netherlands)
24. • Art History Resources on the Web
• Museum Quality Oil Paintings
• World Wide Art Resources
• Mark Harden's Archive
• Web Museum
• Boston College Honors Program Art History on the
WWW
• ArtLex Art Dictionary
• Lesson Planet
• Encyclopedia Britannica
• Artcyclopedia
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