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Baroque Period
- 1. Baroque Period (1600-1750) By Sebastian Olivares GianlorenzoBernini, Dove of the Holy Spirit, c. 1660
- 2. Brief History • TheBaroque 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 Tendenciesof 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 PeriodMediums • Visual Arts – Painting – Sculpture – Architecture – Ornamental / Furniture – Stained Glass • Non Visual Arts – Music – Literature – Poetry
- 5. Painters of theBaroque 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)
- 6. Michelangelo Merisi daCaravaggio "The Martyrdom of St. Matthew"
- 7. Michelangelo Merisi daCaravaggio “The Death of the Virgin”
- 8. Gianlorenzo Bernini “The Throneof Saint Peter ”
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- 10. Diego da SilvaVelázquez “The Count – Duke of Olivares on Horseback”
- 11. Diego da SilvaVelázquez “The Surrender of Breda”
- 12. Francisco Zurbarán “Saint Lukeas a Painter before Christ on the Cross”
- 13. Francisco Zurbarán “The ImmaculateConception ”
- 14. Georg Flegel “Pantry ByCandlelight ”
- 15. Georg Flegel “Still-life withFlowers ”
- 16. Sir Anthony vanDyck “Charles I of England ”
- 17. Sir Anthony vanDyck “Margareta Snyders ”
- 18. Peter Paul Rubens “Danielin the Lion’s Den ”
- 19. Peter Paul Rubens “TheApotheosis of Henry IV and the Proclamation of the Regency of Marie de Medicis ”
- 20. Rembrandt van Rijn “AristotleContemplating a Bust of Homer ”
- 21. Rembrandt van Rijn “Portraitof Hendrickje Stofells ”
- 22. Jan Vermeer “The Artof Painting ”
- 23. Jan Vermeer “Girl witha Pearl Earring ”
- 24. • Art HistoryResources 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 Works Cited