Baroque Art & Architecture
Baroque Style of Art & Architecture 1600-1750 Dramatic, emotional, theatrical Sensitivity to and absolute mastery of light Brought together classical ideals w/ spiritual feelings of 16th c. religious revival Paintings & sculptures in church contexts should speak to the illiterate rather than to the well-informed. Used by absolute monarchs to enchant & impress visitors
Most Exemplary Work
“Las Meninas” Diego Velazquez 1656
Honorable Mention
“The Ecstasy of St. Theresa of Avila” by Gianlorenzo Bernini 1647-52
Caravaggio, “Supper at Emmaus” (1601)
“Judith Slaying Holofornes” Artemisia Gentileschi (1614-20)
“Marie arrives at Marseilles” by Peter Paul Reubens 1622-25
“David” by Gianlorenzo Bernini 1623
French Classicism
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
“Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah” Claude Lorraine, 1648
“Portrait of Louis XIV” by Hyacinthe Rigaud 1701
“Appollo Attended by Nymphs” Francois Girardon & Thomas Regnaudin, 1666-1672