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Baroque Art – 1600-1750
1. Begins in Rome
-Renaissance artists did everything “perfectly”, so it was a time to change…
-Reaction to Mannerism
Baroque Art – 1600-1750
1. Begins in Rome
-Renaissance artists did everything “perfectly”, so it was a time to change…
-Reaction to Mannerism
2. Every country that develops it, adds its own “spin”
3. Most common element = Use of light to achieve maximum emotional impact.
Baroque Art – 1600-1750
1. Begins in Rome
-Renaissance artists did everything “perfectly”, so it was a time to change…
-Reaction to Mannerism
2. Every country that develops it, adds its own “spin”
3. Most common element = Use of light to achieve maximum emotional impact.
4. Patrons = wealthy & burghers looking for home improvements for living rooms…
5. Emphasis on emotion + dynamism rather than rationality + stasis
Baroque Art – 1600-1750
Two distinct “schools” of Baroque Art:
1. Catholic Countries: Italy, Flanders (Flemish), Spain, France
2. Protestant Countries: England & Holland (Dutch)
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.
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”
CaravaggioItalian
Conversion of St. Paul
Caravaggio Italian
The Supper at Emmaus
BerniniItalian
David
David
The Ecstasy of St. Theresa
BerniniItalian
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
BerniniItalian
RubensFlemish
The Descent from the Cross
The Hippopotamus Hunt
RubensFlemish
Marie Arrives at Marseilles
RubensFlemish
The Three Graces
RubensFlemish
Van DyckFlemish
Charles I at the Hunt
Count of Ossuna
Van DyckFlemish
VelazquezSpanish
Portrait of Pope Innocent X
VelazquezSpanish
Las Meninas
This painting was voted in 1985 as “the greatest work of art by a human being.”
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.
PoussinFrench
Burial of Phocion
PoussinFrench
Autumn or The Grapesbrought from thePromised Land.
The classic example of Baroque art/style
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
RuisdaelDutch
The Sunbeam
RuisdaelDutch
The Sunbeam
HalsDutch
The Jolly Toper
Jester with a Lute
HalsDutch
The Laughing Cavalier
RembrandtDutch
RembrandtDutch
Night Watch
RembrandtDutch
The Masters of the Cloth Guild
VermeerDutch
The Geographer
VermeerDutch
The Milkmaid
Girl with a Pearl Earring
VermeerDutch
VermeerDutch
The Artist’s Studio
HogarthEnglish
Breakfast Scene from Marriage a la Mode
HogarthEnglish
Gin Lane
GainsboroughEnglish
ReynoldsEnglish
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