BAROQUE PAINTING

BAROQUE PAINTING

1. THE HEIGHT OF REALIST PAINTING- FEATURES COMMON:

   • the importance of colour over drawing
     • a focus on light: baroque artist used the chiaroscuro technique
       • realism
         • the search for movement in the compositions: use the techniques such as foreshortening, asymmetry, undulating lines and people in motion.

2. PAINTING IN CATHOLIC COUNTRIES

   • the italian school
     • baroque painting quickly developed in Italy
       • CARAVAGGIO
   • the french school
     • baroque painting was influenced by academic art
       • POUSSIN
       • LE NAIN
       • LA TOUR
   • the flemish school
     • baroque aesthetics
       • PAUL RUBENS

3. THE GOLDEN AGE OF DUTCH PAINTING

   • ARTIST
     • REMBRANT
     • HALS
     • VERMMER
   • FEATURES:
     • absence of decoration in churches
       • newly-formed bourgeoisie
         • painters started to address new subjects

4. THE GOLDEN AGE OF SPANISH PAINTING

   • FEATURES:
     • many notable artistic works emerged during 17th century
       • most works were religious but also included portraits, still lifes, scenes from every day life and mithological paintings
   • SPANISH ARTIST:
     • VELÁZQUEZ
       • master of light and areal perspective
         • great realism in his pictures
     • RIBERA
       • known as Lo Spagnoletto
         • his religious paintings and portraits reflect Caravaggio`s tenebrism
     • ZURBARAN
       • his work was influenced by Caravaggio`s tenebrism
         • famous for his religious paintings
     • MURILLO
       • he painted many religious scenes as " The Inmaculated Conception"
         • he represented reality in a tender and idealised light