Arts of the Baroque Period Flashcards
The term Baroque was derived from the
Portuguese word “barocco” which means
“irregularly shaped
pearl or stone.”
It describes a fairly complex idiom and focuses on
painting, sculpture, as well as architecture.
Baroque Art
______ painting illustrated key elements of Catholic dogma, either directly in Biblical works or indirectly in imaginary or symbolic work.
Baroque Art
He was better known as Caravaggio. He was an
Italian artist who wanted to deviate
from the classical masters of the
Renaissance.
-He was an outcast in his
society, because of his own actions and
the lack of modesty and reverence for
religious subjects in his own paintings
Michelangelo Merisi or Amerighi da Caravaggio (Caravaggio)
Studies of single figures followed, but
they are clumsier than the fruit which
gives savor of originality and charm.
Caravaggio’s models at this period were
either himself or young persons who
have an air of being promising but
wicked.
Caravaggio
Supper at Emmaus
Caravaggio
Conversion of St. Paul
Caravaggio
Entombment of Christ
Caravaggio
-He was an Italian artist and the first Baroque artist.
-He practiced architecture, and sculpture, painting, stage design, and was also a playwright.
-He was also the last in the list of the dazzling universal geniuses.
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter
and a Faun
Bernini
Damned Soul
Bernini
Blessed Soul
Bernini
He made a sculpture of “David” was for Cardinal Borghese which is strikingly different from Michelangelo’s David because it shows the differences between Renaissance and the
Baroque periods.
Bernini
The famous “Ecstasy of St. Teresa” was his greatest achievement and the Colonnade of the Piazza of St. Peter’s Rome.
Bernini
Ecstasy of St. Teresa
Bernini
-He was a Flemish Baroque painter.
-He was well known for his paintings of
mythical and figurative subjects, landscapes, portraits, and Counter Reformation altarpieces.
Peter Paul Rubens
His commissioned works were mostly
religious subjects, history paintings of
magical creatures, and hunt scenes.
Peter Paul Rubens
Samson and Delilah
Rubens
Landscape with a Tower
Rubens
Portrait of Helene Fourmen
Rubens
The Three Graces
Rubens
-He was a brilliant Dutch realist, painter and
etcher.
-He was generally considered as one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art. -He followed no particular faith, but was interested in spiritual values and often chooses religious subjects.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
-He painted himself often
-His well- known work was his “Self portrait
in Old Age”. Rembrandt had produced over 600
paintings, nearly 400 etchings, and 2000 drawings.
Rembrandt
-He was one of the finest masters of composition
and one of the most important painters of the
Spanish Golden Age.
-He worked out solutions to
pictorial problems of design that transcend the
style of any period.
Diego Velasquez
Velasquez was the case of a
painter who discovered his avocation almost at the
very start of his career. The passion for still life
Velasquez
He created this work four years before his death and served as an outstanding example of the European baroque period of art
Las Meninas-(The maids of honour
Margaret Theresa, the eldest daughter of the new Queen, appears to be the subject of _________but in looking at the various view points of the painting, it was unclear as to who or what was the true subject; it maybe the royal daughter or the painter himself.
Las Meninas-(The maids of honour
