...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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...The Ambiguity of Weeping. Baroque and Mannerist Discourses in Haynes’ Far from Heaven and Sirk’s All That Heaven Allows. Jack Post Abstract Although Douglas Sirk’ All That Heaven Allows (1954) and Todd Haynes’ Far from Heaven (2002) are both characterized as melodramas, they address their spectators differently. The divergent (emotional) reactions towards both films are the effect of different rhetorical strategies: the first can be seen a typical example of baroque discourse and the latter as a specimen of mannerist discourse. The reference to the terms melodrama, mannerism and baroque does not imply that these films are just formal repetitions of historical periods or that they thematically and structurally refer to historical styles, but that they are characterized by opposing discursive strategies which came to the foreground in a specific historical time and constellation. Because these discursive strategies return in other historical periods and socialpolitical circumstances in different guises and with different aims, they can be compared to what Aby Warburg calls Pathosformeln (pathos formula). The expressive forms, gestures and discursive modes of melodrama, baroque and mannerism can thus be understood as transhistorical (gestural) languages of pathos that recur in history. Résumé Bien que All that heaven allows (1954) par Douglas Sirk et Far from heaven (2002) par Todd Haynes se caractérisent nettement comme un mélodrame, les deux films adressent...
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...Through the years of 1600 to 1820 there were two major musical eras the Baroque and Classical. Each era offered new innovations, impacted by historical events, which made them unique and relevant even in today’s time. During the Baroque era greats such as Bach and Handel emerged using their religious background to define music. During the Classical era Mozart, Beethoven, and others created this simplistic style that is still marveled by modern day musical enthusiasts. The Baroque era lasted from 1600 to 1750; this era can be broken into three different phases the early (1600-1640), middle (1640-1690), and late (1690-1750) (Kaimen 102). Two giants of this era where John Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) and George Frideric Handel (1685- 1759). The...
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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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...cultural event, I chose to go to the Walters Museum, in Baltimore Md. I took my wife with me as she used to do an internship there years ago, and it is her favorite museum. I myself am not a typical museum enthusiast, as well I feel there is only one good place in Baltimore, and that is Johns Hopkins hospital. Nonetheless, I looked this as a nice way to spend a day with her, and did approach the museum with an open mind, as it was a new experience, and she was excited to go. Upon arriving on Sunday March 3, 2014, the first thing that stood out was the structure itself. The building is a combination of old and new, it appears old, but has modern amenities, and one can immediately tell not a single expense was spared. First impression for me was great, it usually means a lot and the building itself is very impressive. Inside, the building is just as impressive, lots of marble and ornamental trim work, and each display is positioned allowing a good close up view. My first choice of a work to describe is “A Glass Of Lemonade” by Gerard Ter Borch, which originates from the baroque art time period. This painting was purchased by Henry Walters in 1910, which he bequeathed to the Walters Art Museum. This piece depicts a poor to middle-class young man making a glass of lemonade for a young woman, possibly to convey his feelings to her. Ter Borch was known for paintings focusing on interiors and portraits, and in this piece, he makes use of the baroque characteristics, using heavy...
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...1. Discuss the exposition to a 4-voice Baroque fugue and how subsequent expositions are connected. Include at least one musical example. 15 pts. What an exposition does is establish a key, introduce the subject, and bring in all voices. It is the opening of a fugue. A fugue is a polyphonic work based on a subject using counterpoint and imitation. A fugue has four parts tonic, dominant, tonic, dominant. A Tonic is the name of the key, or your home base. So, if you are in the key of c major, c is your tonic. The dominant is a dissonant chord 5 notes above the tonic. The first tonic will introduce the subject with voice one. Voices 2-3 are doing nothing. Next the dominant will have a counter subject followed by an answer. Voice 1 will provide the counter subject. Voice 2 will provide the answer. The third part is tonic with free material followed by counter subject and another subject. Voice 1 free material, voice 2 counter subject, voice 3 subject. Last is dominant with free material twice, then counter subject, with...
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...NCFE-AUD-405 MUSICIANSHIP & THE MUSIC INDUSTRY NCFE LEVEL 4 IN AUDIO & MUSIC PRODUCTION WESTERN MUSICAL ERAS ESSAY Name : Abel Varghese ID No. : AAT/MPDN/00029/BLR Starting Date : 08/05/2016 Submission Date : 13/05/2016 Assessor : Raemus Casterlino Content Introduction…………………………………………………………………………..03 Medieval Music……………………………………………………………………....04 Renaissance…………………………………………………………………………..05 Baroque...…………………………………………………………………………….06 Classical……………………………………………………………………………...07 Romantic……………………………………………………………………………..08 20th Century music…………………………………………………………………...09 21st Century………………………………………………………………………….10 Introduction Music is said to be present in the ancestral period and it was first evolved from Africa and was later spread to the west, which later on became a fundamental constituent of life. Each era existed for a period of time, such as the pre-historic music, ancient music, biblical period , western musical period etc. The western musical era of music will be mentioned in detail below. This period consisted of the medieval music, renaissance music, baroque, classical, 20th century music, and 21st century music. Medieval Music The western music is popularly known for the Gregorian chant also known as the plain chant. This was during years 500 – 1400. It was more of the vocal religious practices of the roman catholic church. The plainchants had very little pitch change and had consisted of only a single melody and lacked harmony. There are no...
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...The music of the Baroque period is often described as flamboyant, abstract, while some may even describe the music of this time as weird and absurd. No matter what word one may use to describe the music of this time, there is a mutual agreement that the Baroque period was an expressive time for composers, as well as artists, poets, and architects. Coming from the music of the Renaissance period, which contained a coherence of equal parts within the music, the music of the Baroque period is primarily built in ranks above a basso continuo. In this essay, I will be discussing works from three very influential composers, Strozzi, Carissimi, and Purcell, along with the elements within the pieces that carry substantial traits of music during the Baroque period. Barbara Strozzi was a very successful female composer and was one of the very few women who had musical compositions that were published. Strozzi’s piece, “Lagrime Mie” is a cantata structured with a female solo voice and continuo using the harpsichord. A common method used by musicians of this time were to improvise and to add embellishments that they felt would compliment the piece, which is strongly portrayed in this work. The beginning of “Lagrime Mie” begins with the harpsichord playing an open E minor chord while the opening vocal line begins on a high E descending all the way down to a D sharp. While the vocal line descends, the vocalist adds a tremble to her voice presenting an image of lament. In this descend...
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...Vivaldi’s violin concerto The Four Seasons (1725) is an excellent example of the music of the Baroque era. The Baroque era was a time of artistic revolution. Virtuosic concertos, especially for stringed instruments like the violin, were great examples of this. Antonio Vivaldi was known for his work on such pieces - his most well known set of concertos is considered The Four Seasons. During the baroque era, it was quite common for musical pieces to tell stories, or invoke specific emotions, also known as ‘program music.’ It was intended to tell a story, and Vivaldi became a legend in the style. The Four Seasons does this wonderfully. In fact, there were sonnets that go along with the piece, describing each season. The piece titled Summer,...
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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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...Concert Attendance Report I went to go see Musica Antiqua Koln on Tuesday November 7 at the L.A. Philharmonic. The concert included the works from such famous composers from the Baroque period such as Heinrich Bach, Johann Christoph Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann, Johan Sebastian Bach, Johann David Heinichen, and Jan Dismas Zelenka. All of whom were either friends, relatives, or acquaintances of Johan Sebastian Bach. Prior to going to the concert I was not sure what to expect, I have been to concerts and small shows many times, but I have never been to a classical concert. Throughout the concert, I played to role of a perceptive listener which I believe is largely due in part to this class. This class has given me a whole new appreciation for classical music especially pieces from the Baroque Period, but I also listen to every piece of music in a way I have never listened before. I always analyze a musical pieces now, I listen to every piece of music fully giving it a chance, before passing judgment on it, and I now take pride in having a knowledge of a wider variety of musical styles. The instrumentation of the orchestra varied with each piece that was performed. Two Sonatas “a sinque”, by Heinrich Bach consisted of two violins, two violas, and a double bass. In this Sonata there is a 5 part texture evident throughout the piece. The Unity is evident through the double bass and the two violas. The listener is given variety through to violins. The rhythm of the...
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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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...Jessica Shelton American Intercontinental University Baroque HUMA205– Art Appreciation May 24, 2013 Introduction The baroque period for art was a very important time. The period contributed a lot to art as we know it now, and it introduced both new techniques as well as new artists. The period lasted roughly from the 16th century, and in some places lasted until the 1750’s. Three important pieces of art from that time are Descent from the cross painted by Rembrandt, Conversion of Saint Paul by Caravaggio and Raising of the cross by Peter Paul Rubens. The three artworks will be described, along with a summary of the artist’s personal views of art. The personal views of the artists are often times influenced by the trends and schools of thought during the time period. Along with being described, the pieces will be analyzed, and how they fit into the time period with be explained. The three paintings will also be compared and contrasted, explaining their similarities and their differences. Description of Works The first painting is Rembrandt’s, The Descent from the Cross. This along with all the other paintings featured is a very moving piece. For religious people, this was a very moving and emotional scene. The painting features Jesus, whom had previously been hanging on the cross. Jesus is being removed from the cross by his followers, the main focus point being Jesus himself and the man who is holding his body while others climb the cross to continue trying to...
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...Prof Triff AH May 7, 2015 Wolf and Fox Hunt The aspect of painted works of art, which makes them such immensely significant historical artifacts, is their tendency to reflect the social, cultural and political values of their particular artist as well as the time period and region in which they originate. The Baroque era of 17th century Europe was certainly no exception to this trend and, over a relatively short period, an entire generation of talented painters would rise to fame across the continent, names which are still as recognizable today as they were hundreds of years ago, such as Caravaggio, Titian and Veronese. While their paintings are the only thing left behind from the legacies of these great figures, they say a great deal about the artist themselves and what factors impacted their creative prowess, which is absolutely essential in cultivating modern historians’ understanding of this time period and its norms. In terms of Baroque artists who were influential across Europe both in an artistic, stylistic and political sense, one must look no further than the great Peter Paul Rubens. Rubens was infamous for his highly naturalistic, very movement and color driven works that do an excellent job of highlighting the realistic beauty of a scene while also bringing out a certain veristic appearance in depicted figures, which result in a breathtaking visual display, drawing the viewer’s attention to various points of interest across its composition...
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