2. Baroque Style of Art & Architecture ► 1600-1750 ► Dramatic, emotional. ► Colors were brighter than bright; darks were darker than dark. ► Brought together classical ideals w/ spiritual feelings of 16 th c. religious revival ► Used by absolute monarchs to enchant & impress visitors ► Counter-Reformation Art ► Paintings & sculptures in church contexts should speak to the illiterate rather than to the well- informed.

3. Caravaggio, “Supper at Emmaus” (1601)

4. “Judith Slaying Holofornes” Artemisia Gentileschi (1614-20 ) “Judith Slaying Holofornes” Artemisia Gentileschi (1614-20 )

5. “Las Meninas” Diego Velazquez 1656

6. “ Marie arrives at Marseilles” by Peter Paul Reubens 1622-25

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

8. “David” by Gianlorenzo Bernini 1623

9. French Classicism = French Baroque ► established as official artistic style of France by Royal Academy of Painting & Sculpture 1648 ► Committed to values of High Renaissance – clarity, simplicity, balance & harmony ► Continued Baroque’s conception of grandeur in portrayal of noble & classical subjects ► Used by Louis XIV as propaganda

10. “A Dance to the Music of Time” Nicholas Poussin, 1638

11. “Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah” Claude Lorraine, 1648

12. “Portrait of Louis XIV” by Hyacinthe Rigaud 1701

13. “Appollo Attended by Nymphs” Francois Girardon & Thomas Regnaudin, 1666-1672