Baroque and Rococo Analysis Joel Hernandez Western Governor’s University Baroque Art Period The Baroque art period was between 1600 and 1700 and originated from the Portuguese. In this period‚ art was expressed in form of sculpture‚ architecture‚ and music whereby different artists were able to use these mentioned form of art to pass on an intended message to the community (Visual Arts‚ 2011). One of the factors that motivated this period of art was the support that it had
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The Baroque period existed through the 1600’s to the 1750’s which was a time for European art‚ music and culture. The characteristics of the Baroque music which make it distinctive and noticeable are its melodies‚ rhythm and texture: this devised one single feeling or mood throughout the piece‚ a balance of chordal harmonies and a rhythmic drive. One of the many famous composers for the Baroque period was Johann Pachelbel‚ born in the year 1653 and died on the 3rd of March 1706 Nuremburg Germany
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AND BAROQUE COMPARISON 2 RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE COMPARISON 5 Running head: RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE COMPARISON 1 Renaissance and Baroque Comparison There are two eras in the history of Western Art that had many achievements from art to music and literature. The period following the middle ages called the Renaissance was a cultural movement that began from the late 13th century to the 17th century. The arts‚ music and literature that came out of this period helped in developing the Baroque period
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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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transformation called the Baroque era. Baroque‚ in Latin meaning ’irregular’‚ was more impressionistic‚ mostly in the field of art. The Renaissance and
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provides words that pause and reflect and the composer creates music that interprets and deepens the emotions behind those words” (L12‚ 8:12). About “the year 1660‚ the aria had joined recitative as one of the two essential aspects of operatic dramaturgy” (L12‚ 30:21). “Unlike recitative in which the words carry the expressive message‚ in an operatic aria it is the music that carries the expressive message” (L12‚ 31:59). “The same Baroque advances in harmony; rhythm‚ motivic manipulation and melodic
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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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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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composer of the Baroque era‚ the most celebrated member of a large family of northern German musicians. Although he was admired by his contemporaries primarily as an outstanding harpsichordist‚ organist‚ and expert on organ building. Bach is now generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time and is celebrated as the creator of the Brandenburg Concertos‚ The Well-Tempered Clavier‚ the Mass in B Minor‚ and numerous other masterpieces of church and instrumental music. Appearing at a
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16th to 19th century‚ the art style that followed after the Renaissance and mannerism was the Baroque era. The baroque style was very distinguish and different from the previous era. It was somehow contradicting because it was grandeur yet asceticism. The style itself characterize by new exploration of form‚ play with light and shadow‚ space‚ colors‚ emotional and the intensity of dramatic. The baroque style was made to impress and serve as a way to communicate with people in the name of church and
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