BAROQUE PAINTING

BAROQUE PAINTING

1. THE HEIGHT OF REALISTIC PAINTING

   • The importance of color over drawing
   • A focus on light
   • Realism
   • The search for movement in the compositions

2. PAINTING IN CATHOLIC COUNTRIES

   • The Church, monarchy and nobility continued to be the biggest purchases of art. As a result, religious, mythological and royal subjects predominated.

3. THE ITALIAN SCHOOL

   • Baroque painting quickly developed in Italy. The leading naturalist painter was Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. He is the father of TENEBRISM, a style characterized by an abrupt contrast between dark backgrounds and sources of light. Another movement included landscape paintings.

4. THE FRENCH SCHOOL

   • French painting was influenced by academic art. In the work of Nicolas Poussin, his scenes followed strict rules of composition and drawing.

5. THE FLEMISH SCHOOL

   • The work of Peter Paul Rubens, the main exponent of Flemish painting, exemplifies the main characteristics of Baroque aesthetics, such as the predominance of color over drawing, movement and sensuality.

6. Examples of Spanish painters

   • Diego Velázquez
     • LAS MENINAS
   • Murillo
     • TWO WOMEN AT A WINDOW

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