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Baroque Period (1600 - 1800) (Q2WK4) Baroque is a Western Style of Architecture, music, dance painting, sculpture, poetry and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750. Baroque Painting Concerned with human subjects Most of the commissions were...

Baroque Period (1600 - 1800) (Q2WK4) Baroque is a Western Style of Architecture, music, dance painting, sculpture, poetry and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750. Baroque Painting Concerned with human subjects Most of the commissions were portraits of royals, religious scenes, depictions of royal life society.  Baroque Painting The Death of the Virgin by Caravaggio The Anatomy, by Rembrandt Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez Baroque Sculpture Rejection of straight lines, resulting in increasingly pictorial sculptures where movement and expressions are emphasized.  Baroque Sculpture The Ecstasy of St. Teresa by Gian Lorenzo Bernini Apollo and Daphne by Gian Lorenzo Bernini Baroque Architecture Characterized by intricate details and extreme decorations  Baroque Architecture San Agustin Church in Manila St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome Baroque Architecture Elements of Renaissance architecture were made grander and more theatrical, emphasized optical illusions and advanced use of trompe-l’oeil painting Trompe-l'œil is an artistic term for the highly realistic optical illusion of three-dimensional space and objects on two-dimensional surface. Trompe l'œil, which is most often associated with painting, tricks the viewer into perceiving painted objects or spaces as real. Baroque Architecture An emphasis on light and its effects and a focus on the theatrical purpose of trompe-l’oeil painting. The Baroque style is characterized by: ➔ exaggerated motion and clear detail used to produce drama ➔ exuberance and grandeur The word Baroque was derived from the Portuguese word Barocco which means “irregularly shaped pearl or stone” ART EXAMPLES OF THE BAROQUE PERIOD  A portrait of her second wife Helena Fourment Peter Paul Ruben’s Baroque oil on wood painting She was the subject of a few portraits by Rubens, and also modeled for other religious and mythological paintings. Portrait of Helene Fourment  Elements/Principle DESCRIPTION s of Arts Rubens used the colors that COLOR pertains to realistic and humanist color of a human flesh and rosy cheeks. Portrait of Helene Fourment  Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s sculpture Made from white marble Set in elevated aedicule in Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome Often describe as a total work of art Incorporates a variety of elements, sculpture, painting and lighting effects presented in a theatrical setting Ecstasy of St. Teresa Elements/Princi ples of Arts DESCRIPTION The ray of lighting effect in the LINES background shows vertical and diagonal lines that adds some theatrical settings Ecstasy of St. Teresa ARTISTS OF THE BAROQUE PERIOD  He was better known as Caravaggio. An Italian artist who wanted to deviate from the classical masters of the Renaissance. He was an outcast in his society, because of his actions and the lack of modesty and reverence for religious subjects in his own painting. Among his famous paintings were: Supper at Emmaus Michelangelo Merisi or Conversion of St. Paul Amerighi da Caravaggio ( Entombment of Christ 1571-1610) The Supper at Emmaus is a painting by the Italian Baroque master Caravaggio, executed in 1601, and now in London. Originally this painting was commissioned and paid for by Ciriaco Mattei, brother of cardinal Girolamo Mattei The Conversion of Saint Paul, by the Italian painter Caravaggio, is housed in the Odescalchi Balbi Collection of Rome. It is one of at least two paintings by Caravaggio of the same subject, the Conversion of Paul. Caravaggio created one of his most admired altarpieces, The Entombment of Christ, in 1603–1604 for the second chapel on the right in Santa Maria in Vallicella, a church built for the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri. A copy of the painting is now in the chapel, and the original is in the Vatican Pinacoteca. - Bernini was an Italian artist and the first Baroque artist. He practiced architecture, and sculpture, painting, stage design and was also a playwright. - He was the greatest Baroque sculptor and architect as seen in his design of the Piazza San Pietro in front of the Basilica (one of his most innovative and successful architectural design. The famous “Ecstasy of St Teresa” was his greatist achievement and the Colonade Gian Lorenzo of Piazza of St. Peter’s Rome Bernini (1598 - 1680) Saint Peter's Square is a large plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the papal enclave inside Rome, directly west of the neighborhood of Borgo. Both the square and the Basilica are named after Saint Peter, an apostle of Jesus whom Catholics consider to be the first Pope. Ecstasy of St. Teresa Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640) Rubens was a Flemish Baroque painter. He was well known for his paintings of mythical and figurative subjects, landscapes, portraits, paintings and Counter - Reformation altarpieces. His famous works were: Samson and Delilah Landscape with a Tower Portrait of Helene Fourment Three Graces Helene Fourment The Three Graces Samson and Delilah  Rembrandt was a brilliant Dutch realist, painter and etcher. He is generally considered as one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art. His well known works was his “Self-Portrait in Old Age” Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606 - 1669)  He was one of the finest masters of composition and one of the most important painters of the Spanish Golden Age. His famous works were: The Surrender of Breda Las Maninas (the maids of Honor) Los Borachos ( the Drinker) Maria Theresa Diego Velasquez (1599- 1660) Las Meninas is a 1656 painting in the Museo del Prado in Madrid, by Diego Velázquez, the leading artist of the Spanish Golden Age La rendición de Breda is a painting by the Spanish Golden Age painter Diego Velázquez. It was completed during the years 1634–35, inspired by Velázquez's visit to Italy with Ambrogio Spinola, the Genoese-born Spanish general who conquered Breda on June 5, 1625 Surrender of Breda  The Triumph of Bacchus is a painting by Diego Velázquez, now in the Museo del Prado, in Madrid. It is popularly known as Los borrachos or The Drinkers (also The Drunks). Los Borrachos