THE BAROQUE Historical Background Welcome to “History through Art”. Today we’ll be looking at the history‚ culture and art of the Baroque‚ a period of turbulence that began about 1545. It was a time when the Renaissance celebration of all humanity switched its focus to the rich‚ self-centered privileged class who could afford to sponsor artists to immortalize their opulent life-style. The wealthy also were patrons to artists who depicted both religious and secular scenes with great motion
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Baroque Music Characteristics * Baroque Music - 1600-1750 * The invention of several forms of music came about in the 17th century i.e. opera‚ sonata‚ concerto‚ suite‚ fugue‚ oratorio * Use of improvisation increased during this era‚ although it was an important change to instrumental musical it also caused problems when musicians attempted to full understand and perform Baroque music precisely * Unity of mood – baroque music is unique for its principle of mood throughout
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The baroque art was a type of painting that was very beautiful and at the same time it make to look the work or piece of art very amazing‚ this was because it was particularly from this type of art that it show a lot of drama‚ emotionalism and also a very clear image of what you were trying to show‚ this method make you lose in the art piece because of the realism in which it is. This type of art was also a type of architecture that was also very beautiful and with a lot of details‚ that it makes
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Baroque music From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia • Ten things you may not know about Wikipedia •Jump to: navigation‚ search History of European art music Early Medieval (500 – 1400) Renaissance (1400 – 1600) Common practice Baroque (1600 – 1760) Classical (1730 – 1820) Romantic (1815 – 1910) Modern and contemporary 20th century classical (1900 – 2000) Contemporary classical (1975 – present) Baroque music describes an era and a set of styles of European classical music
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matter unrelated to religion. Baroque: exaggerated motion and clear‚ easily interpreted detail to produce drama‚ tension‚ exuberance‚ and grandeur In Baroque sculpture‚ groups of figures assumed new importance‚ and there was a dynamic movement and energy of human forms— they spiralled around an empty central vortex‚ or reached outwards into the surrounding space. In this essay I intend on studying and making a comparison between 4 art works in total; 2 Baroque pieces and 2 pieces that belong
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The Baroque – Part 3 Handel‚ unlike many other musicians during the Baroque period‚ was not born into a musical family. His parents actually had the wish for him to become a lawyer. Handel becoming a musician means that he had defied his family. Being a musician then as well as in any time-period posed as a profession which was insecure. This would be unless one could find an impressive position in the court or at church. Handel uses choral music to express a conflict through word-painting and
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The word baroque is derived from the Portuguese word `barocco’‚ meaning irregular pearl. Until nineteenth century the word baroque was used mostly as a fancy synonym for `absurd’ and `grotesque’. The characteristic feature of this style is energy‚ lack of harmony‚ attraction for the ornate and an explosive elaboration‚ which almost conceals the underlining order or pattern. M. H Abrams in‚ `Glossary of Literary Terms’ defines baroque as a ."..term applied by the art historians to a style of architecture
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Abstract Baroque music is considered both lively and tuneful and believed to express order. Derived from the Italian word barocco‚ meaning bizarre we now translate to English the style of music we call Baroque. Today the term Baroque has come to represent a clearly defined type of Music that originated around the 1600’s‚ coming full circle between the year 1700 to 1750. Typical of the baroque musicians active in Rome during this period was the popular Composer and violinist
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Baroque period started at the beginning of the seventeen century in Rome and Italy‚ and according to wikipedia.org the Roman Catholic Church was encouraging the Baroque style and decided that art should reflect and communicate religious themes‚ the baroque era exemplified by drama and grandeur in paintings‚ music‚ sculptures. Baroque paintings had a large amount of details often bright polychromy‚ less realistic faces of their characters and the paintings had a mixture of wonder and dread. In this
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Anastasia Gvozdeva‚ 411164 History of Arts and Culture‚ 15.09.2014 Analysis 2‚ Baroque‚ Johannes Vermeer‚ The Astronomer‚ Musée du Louvre‚ Paris‚ c. 1668 Ordinary life of a Dutch scientist The Astronomer is a famous artwork made by Johannes Vermeer in 1668. It is painted on canvas with size of 40x50 cm and situated now in Louvre‚ Paris. It was made together with The Geographer‚ another work with a scientist as a main protagonist. These two works are special for the master’s oeuvre because usually
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