BAROQUE 17 TH CENTURY
WHERE DOES “BAROQUE” COME FROM? Pejorative word to define an exuberant and exaggerated art in contrast to Renaissance art and New Classicism. CHRONOLOGY Predominant art style during the 17 th century and part of the 18 th century COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF CATANIA, ITALY
DIFFERENCES WITH RENAISSANCE ART RENAISSANCE ART BAROQUE ART -BALANCE -IDEAL OF BEAUTY -SIMPLICITY -PROPORTIONS -STRAIGHT LINES -PREDOMINANCE OF DRAWING OVER COLOUR AND LIGHT -MOVEMENT -REALISM IN REPRESENTATIONS -COMPLEXITY -INTEREST IN SURPRISING THE AUDIENCE - CURVED LINES, CONCAVE AND CONVEX -PREDOMINANCE OF COLOUR AND LIGHT OVER DRAWING
BAROQUE ART was… A reflection of society ART OF ABSOLUTE MONARCHIES ART OF THE COUNTER-REFORMATION (CATHOLIC COUNTRIES) BOURGEOIS ART (PROTESTANT COUNTRIES)
ARCHITECTURE MAIN PURPOSE: CREATE SENSATION OF MOVEMENT IN BUILDINGS USE OF CURVED LINES SPIRALS ELLIPTIC AND OVAL FLOOR PLANS SOLOMONIC COLUMNS CONTRAST OF LIGHTS AND SHADOWS
SQUARE AND COLONNADE OF SAINT PETER OF THE VATICAN, GIANLORENZO BERNINI
SCHEME OF BERNINI´S COLONNADE
BERNINI´S COLONNADE
BALDACHIN OF SAINT PETER OF THE VATICAN, GIANLORENZO BERNINI
CHURCH OF SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE, FRANCESCO BORROMINI
DOME AND INTERIOR OF SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE´S CHURCH, FRANCESCO BORROMINI
VERSAILLES PALACE, LE VAU, MANSART AND LE NÔTRE
GARDENS OF VERSAILLES PALACE
HALL OF THE MIRRORS, VERSAILLES PALACE
LES INVALIDES CHURCH (PARIS), MANSART
SCULPTURE MAIN PURPOSES: REPRESENTING MOVEMENT, CAPTURING FLEETING MOMENTS, PROVOKING SURPRISE AND EMOTION TO THE AUDIENCE. MAIN FEATURES: USE OF CURVED LINES AND CLOTH FOLDS TO INTENSIFY THE SENSATION OF MOVEMENT.
APOLLO AND DAPHNE, GIANLORENZO BERNINI
ECSTASY OF SAINT THERESA, GIANLORENZO BERNINI
TOMB OF URBAN VIII, GIANLORENZO BERNINI
TOMB OF ALEXANDER VII, GIANLORENZO BERNINI
FONTANA DI TREVI, NICOLA SALVI
FOUNTAIN OF THE NEWT, BERNINI
FOUNTAIN OF THE FOUR RIVERS, BERNINI
PAINTING MAIN FEATURES -USE OF OIL PAINTING -PREDOMINANCE OF COLOUR AND LIGHT OVER DRAWING -CHIAROSCURO: CONTRASTS OF LIGHT AND SHADOW -REALISTIC REPRESENTATIONS -MOVEMENT -COMPLEX COMPOSITIONS (FORESHORTENED FIGURES, ASYMMETRY, CURVED LINES…) -INTEREST IN SHOCKING OR SURPRISING THE AUDIENCE
THE CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL ON THE WAY TO DAMASCUS, CARAVAGGIO
THE CRUCIFIXION OF SAINT PETER, CARAVAGGIO
THE ENTOMBMENT OF CHRIST, CARAVAGGIO
THE CALLING OF SAINT MATTHEW, CARAVAGGIO
DEATH OF THE VIRGIN, CARAVAGGIO
THE THREE GRACES, RUBENS
THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS, RUBENS
THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI, RUBENS
THE DUKE OF LERMA, RUBENS
HERCULES DRUNK, BEING LED AWAY BY A NYMPH, RUBENS
REMBRANDT, SELF-PORTRAITS 22 YEARS OLD WITH TWO CIRCLES 63 YEARS OLD More self-portraits:
ANATOMY LESSON OF DR. NICOLAES TULP, REMBRANDT
SYNDICS OF THE DRAPERS´ GUILD, REMBRANDT
THE SLAUGHTERED OX, REMBRANDT
THE NIGHT WATCH, REMBRANDT
THE LACEMAKER, VERMEER
GIRL READING A LETTER AT AN OPEN WINDOW, VERMEER
THE MILKMAID, VERMEER
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING, VERMEER
ALLEGORY OF THE ART OF PAINTING, VERMEER
THE GEOGRAPHER, VERMEER