Baroque Style of Art & Architecture
Baroque Style of Art & Architecture► 1600-1750
►Dramatic, emotional.
► Colors were brighter than bright; darks were darker than dark.
►Brought together classical ideals w/ spiritual feelings of 16th c. religious revival
►Used by absolute monarchs to enchant & impress visitors
► Counter-Reformation Art
►Paintings & sculptures in church contexts should speak to the illiterate rather than to the well-informed.
Caravaggio, “Supper at Emmaus” (1601)
Caravaggio, “Supper at Emmaus” (1601)
“Judith Slaying
Holofornes”
Artemisia Gentileschi
(1614-20)
“Judith Slaying
Holofornes”
Artemisia Gentileschi
(1614-20)
“Las Meninas”
Diego Velazquez
1656
“Las Meninas”
Diego Velazquez
1656
“Marie arrives
at Marseille
s”
by Peter Paul
Reubens
1622-25
“Marie arrives
at Marseille
s”
by Peter Paul
Reubens
1622-25
“The Ecstasy of
St. Theresa of
Avila”
by Gianlorenzo Bernini
1647-52
“The Ecstasy of
St. Theresa of
Avila”
by Gianlorenzo Bernini
1647-52
“David”
by Gianlorenzo Bernini
1623
“David”
by Gianlorenzo Bernini
1623
French Classicism = French Baroque
French Classicism = French Baroque
► established as official artistic style of France by Royal Academy of Painting & Sculpture 1648
►Committed to values of High Renaissance – clarity, simplicity, balance & harmony
►Continued Baroque’s conception of grandeur in portrayal of noble & classical subjects
►Used by Louis XIV as propaganda
“A Dance to the Music of Time”
Nicholas Poussin, 1638
“A Dance to the Music of Time”
Nicholas Poussin, 1638
“Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah”
Claude Lorraine, 1648
“Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah”
Claude Lorraine, 1648
“Portrait of Louis
XIV”
by Hyacinthe
Rigaud
1701
“Portrait of Louis
XIV”
by Hyacinthe
Rigaud
1701
“Appollo Attended by Nymphs”Francois Girardon & Thomas
Regnaudin, 1666-1672
“Appollo Attended by Nymphs”Francois Girardon & Thomas
Regnaudin, 1666-1672