THE BAROQUE Historical Background Welcome to “History through Art”. Today we’ll be looking at the history‚ culture and art of the Baroque‚ a period of turbulence that began about 1545. It was a time when the Renaissance celebration of all humanity switched its focus to the rich‚ self-centered privileged class who could afford to sponsor artists to immortalize their opulent life-style. The wealthy also were patrons to artists who depicted both religious and secular scenes with great motion
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The Baroque Era By El-Fatih J. Ajala The Genres of the Baroque Period: Opera – “drama presented in music‚ with the characters singing instead of speaking” (Joseph Kerman‚ p. 87): One cannot speak of Baroque opera without mentioning the name of Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643). Monteverdi has the distinction of being known as the first great composer in the genre of opera‚ as well as the last true madrigalist of his time. He began writing his madrigals at a very early age and
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Baroque: Protestant vs. Catholic Before the purity of Neoclassicism‚ even before the carefree artists of the Rococo era‚ there was the dramatic and emotive Baroque. The term "baroque" is said to have been derived from the Portuguese word for an irregular pearl‚ and is certainly an adequate description. In the wake of what has become known as the Protest Reformation‚ the Catholic Church held the infamous Council of Trent. This eighteen year deliberation addressed several aspects of Catholicism
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Baroque Art in Europe and North America Throughout this research paper the topic is going to be along the lines of the Baroque Art in Europe and North America‚ which comes from chapter nineteen of our Art History book. The main purpose is to review major ideas and principles in this chapter by writing an analysis of certain points that were highlighted. For example‚ certain techniques that were used to define the Baroque Art‚ major sculptures‚ architectures‚ and paintings‚ and also just some
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Baroque Period through the Romantic Age Introduction When we look at Baroque Art we are looking at the art of the 17th century. There seem to be a strong influence on the spiritual activity; this art creates a form of energy‚ movement and passion. Artist were able to capture the essence in soul of what they were feeling and expressing themselves through their work. The Following three works of art focus on a religious content and are from the Baroque period. Image #1 “ The Raising of the Cross”
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Analysis and Interpretation: Baroque versus Neoclassical Humanities IWT1 Emily Lampson May 24‚ 2015 Throughout history the formal arts and philosophy have changed with the times. Each period is affected by the current society’s social‚ political‚ and religious views‚ as well as the various cultures within one time period. While many periods have some similarities with other periods‚ they are all different from each other. Began in the early 1600s and lasting until the mid 1700s
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evolved from the earlier Baroque period‚ and shared several elements with it. Indeed‚ Rococo is often referred to as Late Baroque for this reason. Both placed a heavy emphasis on ornate‚ highly sculpted detail and ornamentation‚ especially in regards to architecture and sculpture. Likewise both featured artwork rooted in more realistic depictions of people. However‚ they were also different in several important ways‚ and reflected changing social attitudes. Where Baroque was rooted in religion
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The Baroque period encompasses many distinct styles due to the religious tension between the Protestants and Catholics. Through their baroque paintings‚ Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn and Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio were among the many artists to have different interpretations of the baroque style due to whether they lived in the north or south. Rembrandt’s Return of the Prodigal Son and Caravaggio’s The Entombment both show biblical scenes. However‚ the impacts of their paintings are quite
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Chapter 21 Study Guide – The Baroque in Italy 1. What did Bernini desire to symbolize with his colonnade? * “The motherly arms of the Church.” –meant embracing the church 2. What is a defining characteristic of Baroque art? * Baroque art was usually large in scale because of its role to be propagandist in its religious subject. Paintings were usually strong in movement. 3. How did Carlo Maderno transform Michelangelo’s plan for St. Peter’s Basilica? * It extended‚ never destroyed
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culture generated a new artistic style‚ known as “The Baroque”. The term literally means "irregular pearl" and is use to describe the vibrant and wild artistic creativity of the seventeenth century. The newly created Baroque style grew out of the Catholic “Counter-Reformation”. Later on as the style spread to northern Europe‚ it became popular at royal places that use this new style as a symbol freshly emerging monarchies. As the book explains‚ Baroque style exhibits a combination of power‚ massiveness
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