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This paper examines three masterpieces of Baroque art: Christophre Wren's St. Paul's in London, Inigo Jones's "Queen's House" and Anthony Van Dyck's portrait of Charles I. Characteristics of Baroque art.

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The term Baroque is not one that tends to appeal to most art-lovers in the st century even though many people familiar with contemporary art might in fact have some difficulties in defining exactly what constitutes the Baroque style We just know that it's overly elaborate and impossibly found of the curve and the swirl But while we might well be justified in decrying the art of the Baroque as overly formal impossibly fussy and entirely inauthentic for our own tastes we must also remember the art of every

Tags:English Baroque, art, Architecture, Wren, Jones, Van Dyck

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This paper explores the two major modes of Baroque art, which are allied respectively with the Catholic and Protestant churches. It defines the art of this period as having a general sense of vitality and an emphasis on creating the illusion of movement. The paper explores the Baroque painting, sculpture and architecture, including the works of Rembrandt, Velasquez and Bernini.

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"Unless we are scholars of art history we may have a somewhat distorted view of what constitutes Baroque art, for the term is often used in common parlance to mean any artistic or decorative object that is overly ornate and adorned with as many fripperies as it can hold. However, the term has actually a very precise definition, which this paper takes up as it explores the two major modes of Baroque art, which were allied respectively with the Catholic and Protestant churches."

Tags:rembrandt, brugge, catholic, protestant, velasquez, bernini

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This paper discusses the Baroque style of art that came about following the Renaissance period. The paper examines the artistic styles that made this period so unique. The paper introduces one of the most talented and gifted painters in Italy during this time, Michelangelo de Meris, also known as Caravaggio. The paper describes one of his most famous paintings, "The Madonna of Loreto" that reveals the true nature of the Baroque period. The paper also discusses the brilliant Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens who shared with his counterparts in Italy the desire to develop and spread the Baroque style.
Outline
Introduction
Caravaggio
The Madonna of Loreto
Peter Paul Rubens
The Journey of Marie de Medici
Helen Fourment and Her Children

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"The artistic period known as the Renaissance continued without any sharp stylistic changes well into the 17th and 18th centuries; however, the art of this later period is often called Baroque, although there is no single Baroque style or set of stylistic ideals. Yet within the last one hundred years or so, Baroque has taken on the overall designation for the art of the period from circa 1600 to 1750. More recently, scholars have come to understand that Baroque styles were very different from those linked to the Renaissance. For example, during the Renaissance, art tended to be rather static, but during the Baroque, art became very dynamic and encompassed passion, opulence, a taste for the theatrical and introduced the virtuoso, being an artist that stood out from his contemporaries as a truly gifted genius."

Tags:michelangelo, meris, madonna, loreto, marie, medici, helen, fourment

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The paper discusses how the Baroque style dominated art and architecture throughout Europe in the 1600s. The paper defines this style as having a dramatic use of light. The paper compares the works of Caravaggio and Rubens and concludes that while both painters have succeeded--in the Baroque style--at depicting a portion of the passion of Christ, they have differences. Caravaggio is more firmly planted in the style of his time, evoking strong emotion with relatively simple, if dramatic, depictions whilst Rubens decorates the scene more than transporting the viewer into the emotion of the event depicted.

Contents:
Introduction
Caravaggio and Rubens
Conclusion

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"The Baroque style dominated art and architecture throughout Europe in the 1600s, lasting in some places until about 1750 (Encarta, database online). The origin of the word is not certain. Some believe it was derived from the Portuguese word barocco or the Spanish word barueco, a word that referred to an irregularly shaped pearl (Encarta database online.) It should be remembered that pearls, baroque or otherwise, were only brought to Europe during the age of exploration, which slightly preceded what came to be called the baroque period of art. Baroque--or irregularly shaped--pearls would have been looked upon as doubly exotic and very dramatic, so it is not difficult to imagine the term being applied to art that was increasingly dramatic, even if the subject matter was not; the baroque painters had an affinity for Biblical subjects."

Tags:Caravaggio, Rubens, light, paintings

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The paper analyzes the evolution of baroque art into the Rococo style of the 18th century. The paper examines the Baroque works of Annabale Carracci and Caravaggio and contrasts them to the work of Rococo artist Antoine Watteau. The paper shows how art evolved into a style that reflected government and new political ideologies in the Age of Diversity.

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"The Rococo period as logically been constructed through the humanism and classical values instilled within the Baroque period. The rococo period in Europe reflects the ideological aims of visual art, which became manifest during the time of Voltaire, Rousseau and the American Revolution. Although the American visual arts did not reflect the extravagance of the monarchical pomp of the French courts, it is clear that Rousseau and Voltaire were struggling for a new type of liberation in within what might be called "the Age of Diversity". To truly understand the innovations in style for the Rococo period, one must evaluate the reasons why this form of visual design became realized in the 18th century. Certainly, the Baroque period was a continuation of the logic and reasoning that was instilled in the Age of Enlightenment--via classical design and visual art representations. In this manner, the Baroque period must be compared and contrasted with Rococo art to realize the impact of the highly stylized visual arts that emerged within the 18th century."

Tags:ideology, politics, Age, of, Diversity, pomp, style, monarchy

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Renaissance and Baroque are no doubt the Golden Age in the history of humankind. The quantity of prominent figures in the both periods is innumerable. It is impossible to analyze even the minute part of their works in one short research. This research takes into consideration the major aspects of musical culture of the specified ages and focuses on finding differences between the two ages.
A) Introduction: Renaissance and Baroque
B) General Discussion
1) The Historical Background and Key Features of Renaissance
2) Baroque Age and its Characteristic Trends
3) Comparison of the Periods
4) The Great Composers of the Two Ages
C) Conclusion

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"The art historian Giorgio Vasari first used the term "Renaissance" in 1550. He used the word rinascita (Italian for rebirth) to describe the return of the ancient Roman manner of painting in the works of Giotto di Bondone. The word Renaissance acquired a wider meaning in the eighteenth century when Voltaire characterized the period between fourteenth and sixteenth centuries in Italy as the great age of human cultural achievement. In the nineteenth century, Jules Michelet and Jakob Burckhardt distinguished the era of Renaissance as a prominent historical period, which gave birth to the modern age. Everything started with the interest to antique culture of ancient Greece and Rome: imperishable beauty of ancient statues appeared before the eyes of the man after archeological digs, undertaken on the territory of Eternal city. The word "Renaissance" has to be understood in a wider meaning. It does not only describe the return of ancient culture, but it also symbolizes the unprecedented ascension of the literature, painting and architecture, as the golden age of human genius. Neither of the epochs produced such a great quantity of prominent figures in every sphere of culture. There are still no more notorious and respected painters, than Leonardo da Vinci, Rafael, Michelangelo. Fine arts depict the ideals of Renaissance most brilliantly. "

Tags:composers, Michelet, Burckhardt, Gendel, music

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This paper examines how the Baroque period was an age of allegory and how from palaces to pictures, works of art told a story or imparted a message. Popular themes included the life of man or themes that showed humanity's place in a still divinely-ordered cosmos. The paper provides a tour of Baroque art and architecture by looking at such exhibits as the French palace of Versailles, the throne of St. Peter at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, the paintings "Annunciation" by Giovanni Lanfranco, "Las Meninas" by Diego Velazquez and the sculpture "Vanitas" by Pieter Claesz. Pictures of the works are also provided.

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"An excellent place to being our tour of the Baroque is with the French palace of Versailles. Built by Louis XIV over a period of nearly fifty years in the latter part of the Seventeenth Century and the Early Eighteenth, it is a model in stone and brick of the ideals of the Baroque age. [Pretend there is a model of Versailles] The palace, or chateau as it is called in French, was meant as a visible symbol of the king's place at the junction of the human and divine realms. A world in microcosm, it showed the king at the apex of human society while at the same time representing him in natural and transcendent terms. The king is the "sun king," and like the sun, he is the center of the solar system - a new idea in the Baroque, and an example of the influence scientific discovery was beginning to have on European civilization. The sun is represented symbolically throughout the palace, and the state apartments are arranged in a series that is named after the planets. "

Tags:Versailles, St., Peter's, Basilica, Vanitas, Las, Meninas, Annunciation

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This essay discusses the differences between the Baroque period and the artistic periods that directly followed it, namely Rococo and Neoclassicism. The essay outlines the changing landscape of the eighteenth century in Europe's political and social systems. Though many art historians view artistic creations of the eighteenth century in Europe as an extension of the Baroque, this essay argues that the art following the Baroque reflects the social changes in Europe and show distinct differences from the Baroque style. The essay argues that these changes are exemplified in how European artists portrayed everyday life in their paintings to include genre paintings.

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"As a genre painter, David specialized in depicting scenes and figures from the ancient past, especially Greek and Roman classical iconography. In his Oath of the Horatti (1784), David selected a story from Republican Rome in which three brothers swear their allegiance to win or die for Rome and its ideals. Much like the social messages found in some Rococo paintings, this too has a deep message, one which the pre-Revolutionary French middle classes readily identified."

Tags:genre painting, social change, baroque art

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This paper explores various works of art of the Baroque era, which falls into several different categories as the aesthetics of the period developed, a link between the Renaissance revival of classicism and the freer styles of the Romantic era. The Baroque extended from early in the seventeenth century to the middle of the eighteenth century. The style is seen as dramatic, often with a strained effect and bold ornamentation. Different styles can be discerned within the Baroque, several of which are discussed below with reference to works in that style, with the three major types being Catholic, Protestant, and Academic art.

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"The art of the Baroque era falls into several different categories as the aesthetics of the period developed, a link between the Renaissance revival of classicism and the freer styles of the Romantic era. The Baroque extended from early in the seventeenth century to the middle of the eighteenth century. The style is seen as dramatic, often with a strained effect and bold ornamentation. Different styles can be discerned within the Baroque, several of which are discussed below with reference to works in that style, with the three major types being Catholic, Protestant, and Academic art. First is Dutch art of the Protestant Reformation, best represented in the ..."

Tags:Romantic, era, Renaissance, classicism, Dutch

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This paper looks at two different styles of art, Baroque and Rococo, and discusses the works of famous artists of both types of art. The paper discusses the similarities and differences in the styles and techniques of Baroque artists, Caravaggio and Annibale Carracci, and Rococo artists, Watteau and William Hogarth.

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"As mentioned before, Annibale Carracci was among the monst influential painters of the Baroque period. Contrary to Carravaggio, he was inclined to use clear, pale colors, as a mean to achieve the elegance and grace that were desired by the commissioners. Influenced by Raphael's Stanzas in the Vatican, Carracci also predicted a return to the fresco style of painting and revealed this in the decoration of the Farnese Gallery in Rome. Carracci formed himself as a painter together with his brother Agostino and his cousin Lodovico at the latter's studio, but it was soon clear that Annibale was the more talented of the three. He was called to Rome in 1595 by Cardinal Odoardo Farnese to paint what was to be his masterpiece: the decoration of the Farnese Gallery, in the Farnese Palace."

Tags:catholic, church, counter-reformation, richly, decorated, statues, sculptures, paintings