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Baroque Art & Architecture
Baroque • 1600 – 1750
• From a Portuguese word “barocca”, meaning “a pearl of irregular shape”
• Implies strangeness, irregularity, and extravagance
• The more dramatic, the better!
Baroque Style of Art & Architecture
• Dramatic, emotional
• Colors were brighter than bright; darks were darker than dark
• Counter-Reformation art
• Paintings & sculptures in church contexts should speak to the illiterate rather than to the well-informed
• Ecclesiastical art --> appeal to emotions
• Holland --> Real people portrayed as the primary subjects
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Counter Reformation Church Art &
Architecture
St. Peter’s Basilica,
Vatican City
by Gialorenzo
Bernini
Church of Santiago de Compostella, Spain
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Church of Veltenberg Altar, Germany
“The Assumption of the Virgin Mary”
Egid Quirim Asam, 1692-1750
Altar of Mercy, Germany, 1764
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“St. Francis in Ecstasy” Caravaggio, 1595
“The Flagellation of Christ”
by Caravaggio
“David and Goliath” by Caravaggio
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“Salome with the Head of the Baptist”
by Caravaggio
“The Cardsharps” Caravaggio, 1595
“The Dead Christ Mourned” Annibale Carracci, 1603
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“The Virgin Appearing to
St. Hyacinthe”
Lodovico Carracci
1594
“Joseph’s Bloody Coat Brought to Jacob”
Diego Velázquez, 1630
“Christ on the Cross”
Diego Velázquez,
1632
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“Las Meninas”
Diego Velázquez
1656
“St. Francis in Meditation” Francisco de Zurbarán
“St. Bonaventure on His Deathbed”
Francisco de Zurbarán, 1629
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“The Elevation
of the Cross”
by Peter Paul
Reubens
1610-11
“The Lamentation”
by Peter Paul Reubens
1609-11
“Battle of the Amazons” Peter Paul Reubens
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“A Village Fête” Peter Paul Reubens
“The Garden of Love” Peter Paul Reubens, 1630-32
“The Ecstasy of St. Theresa
of Avila”
by Gianlorenzo
Bernini
1647-52
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The Dutch Painters
“Aristotle with a Bust of Homer”
Rembrandt van Rijn
“The Jewish Bride” Rembrandt van Rijn, 1665-7
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“Self-Portrait” Rembrandt van Rijn, 1660
“Young Woman with a Water Jug” Jan Vermeer
“The Milkmaid”
Jan Vermeer
1658-60
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“Girl with a Pearl
Earring”
Jan Vermeer
1665
“The Music Lesson” by Jan Vermeer
“The Geographer”
Jan Vermeer
1668-69
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“A View of Delft” Jan Vermeer, 1665
Portraits of Famous Personalities of the Times
“A Bust of Louis XIV” by Bernini
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“Louis XVI”
Hyacinthe Rigauld
“A Bust of Cardinal Richelieu” by Bernini
“Cardinal Richelieu” Philippe de Champaigne
1602-1674
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Baroque Homes
Baroque Furniture
Baroque Furniture
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A Baroque Room