Baroque Art
1600-1750
Baroque Art
A combination of religious, political and intellectual developments and ideas
Strays from purely religious subjects New role of science
CaravaggioItalian Painter
Late Renaissance/ Early BaroqueRealism= Naturalism Sacred objects depicted in contemporary low life Dramatic lighting influence Baroque school of painting
Chiaroscuro= Tenebrismshift from light to dark with little in between
The Calling of St. Matthew
St. Thomas Believes
The Lute Player
RembrandtDutch Painter & Etcher Specializes in portraits of his contemporaries, self portraits & images from the Bible Taught many important Dutch painter
Rembrandt 3 Self-Portraits
Tenebrism/Chiaroscuro & Deep Background Shadows
Biblical Illustrations 1. The Archangel Leaving Tobias 2. The Risen Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen 3. Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee
Portraits of Friends & Contemporaries 1. Jan Six- Wealthy Friend of Rembrandt 2. Artemis 3. Portrait of an old man with a helmet
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Characteristics of Baroque Sculpture: -Movement, Twisting Bodies -Artists Freed the Figure from the marble -Emotion is Evident
1. Apollo & Daphne 2. David
Bernini -Italian Sculptor -Contemporary of MichaelangeloBerninis Damned Soul
1. St. Peters Throne in St. Peters Basilica, Vatican City 2. The Rape of Proserpina 3. Canopy over the altar of St. Peters Basilica, Vatican City
