1. Adapted form Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
Baroque
Art &
Architecture
Adapted form Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

2. Baroque
1600 – 1750.
From a Portuguese word “barocca”, meaning “a pearl of irregular shape.”
Implies strangeness, irregularity, and extravagance.
The more dramatic, the better!

3. Baroque Style of Art & Architecture
Ornate/flowery
Dramatic/emotional
Movement
Chiaroscuro (to the extreme)
Bright colors/contrast of light/dark
Religious subjects meant to instruct (Counter-Reformation)
Protestant North-focus on real people, everyday life, still lifes, landscapes

4. Counter-Reformation
Church
Art &
Architecture

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

6. Church of Santiago de Compostella, Spain

7. Compare to Protestant ReformationChurches/ Interiors

8. Church of Veltenberg Altar, Germany

9. Altar of Mercy, Germany, 1764

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

11. “David and Goliath” by Caravaggio

12. “The Cardsharps” Caravaggio, 1595

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

14. “Joseph’s Bloody Coat Brought to Jacob” Diego Velázquez, 1630

15. “Christ on the Cross” Diego Velázquez, 1632

16. “Las Meninas” Diego Velázquez 1656

17. “St. Francis in Meditation” Francisco de Zurbarán

18. “St. Bonaventure on His Deathbed” Francisco de Zurbarán, 1629

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

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

21. “Battle of the Amazons” Peter Paul Reubens

22. “A Village Fête” Peter Paul Reubens

23. “The Garden of Love” Peter Paul Reubens, 1630-32

24. “The Ecstasy of St. Theresa of Avila” by Gianlorenzo Bernini 1647-52

25. Portraits of
Famous
Personalities
of the Times

26. “A Bust of Louis XIV” by Bernini

27. “Louis XVI” Hyacinthe Rigauld

28. “A Bust of Cardinal Richelieu” by Bernini

29. “Cardinal Richelieu” Philippe de Champaigne [1602-1674]

30. Baroque
Homes

31. Baroque Furniture

32. A Baroque Room

33. Louis XIV’s Versailles

34. Charles I’s Banqueting Hall Painted by Peter Paul Rubens

35. “The Flagellation of Christ” by Caravaggio

36. “The Dead Christ Mourned” Annibale Carracci, 1603

37. Gian Lorenzo Bernini, David, marble, 1623-24