BAROQUE ART

BAROQUE ART

The baroque features

Religious propaganda

Art serving power

Artistic and cultural movement. (17th – 18th)

Aesthetic values base on:

Motion and complexity: curve and convex shapes

Shapes created through light and color

Preference for realism, emotion and move

Drama and symbolism

The art of the absolute monarchs

Monumental architecture: Elegant palaces as symbol of royal power.

Depictions of the magnificence and absolute power of the monarchs.

In the Protestant Europe art served the rich bourgeoisie

Merchants began commissioning works of art.

Works of art reflected every day life: portraits, domestic settings…

Historical context of Counter-Reformation

CATHOLIC CHURCH

PROTESTANTS

Reinforce their traditions:

Depiction of miracles

Mystic ecstasy

Martyrs

Churches extravagantly decorated

Don`t venerate icons

Don’t accept all the sacraments

don’t accept the role of Saint Mary as a mother of God.