Post on 13-Dec-2015
Chapter 14: New Direction in Thought and Culture in the 16th
and 17th CenturyAdapted from: Ms. Susan M. Pojer
Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
BaroqueBaroque► 1600 – 1750.
►Art historians use the term to “denote the style associated with 17th century painting, sculpture, and architecture.
► From a Portuguese word “barocca”, meaning “a pearl of irregular shape.”
► Implies strangeness, irregularity, and extravagance.
► The more dramatic, the better!
Baroque Style of Art & Architecture
Baroque Style of Art & Architecture► Dramatic, emotional.
► Colors were brighter than bright; darks were darker than dark.
► Counter-Reformation art.
► Paintings & sculptures in church contexts should speak to the illiterate rather than to the well-informed.
► Ecclesiastical art --> appeal to emotions.
► Holland --> Real people portrayed as the primary subjects.
Famous Baroque Artists/WorksMichelangelo Caravaggio
(1573-1610)Gian Lorenzo Bernini
(1598-1680)Peter Paul Rubens (1577-
1640)
St. Peter’s Basilica (Rome)Palace at Versailles
St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican
City
by Gialorenzo
Bernini
St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican
City
by Gialorenzo
Bernini
Church of Santiago de Compostella, Spain
Church of Santiago de Compostella, Spain
Church of Veltenberg Altar, Germany
Church of Veltenberg Altar, Germany
“The Assumption of the Virgin Mary”
Egid Quirim Asam, 1692-1750
“The Assumption of the Virgin Mary”
Egid Quirim Asam, 1692-1750
Altar of Mercy, Germany, 1764
Altar of Mercy, Germany, 1764
“St. Francis in Ecstasy”Caravaggio, 1595
“St. Francis in Ecstasy”Caravaggio, 1595
“The Flagellatio
n of Christ”
by Caravaggi
o
“The Flagellatio
n of Christ”
by Caravaggi
o
“David and Goliath” by Caravaggio
“David and Goliath” by Caravaggio
“Salome with the Head of the Baptist”
by Caravaggio
“Salome with the Head of the Baptist”
by Caravaggio
“The Cardsharps”Caravaggio, 1595“The Cardsharps”Caravaggio, 1595
“The Dead Christ Mourned”
Annibale Carracci, 1603
“The Dead Christ Mourned”
Annibale Carracci, 1603
“The Virgin Appearing
to St. Hyacinthe”
Lodovico Carracci
1594
“The Virgin Appearing
to St. Hyacinthe”
Lodovico Carracci
1594
The Death of the Virgin, Caravaggio, 1606
Purchased by the Duke of Mantua at the request of Peter Paul Rubens
“The Elevation of the Cross” by Peter Paul Reubens1610-11
“The Descent From the Cross”Peter Paul Rubens1614
“A Bust of Louis XIV”Bernini
“Louis XIV”By Hyacinthe
Rigauld
“A Bust of Cardinal Richelieu”
By Bernini
The Return of the prodigal son
By Rembrandt (1669)