 The term “baroque” is derived from the Portuguese term
barocco which is translated as “irregularly shaped pearl.”
 This period roughly spanned from 1600 to 1750.
 This is the suitable description that Rome was the birthplace of the Baroque Period, which according to some historians was a response to Protestantism.
 Highly religious and emotional.
 Influenced by the Counter- Reformation because the Art is meant to help ordinary people connect with Catholic
Religion.

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Dramatic contrasts
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Energetic rhythms
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Instrumentation
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Repeated musical ideas
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Strong use of improvisation in both melodies, and the embellishments of those melodies.
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Most importantly - if you hear a harpsichord, it's almost always baroque.

Baroque composers
GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL
(1685-1759)
Composed oratorios and Hallelujah Chorus
ANTONIO VIVALDI
1678-1741
Composed The Four
Season (winter, autumn,spring,summer)

Baroque composers
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
1685-1750
Composed cantatas wrote Soli Deo gloria
( To the Glory of God)
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
1567-1643
Roman Catholic priest

BAROQUE ART
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There was a continuation of Classicism and naturalism of the
Renaissance.
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At the same time,a more colorful,ornate,painterly,and dynamic style was developing.
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Additional concerns were with the concept of time, the dramatic use of lights, and theatricality.

Baroque Characteristics:
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Undulating motion
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Convex and Concave
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Oval
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Sculptural
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Not segmented like
Renaissance

 Combination of architecture, paintings and sculpture.

ARCHITECTURE
St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome and it's expansion and renovation is a good example of Baroque architecture.

SCULPTURES
Main purpose: Representing movements,capturing fleeting moments, provoking surprise and emotions to the audience.
Main features: Use of curved lines and cloth folds to intensify the sensation of the movements.

Apollo and Daphne
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Ecstacy of Saint Theresa
Gian Lorenzo Bernini

FEATURES:
 Use of oil paintings
 Chiaruscuro: contrast of light and shadows
 Realistics representation
 movements
 Complex composition (figures, assymetry, curved lines....

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