...The Baroque Period was the age of reason when minds and imaginations opened up new worlds of scientific knowledge as well as artistic creativity. (Fleming, 75) The Baroque era was a period of opulence and magnificence that gave off a powerful awe inspiring style that was full of flamboyant concepts and overall dramatic quality. From Venice, as well as from Rome and the centers where international mannerism flourished, the roads to Baroque art fanned out in all directions. The style of Baroque art was so diverse that it’s difficult to determine what classifies it as being art of the Baroque era. Although Baroque art has many diverse artistic manifestations there are certain general characteristics that appear in all three types of Baroque art. The Counter Reformation Baroque style focuses on astonishing and overpowering its audience. Art of this time was also enlisted in serving the purposes of the church militant. The Aristocratic Baroque style focuses on glorifying the position and asserting national power and prestige. The last style of the Baroque age, Bourgeois Baroque, was marked by the concentration on down-to-earth common people of the middle class. The individuality of each style of the Baroque period is visibly distinctive, yet similar in their own exclusive approaches. The Counter Reformation art, which focused on the command of the church, was created by the Jesuits in 154. It was also dynamic and religious due to the influence of the church. In Artemisia Gentileschi’s...
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...Artists and Artworks from the Baroque Period Nathan Hale American Intercontinental University Abstract The author of this paper examines three works of art from three different artists from the Baroque Period. He compares the different works of art and discusses similarities, differences, and the techniques that were used. The Baroque period ran from 1600 to 1770, Artist of that time used different techniques that were used during the renaissance period to bring drama to art. An immense amount of art in that period shows fantastic energy and emotion. These pieces of art that were designed and created during the Baroque period brought out emotion in the onlookers of the paintings and sculptures. Some of the ways the artist conveyed emotions in their pieces or works is they used dramatic use of light, scale and composition and the curves and the counter curves. The pieces usually hit the onlooker first, by the emotions that were portrayed by the way the artist conveyed his image in his pieces. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggios is said to have lived the most dangerous and darkest life of most painters, it is said that he lived his life without any restraints. He painted ordinary people as models and painted them with unforgiving realism. His feeling against tradition gave new meaning to traditional themes in religious painting. In his early painting you can see his full revolt against both mannerism and classicism...
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...The Baroque Era: Baroque was a popular style of architecture, sculpture, music, and painting in Europe from the mid-17th to the mid-18th century, particularly in the countries of the Catholic Reformation, including Flanders, Bohemia, and the Catholic states of Germany. Characterized by elaborate detail and dynamic movement, the baroque is often associated with excess, exaggeration, naturalism, and sensuality. The style was also encouraged by the Catholic Church because it emphasized religious themes in an emotionally charged and easily accessible fashion. The painter Peter Paul Rubens in Flanders and the sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini in Rome were among the many baroque masters. Painting: A defining statement of what Baroque signifies in painting is provided by the series of paintings executed by Peter Paul Rubens for Marie de Medici at the Luxembourg Palace in Paris (now at the Louvre), in which a Catholic painter satisfied a Catholic patron: Baroque-era conceptions of monarchy, iconography, handling of paint, and compositions as well as the depiction of space and movement. Baroque style featured "exaggerated lighting, intense emotions, release from restraint, and even a kind of artistic sensationalism". Baroque art did not really depict the life style of the people at that time; however, "closely tied to the Counter-Reformation, this style melodramatically reaffirmed the emotional depths of the Catholic faith and glorified both church and monarchy" of their power and...
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...Baroque Period HUMA205-1201B-08: Art Appreciation AIU Online Colin Batson Sir Anthony Van Dyck is the first artist that I have chosen to write about. Sir Van Dyck was known for doing portraits for such people like the Genoese aristocracy, and helped to usher in the immortal type of noblemen, with the portraits of the men as proud and slender in frame. One of his well known portraits is his “Portrait of a Young General.” This portrait was created between the years of 1622 and 1627. The Portrait is of a young white male with brownish black armor. He is standing in a regal pose looking away from the artist. The technique that was used for the portrait was oil on canvas. Van Dyck influenced English portrait painting for 150 years after his time, and he was also one of the most important innovators of water color and etching. One of the most well known artists of the Baroque period has to have been Rembrandt Van Rijn. Just like Van Dyck he favored realism which some of his critics would go on to say that he preferred ugliness over beauty. Rembrandt was known to create portraits as well with one of them being a “Portrait of an Old Jewish Man.” The painting shows an old Jewish man who might have been a Rabbi, sitting forward in a chair, the portrait has a dark background, and the robes of the man are colored in a contrasting brown color, he has a whit beard and his skin looks to be a little pale. The technique that was used was oil on canvas, and it was created...
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...Baroque (1600-1750) Group Activity Historical Background of the Baroque Period * Bay Psalm book was printed in Massachusetts in (1628) * Period of Common Wealth begins in England (1649) * Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Isaac Newton’s theory of gravitation published (1687) Music as Exploration and Drama * Europeans set out to develop musical approaches designed to “ramp up” various emotional states and help listeners experience their diversity more deeply. * Courts maintained elaborate musical establishments including opera troupes, chapel choirs, and orchestras. * Baroque art was extremely elaborate. Main Currents in Baroque Music * Shift from a texture of several independent parts (polyphony) to one in which a single melody stood out (homophony) * Group of Florentine writers, artists, and musicians known as the Camerata first cultivated this approach. * Figured Bass was created * Establishment of major-minor tonality * Instruments could now play in any key Rise in the Virtuoso * As musical instrument builders became more skilled musicians responded with more virtuosic (skilled) playing. * Composers demanded more advanced playing techniques * Women, particularly singers, expanded their roles in music. * Improvisation became significant. Components of Opera, Early opera in Italy, Opera in England * An opera is a large scale drama that is sung * May contain different types of ensembles ...
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...1-31-11 Special Project -The Baroque Period The Baroque period, in which the word, baroque came from the Portuguese, and translating into “rough pearl”, was essentially the declining period after the Renaissance. At first, people said the Baroque artists were tasteless, bizarre, and grotesque, but later everyone’s opinions changed. One man called it, “The Age of Genius” because during this period the fundamentals of astronomy, math, biology, philosophy, botany, and history were born. During this period, people also had a notion that the world was dependent on supernatural powers and that nature is based on laws that can be proven by science and “critical thinking.” People agreed that the world was a fabulous machine and everyone just needed to figure out how it worked, so they would soon be in harmony with the laws of nature. However, centuries later, this was proven wrong. New social customs came about which led to a new democratic idea, which then led to big changes in society. For example, the roles of women, marriage, sex, eating and drinking, manners, and how they dress. The art in the Baroque period was based on a mixture of a couple things; reflecting the art during the Renaissance, “scientific principles”, with lots of emotion; and some art depended on religion, majorly. The architecture was meant to be very tremendous and inspirational. Sculptures tried to capture dramatic movement. Overall, Baroque artists tried to awaken feelings and emotions of everyone and...
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...Monteverdi came around at the end of the Renaissance period leading into the Baroque period, all the way back in the 17th century. Meanwhile, Vivaldi would not come around till the 18th century, much later into the Baroque period. Monteverdi’s writing focused around only vocal pieces, most of which were operas. His first Opera he published, Orfeo, is what really got Monteverdi’s name out there. After his big success from Orfeo, he went on to publish his second Opera, L’Arianna. Monteverdi was very well known for capturing expression and feelings within his compositions. Vivaldi also wrote an opera of his own, called Ottone in villa. Vivaldi, just like Monteverdi, also wrote many vocal pieces. However, the difference is between them, that Vivaldi...
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...The Church of St. Ignatius is what I believe one of the early Baroque buildings of Prague and “is considered the third greatest Jesuit complex in Europe.” (Your Guide Through Prague) It was built in the 17th century, and the flamboyant, overwhelming of the stucco decoration is typical of early Baroque churches built by the Jesuits. According to my notes, it was devoted to the founder of the Jesuit order. Jesuits were known to being conformed to hard discipline, absolute obedience, and lived a very frugal life according to their founder’s model. On the top of the church face, there is a statue with gold surrounding it or a halo. I would assume this is St. Ignatius himself. Out of all the types of statues and statues on buildings around Prague, usually the man with the gold “light” surrounding him is Jesus Christ. However, I think the Jesuit rules allowed this great figure to have this surrounding him. Most of the paintings inside the church have intricate designs; they basically make you marvel and be overwhelmed by how outdone everything is inside. As we learned later in class, the same artist who created many statues on the Charles Bridge designed most of the works inside the church. “Another kind of mystical attraction of the church is the inscription on the tympanum, which connects to their own text and chronogram: MAIORI DEI GLORIAE et SANCTI IGNAZII HONORI PIAETAS EREXIT. This translates as: “Built to the greatness of God’s glory and the honorable pious St Ignatius.”...
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...HUMANITIES – Task 1 A1 - Renaissance The Renaissance period began in Italy around 1300 and spread throughout Europe during the 1400 and 1500’s. This period signified the beginning path to incredible change in customs, ways of life and institutions that had existed in Europe for almost a thousand years. Many of the new ideas of this period still influence our lives today. The beginning of this period the European countryside was broken up into large estates owned by the wealthy nobles. Most people were peasants, who worked the land for the noble owners. All parts of life centered around religion mainly the Catholic Church which was very powerful. Throughout the Renaissance, the large estates were taken over by royalties like kings and princes and built strong kingdoms and national governments. The people began to move from the farm to the cities. The Protestant reformation weakened the Catholic Church and divided Christians into many different groups. (Renaissance Art. 2013). I believe the greatest milestones that came out of the Renaissance are was that of Art and Education. This was a period of rebirth of the classic ideas of ancient Greece and Rome, and at this time, there was a great deal of energy placed on man rather than God. Art of this time used new forms and techniques to show the ideas of this new age. The Art was focused on glorifying man. Renaissance artist were sought-after and gained fame during this period. Unlike the unknown artists of the Middle Ages,...
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...Mannerism and Baroque Western Governors University Literature, Arts and the Humanities: Analysis and Interpretation IWT1 May 8, 2013 Mannerism and Baroque If you study art history at any length, you will become aware of the many different periods and their individual characteristics. There are prime times throughout art history that the general populations can easily identify such as Renaissance or Impressionism. They might even be able to name a few of the artists or their artwork. As you delve further into the rich history of art, you start to notice many deviations in the style of artists who are transitioning into a new artistic period. At first look, you might not see the subtle difference in the art from the norm from that period. An overlooked period in art history is the period between the Renaissance and the Baroque periods, the Mannerism period. This period was actually a rejection of the High Renaissance era. Mannerism is the artistic period from 1520- 1600. The word mannerism is derived from the Italian word maneria, which means style or stylishness. “Art began to lose its momentum at the end of the High Renaissance, beginning of the Mannerism period because it coincided with a period of upheaval that was torn by the Reformation, plague, and the devastating Sack of Rome.” ("The National Gallery of Art," 2013, para. 2). One of the greatest reasons for the shift in artistic style is that the Catholic Church was in chaos. The Catholic Church...
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...The two art periods that I chose are Baroque and Impressionism. Baroque art refers to the style that would be found in Europe and North and South America during the 17th and 18th century. The Catholic Church heavily influenced their art, as well as the Protestant rising up during this time. There was an emphasis on unity and harmony in all of the visual arts that often had themes from the Bible or stories. There was realism and more attention was paid to physical details in portrait paintings, there was more light contrast, landscapes were more expansive and there was use of more deep, rich colors. In architecture there were structures that expressed humans longing for spirituality and there was extreme presentation and in the grand scale it was reflected theatrically (Mindedge, 2013). In the Baroque period the art would depict a play, that it was not just a picture but every figure would have meaning, the art was meant to be read just not looked at as decoration. Figures would be drawn with realism, they have depth in the art, and they are almost falling off the page. They used dark shades and lights to show realism in their paintings. This was brought on with the further discovery of how our universe was formed, how we are not the center of the universe and also with that discovery, we discovered that Europe is not the middle of the Earth as well. Each painting had a story, told about us, about real people and there was more realism than before. Sculptures were made to...
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...Baroque and Surrealism The Baroque art period of art was born in Italy/Western Europe, around the early 1600’s thru 1750. It was mainly influenced by the division of the Christian religion in the West, between the Roman Catholics and Protestants. The Roman Catholics used this art as a part of their campaign to maintain their followers. They felt it was aesthetically appealing and it would inspire the largest possible audience (Baroque, n.d.). Rembrandt’s The Ass of Balaam Talking before the Angel from 1626 is a good example of what the Roman Catholics wanted viewers to see and feel. Baroque art is known for its display of intense drama, which invokes powerful psychological sensations; emotional feelings. It incorporates the use of concentrated rich colors and the extreme differences between light and dark. The subject was typically very light and bright, almost giving it an angelic quality with the background being very dark, mysterious and shadowed. The themes were generally extravagant and of ecstasy, grandiose visions, death, or overall intense moment (Pioch, 2002). The Surrealism period of art started around 1920 and continued for many years. It commenced from Dadaist undertakings after World War I. It was very similar to Dadaism in the fact that it was anti rationalist (Baroque, n.d.). It started in Paris France and swiftly moved and was accepted around the world. It included all forms of art such as literature, poetry, film and music and moved outside the lines...
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...Pondering the Art of the Baroque and Renaissance Period The Baroque and Renaissance periods. Two periods of time that stand out in history. Almost 500 years ago, these eras, of which legends of the arts arose, still captivate the specters of today. Renaissance Michelangelo, Raphael, and Leonardo Davinci are all familiar names cemented in history as some of the greatest artists and inventors of all time..., but what do they have in common? They were all artists in the Renaissance period. Renaissance art is painting, sculpture and decorative arts developed in the period following medieval times, around 1400. While art was beginning to change in the renaissance period, philosophy, literature, music and science were also facing reform....
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...Emotions Renaissance versus Baroque February 2014 The Renaissance era has been considered a time of move into the modern day. The term Renaissance means rebirth, and came from the French. The Renaissance started in Italy and extended throughout Europe between the fourteenth and seventeenth century. It was throughout the Renaissance that Europe saw many large social, scholarly and economic changes. Old-fashioned values of the Church were lost which in turn permitted artists the freedom and liberty to discover the human mind and body. The Renaissance era allowed art to progress far past conventional and traditional religious focus to imitate human feeling and realism in art. Although faith continued to be the core guidance during the Renaissance, the beginning and acknowledgment of human form, expression and scientific study became very lively inspirations within the arts. Renaissance art saw the rebirth of nature and the human figure. Sculpting and painting practices advanced greatly throughout the Renaissance. Artists started using different methods like laws of portion, physical appearance, the linear perspective, balance, and physical appearance. Main characteristics of Renaissance art included admiration and tribute to the human body and nature, realistic linear perspective and importance on the association of light and shadow. Some of the world’s finest artists are from the Renaissance period and include: Michelangelo, Raphael...
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...Unit 5 Individual Project Dallas Hyde AIU Abstract Three works of art in the Baroque Style are presented. Thoughts are given about the visual appearance of the three pieces. A summary of the artist’s personal philosophies of art is attempted. We explore these works and how they fit into the Baroque time period. The three works are then compared and contrasted in form and content. Baroque Art We will look at three fine pieces of art from three great artists from the Baroque Period. Each artist though separated by hundreds of miles or decades painted using light and darkness for dramatic effect. The first painting example is a Pieta from the Baroque Period. It was done by Annibale Carracci from Bologna, in Northern Italy. Annibale’s Pieta shows Mary holding her son after he was crucified. The edges of the painting are dark and your eyes are drawn to Christ through Carracci’s use of light. Christ is the main figure of the painting but his mother is at the center. Mary is painted in a soft blue in contrast to the pale Christ. She has a look of sorrow and her left hand is out stretched like she is questioning why this has happened. Two small angels are also in the painting, one holds Jesus’ hand while the other inspects the crown of thorns. Carracci was one of the most admired painters of his time and helped create the Baroque style (Christiansen, Keith. 2003).He was a prominent figure in the movement against Mannerism. He founded the Accademia degli Incamminati (“Academy...
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