2. More Art Awesome…I mean really

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

4. Baroque Style of 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. ► Very Ornate in design

5. El Greco

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

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

11. Bernini

12. Church of Santiago de Compostella, Spain

13. Church of Veltenberg Altar, Germany

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

15. Altar of Mercy, Germany, 1764

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

17. “The Flagellation of Christ” by Caravaggio

18. “David and Goliath” by Caravaggio

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

20. Caravaggio: The Sacrifice of Isaac (1598-99)

21. “The Cardsharps” Caravaggio, 1595

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

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

24. Rembrandt: The Blinding of Samson (1636)

25. Rembrandt: The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp (1632)

26. Rembrandt: The Night Watch (1642)

27. Rembrandt: The Cloth Masters

28. Christ on a storm in Galilee

30. Rembrandt: Portrait at age 23

32. Van Dyck: Portrait of Charles I (1630)

34. Van Dyke: The Assumption of the Virgin (1621)

36. “Joseph’s Bloody Coat Brought to Jacob” Diego Velazquez, 1630

37. “Christ on the Cross” Diego Velazquez, 1632

38. “The Maids of Honor” Diego Velázquez 1656

39. “St. Francis in Meditation” Francisco de Zurbaran

40. “St. Bonaventure on His Deathbed” Francisco de Zurbaran, 1629

41. Gentilischi: Judith and her servant Slaying Holofernes (1612-21)

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

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

45. “Battle of the Amazons” Peter Paul Reubens

46. “A Village Fete” Peter Paul Reubens

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

49. “A Bust of Louis XIV” by Bernini

50. “Louis XVI” Hyacinthe Rigauld

51. “A Bust of Cardinal Richelieu” by Bernini

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

54. Baroque Furniture

56. A Baroque Room

57. Christopher Wren

59. Music Bach Handel