1. Bell Work: How is the Baroque style painting “Christ on the Cross” by Diego Velázquez, (1632) an example of the art of the Catholic Counter Reformation?

2. BUT Before Baroque…Mannerism

3. Baroque
Art &
Architecture

4. Baroque Catholic Counter-Reformation art.
1600 – From a Portuguese word “barocca”, meaning “a pearl of irregular shape.”
Implies strangeness, irregularity, and extravagance.
The more dramatic, the better!
Catholic Counter-Reformation art.

5. Characteristics Dramatic, emotional subjects
Colors were brighter than bright; darks were darker than dark.
Emphasized grandeur, ornamentation, and dramatic religiosity
Meant to “WOW” the masses into compliance with authority

6. Counter-Reformation
Church
Baroque
Art &
Architecture

7. St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Gialorenzo Bernini

8. “The Ecstasy of St. Theresa of Avila” by Gianlorenzo Bernini “Father of Baroque” 1647-52

9. Church of Santiago de Compostella Spain

10. Altar of Mercy, Germany, 1764

11. “St. Francis in Ecstasy” Caravaggio, 1595

12. “The Flagellation of Christ” by Caravaggio

13. “David and Goliath” by Caravaggio

14. “Salome with the Head of the Baptist” by Caravaggio

15. “The Virgin Appearing to St. Hyacinthe” Lodovico Carracci 1594

16. “The Elevation of the Cross” by Peter Paul Reubens 1610-11

17. “The Lamentation” by Peter Paul Reubens 1609-11

18. “Battle of the Amazons” Peter Paul Reubens

19. Baroque became the art symbolic of Absolutist Rule
Dramatic and emotional
Architecture was used to enhance a monarch’s image and awe their subjects
…and would evolve into …
ROCOCCO

21. A Baroque Room

22. Portraits of
Famous
Personalities
of the Times

23. “A Bust of Louis XIV” by Bernini

24. “A Bust of Cardinal Richelieu” by Bernini