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    The Baroque Research Paper

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    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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    What Is The Baroque Era?

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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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    Baroque Art Paper

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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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    Baroque Art Influence

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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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    Renaissance vs Baroque

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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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    Mannerism‚ which literally means "style"‚ was a period in European art that began in Italy in the final years of the Renaissance and lasted until it was replaced by Baroque‚ about 1520 to 1600. During this time‚ young artists were trying to establish their own style‚ with a new approach to painting and interpretation of the human experience. They had their difficulties as it were. Virtually everything that could be done‚ had been done. The artists of the Renaissance‚ masters such as Raphael

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    The Baroque Music Era

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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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    The Baroque: Chorus Music

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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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    Essay On The Baroque Era

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    The Baroque Era lasted from 1600 to 1750. It incorporated bold‚ powerful statements and the music was written for specific instruments‚ which was different from the Renaissance Era up to 1600. Also‚ the Baroque Era developed figured bass (basso continuo) and included improvisation which allowed for contrasting sections. One influential composer during the Baroque Era was J.S Bach. Bach was an involved musician who composed mainly to meet the needs of the positions he held. For example‚ as a church

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    Baroque Agead

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    Tu se’ morta is a piece sung by Orpheus accompanied by a basso continuo after he is told of Eurydice’s death. Orpheus wants to bring her back from Hell as he offers a distressed goodbye to the earth‚ sky and sun. The style of singing is simple and intended to bring a dramatic delivery to the audience. The vocal line is rhythmically free and the phrases are more irregular. The song is flexible because it is suggesting a sad and passionate farewell to the person he loves. To express this farewell‚

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