Baroque ArtBaroque Art

1600-1750

Baroque Art

• A combination of religious, political and intellectual developments and ideas

• Strays from purely religious subjects

• New role of science

CaravaggioCaravaggioItalian Painter

Late Renaissance/ Early Baroque

Realism= Naturalism

Sacred objects depicted in contemporary low life

Dramatic lighting influence Baroque school of painting

Chiaroscuro= Tenebrism

shift from light to dark with little in between

The Calling of St. Matthew

St. Thomas Believes

The Lute Player

Dutch Painter & Etcher

Specializes in portraits of his contemporaries, self portraits & images from the Bible

Taught many important Dutch painter

RembrandtRembrandt

Rembrandt3 Self-Portraits

Tenebrism/Chiaroscuro & Deep Background Shadows

Biblical Illustrations1. The Archangel Leaving Tobias2. The Risen Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen3. Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee

Portraits of Friends & Contemporaries1. Jan Six- Wealthy Friend of Rembrandt2. Artemis3. Portrait of an old man with a helmet

Characteristics of Baroque Sculpture:-Movement, Twisting Bodies-Artists “Freed” the Figure from the marble-Emotion is Evident

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

1. Apollo & Daphne2. David

Bernini-Italian Sculptor-Contemporary of Michaelangelo

Bernini’s Damned Soul

1. St. Peter’s Throne in St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City2. The Rape of Proserpina3. Canopy over the altar of St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City