Baroque Art
-In fine art, the term Baroque
(derived from the Portuguese 'barocco' meaning, 'irregular pearl or stone').
-Period that used exaggerated motion and clear.
-Easily interpreted of artistic style detail to produce
drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, architecture,
literature, dance, and music.
-Originating in Rome.
-During the period c.1590-1720.
-After the idealism of the Renaissance (c.1400-1530), and the
slightly 'forced' nature of Mannerism (c.1530-1600).
Painting
-Baroque signifies in painting is provided by
the series of paintings executed by Peter Paul Rubens for Marie de Medici at the Luxembourg Palace in Paris (now at the Louvre),
-Baroque style featured "exaggerated lighting, intense
emotions.
-Another frequently cited work of Baroque art is Bernini's Saint Theresa in Ecstasy for the Cornaro chapel in Saint Maria della Vittoria, which
brings together architecture, sculpture, and theatre into one grand conceit.
Pietro da Cortona’s
Divine Providence
Sculpture
-Often
had had multiple ideal viewing angles.
-The
characteristic Baroque sculpture added extra-sculptural elements, for example,
concealed lighting, or water fountains.
- Aleijadinho in Brazil was also one of the great
names of baroque sculpture.
-The
architecture, sculpture and fountains of Bernini (1598–1680) give highly charged
characteristics of Baroque style.
-He
approached Michelangelo in his omnicompetence: Bernini
sculpted, worked as an architect, painted, wrote plays, and staged spectacles.
-In
the late 20th century Bernini was most valued for his sculpture, both for his virtuosity
in carving marble and his ability to create figures that combine the physical
and the spiritual.
Madonna of the Steps
Stanislas Kostka
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