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Baroque Period

Baroque Period. Theatre, Dance, Art. Baroque Theatre- Opera. Created in Italy around 1600 as courtly entertainment Tragedies were staged as comedies to have happy endings 1637- 1 st opera house opened in Venice, Italy Around 1700- two types of opera emerged:

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Baroque Period

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  1. Baroque Period Theatre, Dance, Art

  2. Baroque Theatre- Opera • Created in Italy around 1600 as courtly entertainment • Tragedies were staged as comedies to have happy endings • 1637- 1st opera house opened in Venice, Italy • Around 1700- two types of opera emerged: • Opera Seria- Serious Opera- tragedies • Opera Buffa- Funny Opera- comedies

  3. Baroque Ballet • Created in France by King Louis XIV • 1661- Academie Royale de Danse • First School of Dance • Paris, France • Oldest School of Dance, still exists today. • Male Dancers • Very strict and non-expressive in form

  4. Baroque Art • Extravangant in style • Lead to Rococo movement in French Art, Architecture, sculpture, painting, and decoration • Mannerism- • Art that showed grandeur & high style • Rembrandt • Dutch artist

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