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In its most typical manifestations, Baroque art is characterized by great drama, rich, deep colour, and intense light and dark shadows, but the classicism of French Baroque painters like Poussin and Dutch genre painters such as Vermeer are also covered by the term, at least in English.
17th-century French art is generally referred to as Baroque, but from the mid- to late 17th century, the style of French art shows a classical adherence to certain rules of proportion and sobriety uncharacteristic of the Baroque as it was practiced in most of the rest of Europe during the same period.
May 6, 2024 · Baroque art and architecture, the visual arts and construction in Western art that roughly coincide with the 17th century. Though stylistically complex, even contradictory, the qualities frequently associated with the Baroque are grandeur, sensuous richness, drama, vitality, movement, tension, and emotional exuberance.
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- The term Baroque probably derived from the Italian word barocco, which philosophers used during the Middle Ages to describe an obstacle in schemati...
- The work that distinguishes the Baroque period is stylistically complex and even contradictory. Currents of naturalism and Classicism, for example,...
- Three broad tendencies had an impact on Baroque art, the first of which was the Counter-Reformation. Contending with the spread of the Protestant R...
- Annibale Carracci and Caravaggio were the two Italian painters who helped usher in the Baroque and whose styles represent, respectively, the classi...
- The Rococo style originated in Paris about 1700 and was soon adopted throughout France and later in other countries, principally Germany and Austri...
- Caravaggio, The Calling of Saint Matthew, 1599–1600. The Calling of St. Matthew, which can still be found in Contarelli Chapel in Rome, remains one of Caravaggio‘s most famous paintings.
- Annibale Carracci, Domine, quo vadis? , 1602. Although his art became overshadowed by Caravaggio's overtime, Annibale Carracci was regarded as one of the leading Baroque painters in the 17th-century.
- Annibale Carracci, The Lamentation of Christ, c. 1604. The Lamentation of Christ is another example of Carracci's masterful painting compositions. Here, he depicts the lamentation of the dead body of Christ by the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, and two other women who may be Mary Cleophas and Mary Salome.
- Caravaggio, David with the Head of Goliath, 1609–1610. David with the Head of Goliath is a psychological masterpiece painted during a period when Caravaggio was exiled from Rome after murdering a man during a tennis match.
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Take a closer look at art during the Baroque period for its exaggerated movement, intricate shapes, and complex patterns. We'll take a look at Saint Peter's Square, architecturally inspired by ancient Greece and Rome, and get to know great Baroque painters like Caravaggio.
Nicolas Poussin (French: [nikɔlɑ pusɛ̃]; June 1594 – 19 November 1665) was the leading painter of the classical French Baroque style, although he spent most of his working life in Rome. Most of his works were on religious and mythological subjects painted for a small group of Italian and French collectors.
1765, from French baroque (15c.) "irregular," from Portuguese barroco "imperfect pearl," which is of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Spanish berruca "a wart." This style in decorations got the epithet of Barroque taste, derived from a word signifying pearls and teeth of unequal size.
