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
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