BAROQUE

BAROQUE

1. Riginating in Rome, which flowered during the period c.1590-1720

   • Baroque art above all reflected the religious tensions of the age

2. Catholic-inspired Baroque art tended to be large-scale works of public art

   • Catholic dogma
   • huge frescoes
   • monumental wall-paintings

3. Styles

   • New techniques of tenebrism and chiaroscuro were developed to enhance atmosphere
   • Brushwork is creamy and broad, often resulting in thick impasto
     • .Baroque architecture was designed to create spectacle and illusion
     • produce spectacular effects of light and shade
   • exploited the theatrical potential of the urban landscape

4. Artists

   • Gian Lorenzo Bernini
     • one of the greatest Baroque architects
     • Sculpture, painting, architecture
       • Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, 1651
   • .John Ruskin (1819-1900),
     • theatricality and melodrama
       • Christ Church, Oxford by John Ruskin (1819-1900). Watercolor.
   • Federico Barocci
     • His work was highly esteemed and influential
       • Madonna del Popolo, 1579
       • PERSONAL OPINION: There are a lot of beautiful compelling pictures of religion. I personally love history and the ideas. I really enjoy the passionately about subjects like this. One of the things I love about the Baroque period of art is that it's the first major period where the focal point of the work is not necessarily in the center of the piece.

5. There are at least three different strands of Baroque

   • Greater Realism
   • Religious Grandeur
   • Greater Realism

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