1. Baroque World

2. New Spirit 1600s Roman Catholic Church Counter-Reformation Baroque

3. French and Portuguese roots Affect all of Europe Cultural achievement –Music –Art –Architecture –Variety

4. General Characteristics Strong emotional statements Psychology of Exploration Invention of new and daring techniques

5. Baroque Examples

6. Visual Arts

7. Michelangelo Merisi, or Carravaggio (1573-1610) Controversial in own lifetime Drastically different style

8. Examples

9. The Calling of St. Matthew, 1597-1603

10. Detail

11. Artemisia Gentileschi 1597-1651 1612 – Tassi Trial Great renown in her own lifetime Dialog with artists of the day

12. Gentileschi, Judith and Holofernes, c.1620

13. Comparison

15. Sculpture and Architecture

16. Bernini, St. Teresa in Ecstasy, 1645-52

17. Detail

18. Baroque in France

19. Académie des Beaux Arts 1 st exhibition 1667 Standards and values Prizes offered

20. Nicolas Poussin C.1594-1665 Reject Caravaggio’s style Work was a protest Nostalgia in art

21. Poussin, Et in Arcadia Ego, c.1630

22. Comparison

23. Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743) Popular & respected Louis XIV, 1701 –Parody? –Extravagant lifestyle –Baroque ideal in France

24. Palace of Versailles Famous palace of the French kings Chief architects –Louis Le Vau –François d'Orbay Architecture with an agenda

25. Versailles

26. Sun King

27. Hall of Mirrors

28. Gardens

29. Spanish Baroque

30. El Greco 1541-1614 Domeniko Theotokopoulos Contrast in work

31. Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) Combines elements of French & Italian Baroque Subject matter is diverse

32. Velázquez, Las Meninas, 1656

33. Baroque Art in Northern Europe

34. Peter Paul Rubens 1577-1640 Universal painter Active Contented personal life

35. Rubens, Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus, c.1618

36. Vermeer (1632-1675) Art forgotten until 19 th century Inner depth of feeling prominent Details

37. A Lady Drinking and a Gentleman

38. Details

39. Rembrandt van Rijin 1606-1666 1642 – artistic turning point Famous for self portraits Biblical subjects at end of life

40. The Night Watchmen

41. Self Portraits

42. Music

43. Key Points Familiarity & wide appeal Pleasure for listener Flexibility of style

44. Opera Universal appeal Starts in Florence Conceived intellectually –Camerata Two women Male and female

45. Opera Universal appeal Starts in Florence Conceived intellectually –Camerata Two women Male and female

46. Euridice Earliest extant opera Jacopo Peri Performed at the wedding of Henry IV & Marie de Medici Based on a classical myth

47. Claudio Monteverdi 1567-1643 L’Orfero –1 st popular opera Sets the standard for later operas

48. Growth of the Opera Italy primary but will spread throughout Europe Melodrama & Sensation Lavish spectacles Arias, Oratorio, Sonata Aria Oratorio

49. Growth of the Opera Italy primary but will spread throughout Europe Melodrama & Sensation Lavish spectacles Arias, Oratorio, Sonata Aria Oratorio

50. George Frederick Handel 1685-1759 Messiah (1742)

51. Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750 Devout Lutheran Intellectual and spiritual Large quantity of music left behind Virtually unknown in his own lifetime

52. Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750 Devout Lutheran Intellectual and spiritual Large quantity of music left behind Virtually unknown in his own lifetime

53. Literature in the Baroque Period

54. Miguel de Cervantes 1547-1616 Don Quixote –1605 –First modern novel –Comic satire

55. King James Bible 1611 “Biblical Style” Hugely influential

56. Philosophy & Science in the Baroque Period

57. Galileo Galilee 1564-1642 Changed the world in 2 ways –Proved Copernicus right –Founder of modern physics

58. René Descartes 1596-1650 Father of Modern Philosophy Discourse on Methods (1637) Meditations (1641)

59. Thomas Hobbes 1588-1679 Different thinker Politics rather than philosophy Leviathan –Shocks everyone

60. John Locke 1632-1704 Paves way for Enlightenment “An Essay Concerning Human Understanding” –Blank slate