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

4. Baroque 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.

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

7. Church of Santiago de Compostella, Spain

8. Church of Veltenberg Altar, Germany

9. “The Assumption of the Virgin Mary” Egid Quirim Asam, 1692-1750

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 Cardsharps” Caravaggio, 1595

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

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

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

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

20. “Las Meninas” Diego Velázquez 1656

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

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

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

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

25. “Battle of the Amazons” Peter Paul Reubens

26. “A Village Fête” Peter Paul Reubens

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

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

30. “Aristotle with a Bust of Homer” Rembrandt van Rijn

31. “The Jewish Bride” Rembrandt van Rijn, 1665-7

32. “Self-Portrait” Rembrandt van Rijn, 1660

33. “Young Woman with a Water Jug” Jan Vermeer

34. “The Milkmaid” Jan Vermeer 1658-60

35. “Girl with a Pearl Earring” Jan Vermeer 1665

36. “The Music Lesson” by Jan Vermeer

37. “The Geographer ” Jan Vermeer, 1668-69

38. “A View of Delft” Jan Vermeer, 1665

40. “A Bust of Louis XIV” by Bernini

41. “Louis XVI” Hyacinthe Rigauld

42. “A Bust of Cardinal Richelieu” by Bernini

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

45. Baroque Furniture

47. A Baroque Room