Comparison of Baroque and Rococo Styles
HUM – 121
March 5, 2012
Comparison of Baroque and Rococo styles
Introduction
Premises and characteristics of Baroque
Caravaggio's Amor Victorious
Emergence of Rococo
Boucher's Nude on a Sofa
Comparison of Baroque and Rococo styles
Bibliography
There have been different artistic peaks throughout the history of humanity influenced by specific social, political or religious situations of the time. Those peaks shaped by certain styles had an important impact on art as we know it today. One of the most recognized styles of art of seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Europe were Baroque and Rococo styles. Although these styles have a lot in common and sometimes it isn't easy to tell where one of them begins and the other ends, they have also differentiate one from another. It is important to take a closer look at time atmosphere that each of those styles coming from to be able to compare and contrast the Baroque and Rococo styles.
Baroque style emerges between late sixteenth and early seventeenth century in Italy as an attempt to replace the complex and formal Mannerism style of art. At that time the Counter-Reformation was formed as an answer to devastation that Reformation was causing among the Roman Catholic religion. Rome was then a strong influential force and the most important center of patronage in Italy. One of the strongest tools of Counter-Reformation in church's hands was art. Realizing the beauty, and dynamics of Baroque and its power, religious leaders encouraged and patronized this emerging new style. The idea of changing art and making it as realistic as possible was welcomed. Church patrons required that sculpture and paintings which were created for religious institutions would be easily understood by the uneducated common people. That change should have served an purpose of drawing people back to Church. Many of
March 5, 2012
Comparison of Baroque and Rococo styles
Introduction
Premises and characteristics of Baroque
Caravaggio's Amor Victorious
Emergence of Rococo
Boucher's Nude on a Sofa
Comparison of Baroque and Rococo styles
Bibliography
There have been different artistic peaks throughout the history of humanity influenced by specific social, political or religious situations of the time. Those peaks shaped by certain styles had an important impact on art as we know it today. One of the most recognized styles of art of seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Europe were Baroque and Rococo styles. Although these styles have a lot in common and sometimes it isn't easy to tell where one of them begins and the other ends, they have also differentiate one from another. It is important to take a closer look at time atmosphere that each of those styles coming from to be able to compare and contrast the Baroque and Rococo styles.
Baroque style emerges between late sixteenth and early seventeenth century in Italy as an attempt to replace the complex and formal Mannerism style of art. At that time the Counter-Reformation was formed as an answer to devastation that Reformation was causing among the Roman Catholic religion. Rome was then a strong influential force and the most important center of patronage in Italy. One of the strongest tools of Counter-Reformation in church's hands was art. Realizing the beauty, and dynamics of Baroque and its power, religious leaders encouraged and patronized this emerging new style. The idea of changing art and making it as realistic as possible was welcomed. Church patrons required that sculpture and paintings which were created for religious institutions would be easily understood by the uneducated common people. That change should have served an purpose of drawing people back to Church. Many of
Bibliography: "History of Art: Baroque and Rococo." History of Art. Web. 06 Mar. 2012. . Baur , Eva, and Walther Ingo. Rococo. Taschen, January 1, 2007. Matthews, Roy, and DeWitt Platt. The Western Humanities. Lisa Moore, 2007. "Baroque 1600 – 1700." Online Art Classes. Web. 06 Mar. 2012. .