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Baroque Period(1600-1750)
By Sebastian Olivares
Gianlorenzo Bernini, Dove of the Holy Spirit, c. 1660
Brief History• The Baroque art period was born in Italy, and
later adopted in France, Germany, Netherlands, and ultimately Spain.
• The word "baroque" was first applied to the art period from the late 1500s to the late 1700s.
• In art criticism the word Baroque came to be used to describe anything irregular, bizarre, or otherwise departing from established rules and proportions.
• Baroque covers a wide range of styles and artists.
• Rococo art period was the result of the Baroque art period
Three Main Tendencies of Baroque
• The variety within the Baroque period, in relation to the cultural and intellectual developments of the era, three tendencies are most important for the result of the Baroque art period:
1. Baroque that was primarily associated with the religious tensions within Western Christianity.
2. The combination of absolute monarchies, accompanied by a middle class.
3. The new interest in nature, influenced by developments in science and by explorations of the globe.
Baroque Art Period Mediums
• Visual Arts– Painting– Sculpture– Architecture– Ornamental /
Furniture– Stained Glass
• Non Visual Arts– Music– Literature– Poetry
Painters of the Baroque Art Period
•Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1573-1610/Italy)•Gianlorenzo Bernini (1598-1680/Italy)•Diego da Silva Velázquez (1599-1660/Spain)•Francisco Zurbarán (1598-1664/Spain)•Georg Flegel (1566-1638/German)•Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641/Belgium)•Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640/Belgium)•Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669/Netherlands)•Jan Vermeer (1632-1675/Netherlands)
Peter Paul Rubens
“The Apotheosis of Henry IV and the Proclamation of the Regency of Marie de Medicis ”
• Art History Resources on the Web• Museum Quality Oil Paintings• World Wide Art Resources• Mark Harden's Archive• Web Museum• Boston College Honors Program Art History on the
WWW• ArtLex Art Dictionary• Lesson Planet• Encyclopedia Britannica• Artcyclopedia
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