BAROQUE

BAROQUE

1. ART

   • NEW AESTHETICS
     • Motion and complexity.
     • Shapes were created through light and color
     • Realism.
     • Drama and symbolism.
       • Theatrical backdrops.
   • REALIGOUS ART:
     • Propaganda.
       • Baroque artist had an effective means for the new Counter-Reformation spirit.
     • Churches were extravagantly decorated.
       • Divine objects surrounded by grandeur and splendour.
     • The represented the heaven.
   • FAMOUS AUTHORS:
     • Jan Vermeer.
       • Author of "The Little Street"
     • Jan Steen.
       • Author of "Adolf Croeser and His daughter Catharina"

2. ARCHITECTURE

   • FAMOUS AUTHORS:
     • Juan Gomez De Mora.
       • Main Square of Madrid.
     • Alonso Cano.
       • Inmaculate Conception.
     • Francisco Bautista.
       • Church of San Andres.
   • CHARACTERISTICS:
     • Sense of movement.
     • Effects of light and shade.
     • INSIDE: elaborately decorated columns
     • Impressive domes.

3. SCULPTURE:

   • CHARACTERISTICS:
     • Movement.
     • Naturalism.
     • FIGURES: they were capted in the middle of an action.
     • Curved lines and numerous folds.
       • Sculptures more dynamic.
     • MATERIALS: marble and bronze.
       • Religous and mythological scenes.
   • FAMOUS AUTHORS:
     • Churriguera brothers
       • San Esteban altarpiece.
     • Fernando Casas y Novoa.
       • Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.
     • Pedro de Rivera.
       • Toledo's bridge-