The Baroque Period: Age Of Absolutism
The Baroque period (1600-1750), also known as the “age of absolutism”, was when the Western World as we know it today began to take shape. The humanistic attitudes of the Renaissance period, such as the emphasizing of matters regarding humankind, nonreligious knowledge, and the significance of the individual, overlapped the Baroque era, carrying its concerns with it. Consequently, the Baroque era turned out to be a period of extremes; a time of tense, dramatic, and exuberant arts, unjust rulers, and issues concerning religion. But not every aspect of the Baroque era was unpleasant. The baroque style flourished during this age, and included brilliant composers like George Frideric Handel and Johann Sabastian Bach. Some characters of baroque music include rhythm, melody, and texture. However, the most enthralling are dynamics. This is because the alternation between
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According to History.com, “The Thirty Years’ War (1618-48) began when Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II of Bohemia attempted to curtail the religious activities of his subjects, sparking rebellion among Protestants.” Prior to the war, Western European Christians were united under the Roman Catholic Church for more than a thousand years, until the mid-1500s which led to religious protests and separation between the Catholics and Protestants. By the 1600s the continent was at war. Monarchs and princes of the Catholic Church attempted to stretch their powers, and began to use art as propaganda to actively encourage their supremacy, while their subjects thought about personal rights and the importance of the people having a voice in politics. They even went as far to demand art that accurately depicted the ordinary lives of citizens. Now, these occurrences didn’t go from calm to extreme, but it indistinctly seems that way. Similar to terrace dynamics; where the volume shifts abruptly from soft to loud. I would even say that these events built up like
According to History.com, “The Thirty Years’ War (1618-48) began when Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II of Bohemia attempted to curtail the religious activities of his subjects, sparking rebellion among Protestants.” Prior to the war, Western European Christians were united under the Roman Catholic Church for more than a thousand years, until the mid-1500s which led to religious protests and separation between the Catholics and Protestants. By the 1600s the continent was at war. Monarchs and princes of the Catholic Church attempted to stretch their powers, and began to use art as propaganda to actively encourage their supremacy, while their subjects thought about personal rights and the importance of the people having a voice in politics. They even went as far to demand art that accurately depicted the ordinary lives of citizens. Now, these occurrences didn’t go from calm to extreme, but it indistinctly seems that way. Similar to terrace dynamics; where the volume shifts abruptly from soft to loud. I would even say that these events built up like