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Baroque Art note handout for power point
Arts and Humanities
NAME_________________________
1. Define Baroque by listing various characteristics :
Baroque
2. During the Baroque
there was change from church to _______________(slide 7)
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Exemplified by ____________________________
an insult -“grotesque”- applied to ____________ and ____________
Comes to mean:________. ________ _________ and drama in painting & sculpture
3. Name four causes and origins for the Baroque:
4. Compare:
Baroque
Renaissance
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5. Name 5 artists from the Baroque and the country they are from:
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A. Circle the artists in the core content
B. Name 2 themes of Baroque art ___________________; ________________
C. Define chiaroscuro: __________________________________
Rembrandt
Caravaggio
Rubens
Bernini
Major
Artists
Baroque
Art
sensual
Chiascuro:
Contrast
between
light and
dark
Style
Encourage
Faith
Themes
"Catholic Art
Capture
action and
emotion
7. How does Bernini’s David compare to Donatella’s and Michelangelo’s?
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8. List 3 characteristics of Caravaggio:
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9. Name 3 art works of Caravaggio:
10. How are the characteristics of Baroque art exemplified in Caravaggio’s Supper at Emmaus?
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Supper at Emmaus, c.1601
11. How does early Rembrandt compare to late Rembrandt?
Early
Late
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Clavichord
Organ
12. What gives the harpsichord its sharp incisive sound? __________________
13. Name one of the oldest keyboard instruments that have a very soft sound?
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14. List seven Innovations of Baroque Music:
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15. List three innovation of the Baroque orchestra:
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16. Define: Fugue: __________________________________________________
Sonata: ____________________________________________________________________
Concerto: ___________________________________________________________________
Suite: ______________________________________________________________________
17 List five facts about each composer:
Antonio Vivaldi
George Frederick Handel
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J.S. Bach