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BAROQUE & ROCOCO

THE BAROQUE WORLDBarroco (Port. for irregular shaped pearl)

• 16th century influenced by the Reformation and the 17th century by the Counter-Reformation (1600-1715)—the Counter-Reformation reestablished discipline of the church

• Council of Trent: dealt with transubstantiation, purgatory, apostolic succession, celibacy, etc.

• Jesuits became the enforcers of the Counter-Reformation

• Completion of St. Peter’s first major Baroque

architecture

• Decentralization of power in both the church and

the arts Reformation and the rise of the national

state.

• Art for the more than just the church (aristocracy

and bourgeoisie)

• Science: Galileo, Bacon, Kepler, Descartes,

Newton

• Time of absolutism in church and state

THE BAROQUE ART

Characteristics:

• Emotionalism and psychology

• Anti-rationalistic classicism of Renaissance

• Illusionism

• Splendor

• Light and Shade (chiaroscuro)

• Movement (note diagonal line)

• Religious Fervor

• Domestic Intimacy

Caravaggio Calling of St. Matthew 1599-1602

Caravaggio Emmaus

El GrecoThe Burial of Count Orgaz

1586

El Greco The Agony in the Garden 1597-1600

El GrecoThe Burial of Count Orgaz

1586

El GrecoChrist Driving the Traders from the Temple

El GrecoView of Toledo

1597-99

El Greco Portrait of a Cardinal

c. 1600

El GrecoSt. Martin and the Beggar

c. 1604

RubensRape of the Daughters

of Leucippus 1648

RubensThe Raising of the Cross

1609-10

RubensLandscape with the Chateau Steen

1636

Rubens Feast of Venus

Rubens Daniel in the Loin’s Den

Rubens Descent from the Cross

Rubens St. George and the Dragon

Van Dyck Portrait Charles I

1635

Hals Laughing Cavalier

Hals Catharina Hooftand Her Nurse

Hals’ Officers of the Haarlem Militia

Hals Lute Player

Hals Jester with a Lute Player

HalsThe Gypsy Girl

Hals Banquet of the Officers of the St. Georges Civic Guard

Rembrandt Night Watch 1642

RembrandtMan with the Golden

Helmet

Rembrandt Philosopher Reading

Aristotle bust of Homer

Rembrandt Aristotle and bust of

Homer

Rembrandt Self-portrait

Ruisdael The Jewish Cemetery

Ruisdael Windmill Near Wijk

RuisdaelSunlight on the Waterfront

VermeerThe Milkmaid

VermeerWoman in Blue reading a Letter

Vermeer The Girl with a Pearl Earring

Vermeer Girl reading a Letter at an

Open Window

Vermeer Woman Holding

a Balance

Bernini’s Saint Peter’s Square1656-57

Bernini David1623

Bernini The Ecstasy of Saint

Teresa of Avila1645-52

Bernini The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa of Avila

1645-52

Bernini Dauphene and Apollo

Gaulli Triumph of the Name of Jesus

1676-79

Cortona Triumph of Barberini

1633-39

Atemisia Judith with the Head of

Holofernes1625

Velazquez The Maids of Honor

1656

VelazquezInnocent X

c. 1650

Velazquez Old Woman Frying Eggs

Perrault Louvre, Paris 1667-70

Hall of Mirrors, Versailles, ca. 1678

Wren St. Paul’s Cathedral

1675-1710

Other Baroque art forms

• Music: Bach, Vivaldi

• Dance: Ballet

• Literature: John Donne, John Milton, Daniel Defoe, Cervantes