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Baroque World

Baroque World. New Spirit. 1600s Roman Catholic Church Counter-Reformation Baroque. Baroque. French and Portuguese roots Affect all of Europe Cultural achievement Music Art Architecture Variety. General Characteristics. Strong emotional statements Psychology of Exploration

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Baroque World

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  1. Baroque World

  2. New Spirit • 1600s • Roman Catholic Church • Counter-Reformation • Baroque

  3. Baroque • French and Portuguese roots • Affect all of Europe • Cultural achievement • Music • Art • Architecture • Variety

  4. General Characteristics • Strong emotional statements • Psychology of Exploration • Invention of new and daring techniques

  5. Baroque Examples

  6. Visual Arts

  7. Michelangelo Merisi, or Carravaggio (1573-1610) • Controversial in own lifetime • Drastically different style

  8. Examples

  9. The Calling of St. Matthew, 1597-1603

  10. Detail

  11. Artemisia Gentileschi • 1597-1651 • 1612 – Tassi Trial • Great renown in her own lifetime • Dialog with artists of the day

  12. Gentileschi, Judith and Holofernes, c.1620

  13. Comparison

  14. Sculpture and Architecture

  15. Bernini, St. Teresa in Ecstasy, 1645-52

  16. Detail

  17. Baroque in France

  18. Académie des Beaux Arts • 1st exhibition 1667 • Standards and values • Prizes offered

  19. Nicolas Poussin • C.1594-1665 • Reject Caravaggio’s style • Work was a protest • Nostalgia in art

  20. Poussin, Et in Arcadia Ego, c.1630

  21. Comparison

  22. Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743) • Popular & respected • Louis XIV, 1701 • Parody? • Extravagant lifestyle • Baroque ideal in France

  23. Palace of Versailles • Famous palace of the French kings • Chief architects • Louis Le Vau • François d'Orbay • Architecture with an agenda

  24. Versailles

  25. Sun King

  26. Hall of Mirrors

  27. Gardens

  28. Spanish Baroque

  29. El Greco • 1541-1614 • Domeniko Theotokopoulos • Contrast in work

  30. Diego Velázquez • (1599-1660) • Combines elements of French & Italian Baroque • Subject matter is diverse

  31. Velázquez, Las Meninas, 1656

  32. Baroque Art in Northern Europe

  33. Peter Paul Rubens • 1577-1640 • Universal painter • Active • Contented personal life

  34. Rubens, Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus, c.1618

  35. Vermeer • (1632-1675) • Art forgotten until 19th century • Inner depth of feeling prominent • Details

  36. A Lady Drinking and a Gentleman

  37. Details

  38. Rembrandt van Rijin • 1606-1666 • 1642 – artistic turning point • Famous for self portraits • Biblical subjects at end of life

  39. The Night Watchmen

  40. Self Portraits

  41. Music

  42. Key Points • Familiarity & wide appeal • Pleasure for listener • Flexibility of style

  43. Two women Male and female Opera • Universal appeal • Starts in Florence • Conceived intellectually • Camerata

  44. Two women Male and female Opera • Universal appeal • Starts in Florence • Conceived intellectually • Camerata

  45. Euridice • Earliest extant opera • Jacopo Peri • Performed at the wedding of Henry IV & Marie de Medici • Based on a classical myth

  46. Claudio Monteverdi • 1567-1643 • L’Orfero • 1st popular opera • Sets the standard for later operas

  47. Aria Oratorio Growth of the Opera • Italy primary but will spread throughout Europe • Melodrama & Sensation • Lavish spectacles • Arias, Oratorio, Sonata

  48. Aria Oratorio Growth of the Opera • Italy primary but will spread throughout Europe • Melodrama & Sensation • Lavish spectacles • Arias, Oratorio, Sonata

  49. George Frederick Handel • 1685-1759 • Messiah (1742)

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