Chapter 14: New Direction in Thought and Culture in the 16 th and 17 th Century Adapted from: Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
Baroque ► 1600 – ► Art historians use the term to “denote the style associated with 17 th century painting, sculpture, and architecture. ► From a Portuguese word “barocca”, meaning “a pearl of irregular shape.” ► Implies strangeness, irregularity, and extravagance. ► The more dramatic, the better!
Baroque Style of Art & Architecture ► Dramatic, emotional. ► Colors were brighter than bright; darks were darker than dark. ► Counter-Reformation art. ► Paintings & sculptures in church contexts should speak to the illiterate rather than to the well-informed. ► Ecclesiastical art --> appeal to emotions. ► Holland --> Real people portrayed as the primary subjects.
Famous Baroque Artists/Works Mi chelangelo Caravaggio ( ) Gian Lorenzo Bernini ( ) Peter Paul Rubens ( ) St. Peter’s Basilica (Rome) Palace at Versailles
St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Gialorenzo Bernini
Church of Santiago de Compostella, Spain
Church of Veltenberg Altar, Germany
“The Assumption of the Virgin Mary” Egid Quirim Asam,
Altar of Mercy, Germany, 1764
“St. Francis in Ecstasy” Caravaggio, 1595
“The Flagellation of Christ” by Caravaggio
“David and Goliath” by Caravaggio
“Salome with the Head of the Baptist” by Caravaggio
“The Cardsharps” Caravaggio, 1595
“The Dead Christ Mourned” Annibale Carracci, 1603
“The Virgin Appearing to St. Hyacinthe” Lodovico Carracci 1594
The Death of the Virgin, Caravaggio, 1606 Purchased by the Duke of Mantua at the request of Peter Paul Rubens
“The Elevation of the Cross” by Peter Paul Reubens “The Descent From the Cross” Peter Paul Rubens 1614
“A Bust of Louis XIV” Bernini
“Louis XIV” By Hyacinthe Rigauld
“A Bust of Cardinal Richelieu” By Bernini
The Return of the prodigal son By Rembrandt (1669)