Baroque Architecture Works of famous architects and sculptors What is Baroque Architecture? • A Style originating in late 16th Century Italy • Consists of complex Architectural plan shapes‚ often based on the oval. • Dynamic opposition and inter penetration of spaces were favored to highlighten the feeling of motion and sensuality. • Other characteristic qualities include:– Grandeur – Drama and Contrast – Curvaceousness – Twisting elements – Gilded statuary FRANCESCO BORROMINI • He was the son
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Throughout history‚ music has mirrored society’s beliefs and values. This is most notable during the shift from the Baroque to the Classical era in Western Europe. This was a time of revolution‚ ingenuity‚ and enlightenment. During the Eighteenth Century and the beginning of the Nineteenth Century‚ an exceptional amount of social‚ political‚ religious‚ and musical change occurred. This was the time leading up to the French Revolution‚ which had everyone considering that the sociopolitical values
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After Caravaggios Sacrifice of Isaac ”After Caravaggios Sacrifice of Isaac” is a short-story written by Rachel Cusk‚ and published in 2003. Love is the world’s most wonderful phenomenon‚ it is a force more formidable than any other‚ and love is strong enough to transform you in a moment. This the story of a man‚ afflicted by love. And like all good things – The more you care about them the more you have to sacrifice for them. The narrator of the story becomes a victim of this phenomenon‚ when he
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The Baroque time period in history saw changes in art across Europe‚ all leading to more dramatic more individualized art. However‚ the movement saw its beginnings in Italy. Though many influences inspired the change to Baroque art‚ the religious climate in 16th century Italy was one of the strongest influences on the art of the time‚ mainly because of art’s role in the Catholic Counter-Reformation. The Reformation was mainly brought about by Martin Luther who raised numerous concerns with the
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the Amsterdam town hall and the Admiralty. After 1669 and his second marriage to Anna van Arckel‚ Bol‚ now a wealthy man‚ hardly painted anymore. His self portrait of the late 1660s is one of his last works. I believe this work of art is from the Baroque period. This painting is a scene from an Italian play by Battista Guarini called‚ The Faithful Shepherd. The background story of this painting tells of the central figure‚ Amaryllis‚ who is betrothed to the god‚ Achilles‚ having engaged in
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The Baroque Era The Seventeenth Century Nikita Reid “A General Overview of the Chapter” During the end of the sixteenth century to the mid eighteenth century‚ the Baroque Era prospered in Europe and its provinces. This section studies the Baroque expressions and the political setting against which they created. The writing of this period incorporated various subjects and structures‚ some recognizable yet numerous new and inventive. As the government developed progressively absolutist the
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The Baroque was an era of great changes in religion‚ politics‚ science‚ and economics. The Baroque Era began with the Counter-Reformation and ended with two types of revolutions‚ political and industrial‚ that changed the world. The baroque was also a period of scientific innovation led by the discoveries of Descartes and Galileo. Science was no longer based on Greek ideals or religious dogma‚ but on reason and empirical laws. The counter-reformation was The Catholic Church’s response to the Protestant
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The second piece that i have chosen to analyze is “The Taking of Christ” created in 1602 by Michelangelo Caravaggio. This 2-dimensional piece was created using oil on a canvas. What is happening in this piece is that soldiers seem to be trying to take Jesus Christ but two men are standing in the way trying to block the guards from reaching jesus while one of them even appears to be verbally objecting to the taking of christ. The most noticeable elements of art in this piece are space and color. I
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characteristics of an artistic period‚ it is often important to look at other periods and the relationship0 between the two. In this essay I will be comparing the Baroque Period and the Romantic Period. 1. Baroque Period Originating in Italy in the 17th and 18th century‚ Baroque art quickly spread to Europe‚ North America and South America. Baroque art showed mingled emotion with high volumes and large structures. One of the largest influences was religion‚ which also helped with the success of this
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Art of the Baroque and Neoclassicism Movements The Rape of Proserpina and Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss Germaine Fahie FAS 202: Introduction to Humanities II Julianne Poncet February 19‚ 2015 The purpose of this essay is to evaluate two art pieces that were created by two tremendously gifted individuals during the Baroque to the contemporary period. Masters of their movements‚ both sculptors were able to create masterpieces that revealed an unfolding event that could be read by their viewers
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