5. Baroque- 1600-1750
! Why talk about and analyze the art of a given period?
! What were sources of social upheaval in the 16th and 17th
centuries?
6. Baroque- 1600-1750
! Why talk about and analyze the art of a given period?
! What were sources of social upheaval in the 16th and 17th
centuries?
! Baroque is a synthesis of what styles?
7. Baroque- 1600-1750
! Why talk about and analyze the art of a given period?
! What were sources of social upheaval in the 16th and 17th
centuries?
! Baroque is a synthesis of what styles?
! Baroque art reflected the times and succeeded in
marrying the advanced techniques and grand scale of
the Renaissance to the emotion, intensity, and drama of
Mannerism, thus making the Baroque era the most
extravagant and ornate in the history of art.
8. Baroque- 1600-1750
! Why talk about and analyze the art of a given period?
! What were sources of social upheaval in the 16th and 17th
centuries?
! Baroque is a synthesis of what styles?
! Baroque art reflected the times and succeeded in
marrying the advanced techniques and grand scale of
the Renaissance to the emotion, intensity, and drama of
Mannerism, thus making the Baroque era the most
extravagant and ornate in the history of art.
! Dependent on and greatly influenced by national and
religious affiliation, very different styles developed in
Catholic nations and in Protestant nations
10. Characteristics/Themes of
Baroque Art
! 6 characteristics/themes dominate the
content of Baroque art...
1. Splendor- magnificence and pomp
2. Light vs. Shade
3. Movement and energy
4. Emotionalism (intensely portray what’s
felt)
5. Domestic intimacy
6. Religious fervor
12. Italy led the way
! In Italy the painters went beyond the
"mannerism" of the 16th century.
13. Italy led the way
! In Italy the painters went beyond the
"mannerism" of the 16th century.
! How did Italian artists, schooled
in the great works of the
Renaissance, see Baroque?
14. Italy led the way
! In Italy the painters went beyond the
"mannerism" of the 16th century.
! How did Italian artists, schooled
in the great works of the
Renaissance, see Baroque?
! The Baroque era began in Rome
around 1600- why?
15. Italy led the way
! In Italy the painters went beyond the
"mannerism" of the 16th century.
! How did Italian artists, schooled
in the great works of the
Renaissance, see Baroque?
! The Baroque era began in Rome
around 1600- why?
! Why was Baroque style such
a logical fit for the Catholic
Reformation?
16. Italy led the way
! In Italy the painters went beyond the
"mannerism" of the 16th century.
! How did Italian artists, schooled
in the great works of the
Renaissance, see Baroque?
! The Baroque era began in Rome
around 1600- why?
! Why was Baroque style such
a logical fit for the Catholic
Reformation?
17. Bernini, Saint Teresa of Avila in Ecstasy, 1645-52, marble
Italy led the way
! In Italy the painters went beyond the
"mannerism" of the 16th century.
! How did Italian artists, schooled
in the great works of the
Renaissance, see Baroque?
! The Baroque era began in Rome
around 1600- why?
! Why was Baroque style such
a logical fit for the Catholic
Reformation?
18. View of St. Peter’s Basilica (Church), designed by Bernini, Maderno, and Michelangelo,
1607-1657, Vatican, Rome
19. View of St. Peter’s Basilica (Church), designed by Bernini, Maderno, and Michelangelo,
1607-1657, Vatican, Rome
24. ! Baroque spread from Italy to France.
! How might THE USE of Baroque differ
in the Catholic nation of France?
25. ! Baroque spread from Italy to France.
! How might THE USE of Baroque differ
in the Catholic nation of France?
! Baroque was used as religious AND POLITICAL
propaganda-absolute monarchs ruled by divine
right and spent sums comparable to pharaohs to
glorify themselves and highlight this point.
26. ! Baroque spread from Italy to France.
! How might THE USE of Baroque differ
in the Catholic nation of France?
! Baroque was used as religious AND POLITICAL
propaganda-absolute monarchs ruled by divine
right and spent sums comparable to pharaohs to
glorify themselves and highlight this point.
! Where was the money coming from to
pay for these displays?
27. ! Baroque spread from Italy to France.
! How might THE USE of Baroque differ
in the Catholic nation of France?
! Baroque was used as religious AND POLITICAL
propaganda-absolute monarchs ruled by divine
right and spent sums comparable to pharaohs to
glorify themselves and highlight this point.
! Where was the money coming from to
pay for these displays?
• Wealth flowing in from the colonies funded the elaborate
furnishings, gardens, and art of showplaces like Versailles
(exuberant curves and ornate decoration, cluttered with lustrous
marble altars, ornate statues, golden cherubs, and intensely
colorful murals)
28. Designed by Mansart, decorated by Le Brun, “Hall of Mirrors,” Versailles, France
33. ! In Catholic countries/regions, religious art flourished
34. ! In Catholic countries/regions, religious art flourished
! How would the content of Baroque art differ in
Protestant nations and why?
35. ! In Catholic countries/regions, religious art flourished
! How would the content of Baroque art differ in
Protestant nations and why?
! In the Protestant lands of Northern Europe,
such as the Netherlands, religious imagery was
forbidden.
36. ! In Catholic countries/regions, religious art flourished
! How would the content of Baroque art differ in
Protestant nations and why?
! In the Protestant lands of Northern Europe,
such as the Netherlands, religious imagery was
forbidden.
! As a result paintings what did paintings tend to
portray?
37. ! In Catholic countries/regions, religious art flourished
! How would the content of Baroque art differ in
Protestant nations and why?
! In the Protestant lands of Northern Europe,
such as the Netherlands, religious imagery was
forbidden.
! As a result paintings what did paintings tend to
portray?
• Similar to the Northern Renaissance, Dutch
merchants patronized the Baroque...why?
38. Rachel Ruysch, Flower Still Life, ca. 1700,
Oil on canvas
Frans Hals, Catharina Hooft and her Nurse,1620, oil on
canvas
39. Rachel Ruysch, Flower Still Life, ca. 1700,
Oil on canvas
Frans Hals, Catharina Hooft and her Nurse,1620, oil on
canvas
40. Rembrandt, Self-Portrait, 1659, oil on
canvas
Rachel Ruysch, Flower Still Life, ca. 1700,
Oil on canvas
Frans Hals, Catharina Hooft and her Nurse,1620, oil on
canvas
41. ! In the middle of the
18th century, massive
Baroque art made way
for the more delicate
Rococo style, which was
in turn replaced by
Neoclassicism
42.
43. Looking at the
following slides of
Baroque art, identify
which theme/
characteristic BEST
fits the piece.
