Baroque
Art, Architecture, Music
What is the Baroque Period?
• An artistic, architectural, musical and
decorative style that first developed in the
early 1600’s.
• Most common in areas of strong Catholic
influence
– The Catholic Church continued to be a major
patron of the arts
– Council of Trent called for patronage of arts as
means to educate the illiterate population about
religion
Characteristics of Baroque Art and
Architecture
• Flamboyance and Extravagance
• Dramatic poses and gestures
• Artists attempt to evoke emotion
– Lots of severed heads for some reason...
Famous Baroque Artists
• Gian Lorenzo Bernini
– Italian sculptor and architect
• Carravagio
– Italian painter
• Peter Paul Rubens
– Flemish artist (Netherlands)
• Artemesia Gentileschi
– Female
– Italian painter
Bernini
Ecstasy of St. Teresa
Bernini
Apollo and Daphne
Carravagio
David and Goliath
Bacchus, 1597
Carravagio
Judith Beheading Holofernes, 1598
Carravagio
Medusa, 1590’s
The Deposition, 1604
Peter Paul Rubens
Prometheus Bound, 1611-12
The Fall of Man, 1628-29
Peter Paul Rubens
Massacre of the Innocents, 1611-12
Gentileschi
Judith Slaying Holofernes
Baroque Architecture
Baroque Architecture
Baroque Music
• Famous Composers
– Johann Sebastian Bach
– George Frederick Handel
– Antonio Vivaldi
• “Four Seasons”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRxofEmo3HA