The Baroque Era is an age of artistic achievements during the 17th and 18th century that is mainly characterized by the expressive and exaggerated use of motion‚ vibrant color‚ bold ornamentation‚ and intense contrast of light and darkness in a piece of work. Regard of one of the most known personality of this time‚ Gian Lorenzo Bernini dominated the art world with his sculptures. One of them‚ titled David‚ is a marble statue in the Baroque style that is executed during 1623. Made for Cardinal Scipione
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significant difference between the Archaic Greek sculptures and the Classical Greek sculptures is the poses held by the statues. The Archaic sculptures poses were strictly frontal; their one leg was usually advanced whilst the other leg was drawn behind. Both sides of the body were symmetrical. They also wore the Archaic smile which‚ one may assume was used as a way of making the statuses appear far more humanlike Contrary‚ the Classical sculptures also had a four square shape yet their standing figures
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The Baroque Art Style The era known as the Baroque period includes the seventeenth and most of the eighteenth centuries in Europe. The Baroque style was a style in which the art and artists of the time focused upon details and intricate designs. Their art often appeals to the mind by way of the heart. During this time the portraits began to portray modern life‚ and artists turned their backs on classical tradition. Much of the art shows great energy and feeling‚ and a dramatic use of light
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believe‚ exactly how it was with the Baroque Era of Music. When Was the Baroque Era? The official company line on when the Baroque Era started‚ which you will find in every book‚ encyclopedia‚ or bubble-gum wrapper on the subject‚ was the year 1600. The event which earned 1600 this enviable distinction‚ as far as I can tell‚ was the simple fact that it has two zeros stuck on the end of it‚ thus making it fairly easy to remember. In contrast‚ the end of the Baroque Era was definitively set by Johann
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culture generated a new artistic style‚ known as “The Baroque”. The term literally means "irregular pearl" and is use to describe the vibrant and wild artistic creativity of the seventeenth century. The newly created Baroque style grew out of the Catholic “Counter-Reformation”. Later on as the style spread to northern Europe‚ it became popular at royal places that use this new style as a symbol freshly emerging monarchies. As the book explains‚ Baroque style exhibits a combination of power‚ massiveness
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The word ‘baroque’‚ originating from the Italian ‘barroco’‚ means ‘pearl of irregular shape’ or ‘bizarre’. Though this holds some seemingly negative connotations‚ its usage was to describe the highly-decorated style of 17th and 18th century Western European architecture‚ and the heavily ornamented style of music that came out of the renaissance. Today‚ the term ‘Baroque’ refers to a clearly definable genre of music which occurred between 1600-1750. In this essay‚ I will be talking about the socio-cultural
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The Baroque era began as an exploration of new and interesting ideas to invoke a due sense of excitement in succeeding the seemingly stale and worn period of the Renaissance. The era had been labelled during the mid-eighteenth century as Baroque‚ derived from the Portuguese Barocco meaning ‘misshapen pearl’. This term would seem perfectly fitting for something that should be so perfect‚ smooth and naturally rounded but yet is deemed tarnished and distorted - a contradictory term being grand and
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The sculpture is located at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The Hope Athena sculpture is simple to complex in the way that the statue was created to the display by the museum. There are many details that can be noticed when looking up closely from the head to the toes of the sculpture. The first detail is the head of Athena; the sculpture’s face was broad with soft‚ naturalistic facial features. Athena’s head is slightly turn to the left and looking down at the viewer. The sculpture has hollowed
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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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transcendental as it can alter the emotional state of the viewer and enhance the space in which the work is displayed. Sculptures involving an movement and action can help enhance the visual and psychological experience for the viewers. Movement in sculpture can be created through the style‚ posture‚ and materiality of the figures depicted but also externally as many sculptures encourage the viewers to physically move around the work. Movement can also help enhance the quality of a collection and
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