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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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 through the Romantic Age Introduction When we look at Baroque Art we are looking at the art of the 17th century. There seem to be a strong influence on the spiritual activity; this art creates a form of energy‚ movement and passion. Artist were able to capture the essence in soul of what they were feeling and expressing themselves through their work. The Following three works of art focus on a religious content and are from the Baroque period. Image #1 “ The Raising of the Cross”
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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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examined and studied six musical periods: medieval‚ renaissance‚ baroque‚ classical‚ romantic‚ and impressionism. Of these periods‚ my favorite would have to be the baroque period. The baroque period lasted from 1600 until roughly 1750. Outside of music‚ there was a large amount of change occurring in the arts‚ society‚ and popular culture throughout this time. During the baroque period‚ music was transformed by the development of several new genres. Baroque music was unique in the characteristics of mood
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referred to as the Renaissance was a time of great social and cultural change in Europe. Generally speaking‚ the Renaissance spanned from the 14th to the 16th centuries‚ spreading across Europe from its birthplace in Italy. During the Middle Ages‚ Italy was not the unified country that it is today. The Italian Peninsula was instead made up of a number of independent city-states‚ most of which were ruled by powerful families. The period of time during which the European Renaissance fell was between
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The Baroque Era By El-Fatih J. Ajala The Genres of the Baroque Period: Opera – “drama presented in music‚ with the characters singing instead of speaking” (Joseph Kerman‚ p. 87): One cannot speak of Baroque opera without mentioning the name of Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643). Monteverdi has the distinction of being known as the first great composer in the genre of opera‚ as well as the last true madrigalist of his time. He began writing his madrigals at a very early age and
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The baroque and renaissance periods are two different periods. The renaissance period rolled into the baroque era. There were changes made over the years from the baroque to the renaissance period. Differences in style accumulated along with views of art and music. Baroque era covers the period between 1600 and 1750 beginning with Monte Verdi (birth of opera) and ended with deaths of Bach and Handel. The term baroque music is borrowed from the art history. It follows the Renaissance era (1400-1600)
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The culture of the Middle ages to the Renaissance profoundly affected European life; in art‚ literature‚ and astronomy. During the Middle Ages people did not live very long; so the people believed very strongly in religion. The artist painted all religious figures and the paintings were very dull and did not have any perspective. The Renaissance brought in a new era of paintings and sculptures. The artists started to paint with detail such as expressions‚ muscles in the body‚ and making every feature
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Baroque style period Baroque is a period of artistic style that started around 1600 in Rome‚ Italy‚ and spread throughout the majority of Europe. baroque period‚ era in the history of the Western arts roughly coinciding with the 17th century. Its earliest manifestations‚ which occurred in Italy‚ date from the latter decades of the 16th century‚ while in some regions‚ notably Germany and colonial South America‚ certain of its culminating achievements did not occur until the 18th century. The
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