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BAROQUE BAROQUE 1717TH TH CENTURYCENTURY

WHERE DOES “BAROQUE” COME FROM?

Pejorative word to define an exuberant andexaggerated art in contrast to Renaissance art and New Classicism.

CHRONOLOGYPredominant art style during the 17th century and part of the 18th century

COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF CATANIA, ITALY

DIFFERENCES WITH RENAISSANCE ART

RENAISSANCE ART BAROQUE ART

-BALANCE

-IDEAL OF BEAUTY

-SIMPLICITY

-PROPORTIONS

-STRAIGHT LINES

-PREDOMINANCE OF DRAWINGOVER COLOUR AND LIGHT

-MOVEMENT

-REALISM IN REPRESENTATIONS

-COMPLEXITY

-INTEREST IN SURPRISING THEAUDIENCE- CURVED LINES, CONCAVE ANDCONVEX-PREDOMINANCE OF COLOUR AND LIGHT OVER DRAWING

BAROQUE ART was…

A reflection of society

ART OF ABSOLUTE MONARCHIES

ART OF THE COUNTER-REFORMATION(CATHOLIC COUNTRIES)

BOURGEOIS ART (PROTESTANT COUNTRIES)

ARCHITECTURE

MAIN PURPOSE: CREATE SENSATION OF MOVEMENT IN BUILDINGS

USE OF

CURVED LINES

SPIRALS

ELLIPTIC AND OVAL FLOOR PLANS

SOLOMONIC COLUMNS

CONTRAST OF LIGHTS AND SHADOWS

SQUARE AND COLONNADE OF SAINT PETER OF THE VATICAN, GIANLORENZO BERNINI

SCHEME OF BERNINI´S COLONNADE

BERNINI´S COLONNADE

BALDACHIN OF SAINT PETER OF THE

VATICAN,GIANLORENZO BERNINI

CHURCH OF SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO

FONTANE, FRANCESCO BORROMINI

DOME AND INTERIOR OF SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE´S CHURCH,

FRANCESCO BORROMINI

VERSAILLES PALACE,LE VAU, MANSART AND LE NÔTRE

GARDENS OF VERSAILLES PALACE

HALL OF THE MIRRORS, VERSAILLES PALACE

LES INVALIDES CHURCH (PARIS),

MANSART

SCULPTURE

MAIN PURPOSES: REPRESENTING MOVEMENT, CAPTURING FLEETING MOMENTS, PROVOKING SURPRISE AND EMOTION TO THE AUDIENCE.

MAIN FEATURES: USE OF CURVED LINES AND CLOTH FOLDS TOINTENSIFY THE SENSATION OF MOVEMENT.

APOLLO AND DAPHNE, GIANLORENZO BERNINI

ECSTASY OF SAINT THERESA, GIANLORENZO BERNINI

TOMB OF URBAN VIII, GIANLORENZO

BERNINI

TOMB OF ALEXANDER VII, GIANLORENZO BERNINI

FONTANA DI TREVI, NICOLA SALVI

FONTANA DI TREVI, NICOLA SALVI

FOUNTAIN OF THE NEWT, BERNINI

FOUNTAIN OF THE FOUR RIVERS, BERNINI

PAINTING

MAIN FEATURES

-USE OF OIL PAINTING

-PREDOMINANCE OF COLOUR AND LIGHT OVER DRAWING

-CHIAROSCURO: CONTRASTS OF LIGHT AND SHADOW

-REALISTIC REPRESENTATIONS

-MOVEMENT

-COMPLEX COMPOSITIONS (FORESHORTENED FIGURES, ASYMMETRY, CURVED LINES…)

-INTEREST IN SHOCKING OR SURPRISING THE AUDIENCE

THE CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL ON THE WAY

TO DAMASCUS, CARAVAGGIO

THE CRUCIFIXION OF SAINT PETER,

CARAVAGGIO

THE ENTOMBMENT OF CHRIST,

CARAVAGGIO

THE CALLING OF SAINT MATTHEW, CARAVAGGIO

DEATH OF THE VIRGIN, CARAVAGGIO

THE THREE GRACES, RUBENS

THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS, RUBENS

THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI,

RUBENS

THE DUKE OF LERMA, RUBENS

HERCULES DRUNK, BEING LED AWAY BY A NYMPH,

RUBENS

REMBRANDT, SELF-PORTRAITS

22 YEARS OLD WITH TWO CIRCLES 63 YEARS OLD

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ANATOMY LESSON OF DR. NICOLAES TULP, REMBRANDT

SYNDICS OF THE DRAPERS´ GUILD, REMBRANDT

THE SLAUGHTERED OX, REMBRANDT

THE NIGHT WATCH, REMBRANDT

THE LACEMAKER, VERMEER

GIRL READING A LETTER AT AN OPEN WINDOW,

VERMEER

THE MILKMAID, VERMEER

GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING, VERMEER

ALLEGORY OF THE ART OF PAINTING,

VERMEER

THE GEOGRAPHER,

VERMEER