Baroque Art Major Artists Bernini Rembrandt Rubens Caravaggio Style Themes Encourage Faith "Catholic Art sensual Capture action and emotion Chiascuro:
1600-1750 Baroque ► 1600 – 1750. ► From a Portuguese word “barocca”, meaning “a pearl of irregular shape.” ► Implies strangeness, irregularity, and extravagance.
Chapter 14: New Direction in Thought and Culture in the 16 th and 17 th Century Adapted from: Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY.
