Baroque period Flashcards
1
Q
Baroque period
-years
A
1600-1750
2
Q
Louis XIV and Versailles
-what did he have
A
absolute power
3
Q
types of entertainment
A
- orchestra
- Chior
- opera
- ballet, court dances
4
Q
hall of mirrors location
A
versailles
5
Q
The vatican
- location
- arcitect
A
- St. perter’s basillica
- colonade by bernini
6
Q
difference between michelangelo’s david and berninis david
A
- michelangelos david - more exposed
- berninis david - angry looking, covered, ready to fight
7
Q
bernini
-pieces he made
A
- the colonade
- david
- the ecstasy of st theresa
8
Q
Rubens
-piece he made
A
-descent from the cross
9
Q
Music
-3 parts
A
- grand
- dramatic
- religious
10
Q
grand
- includes what
- smaller or larger forms of genre
A
- instruments and melodic ornamentation
- larger
11
Q
dramatic
- 3 forms
- includes
- type of dynamics
- type of rhythm
A
- opera, oratorio, cantata
- doctrine of affections
- terraced
- motoric
12
Q
religious
-2 genres
A
- oratorio
2. cantat
13
Q
baroque job market
-highest to lowest paid
A
-court musicians, church musicians, town musicians
14
Q
court musicians
- what are they
- what level
- perform where
- include
A
- directors
- servant level
- operas, church music, dinner music, court concerts
15
Q
church musicians
- what are they
- what do they do
A
- director
- wrote music for orch and choir
- trained musicians
