Rhayn Gray Mrs. Gratz January 4‚ 2015 Challenge II Baroque Art: What is it and why do we care about it? The Baroque is often thought of as a period of artistic style that used exaggerated motion and clear‚ easily interpreted detail to produce drama‚ tension‚ exuberance‚ and grandeur in sculpture‚ painting‚ architecture‚ and music. The style began around 1600 in Rome‚ Italy and spread to most of Europe. It’s defined as “a style of European architecture‚ music‚ and art of the 17th and 18th centuries
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| Development of the Baroque Italian Opera | Vanessa Phillips | | ID # 100114020 | 11/1/2012 | | Development of the Baroque Italian Opera The word "baroque" comes from the Italian word "barocco" which means bizarre. This word was first used to describe the style of architecture mainly in Italy during the 17th and 18th century. Later on the word baroque was used to describe the music styles of the 1600s to the 1700s. The Baroque period was a time when composers experimented with
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Comparison and Contrast of the Middle Ages and Renaissance Christine Henry Western Governors University Literature‚ Arts and Humanities IWT1 October 20‚ 2014 Comparison and Contrast of the Middle Ages and Renaissance This essay will compare and contrast the visual arts of the Middle Ages‚ called medieval art‚ with the arts of the Renaissance period by giving an overview of each period and illustrate how the collision between these two periods‚ and what influenced them‚ brought about new forms of
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The Baroque Period The Baroque Period The Baroque term comes from the Portuguese word barroco‚ which means misshapen pearl Jean-Jacques Rousseau defined baroque music as that in which the harmony is confused‚ charged with modulations and dissonances‚ the melody is harsh and little natural‚ the intonation difficult‚ and the movement constrained. The Baroque period was highly decorated and it reflects on the elaborate nature and complexity of the music compositions. Others have likened Baroque
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The Baroque Era During the Baroque Era‚ a new form of music was created called opera. Opera is defined as “an extended dramatic composition‚ in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment‚ that usually includes arias‚ choruses‚ and recitatives‚ and that sometimes includes ballet.” Around the same time that opera became popular began oratorio. Oratorio is very similar to opera except the theme of an opera normally dealt with history and mythology‚ including age-old devices of romance
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2013 By Taseen Fahim | Music PD. 3 | Mr. Garibaldi Tabita Paul Ittleson | The Baroque Era of Music | Taseen Fahim January 2013 Mr. Garibaldi Tabita Paul Ittleson Music PD. 3 The Baroque Era of Music The Baroque period of European musical history falls between the late Renaissance and early Classical periods‚ that is‚ roughly a half century between 1600 and 1750. During the Renaissance‚ Europe had assimilated the humanism and rationalism of Greco-Roman civilization‚ had
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Baroque Architect By Kasuwa Smith The Baroque period took the Roman view of Renaissance architecture and showed it in a new sculptural fashion. The main view of Baroque architecture was more concerned about color‚ light and shade‚ sculptural values and intensity which could be seen in its characteristics. Baroque is defined periods in literature as well as music; however critics perceived it to be unstructured‚ over ornamented theatrical and grotesque. Although many things influenced
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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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Baroque Art It’s hard to make a distinction in which the beginning of the Baroque period is clearly distinguished from that of the late Renaissance. Nonetheless‚ Baroque art is emotional‚ decorative and a direct result of the Counter-Reformation movement in Europe. During the Baroque period‚ there was a dramatic religious split in the Church with the formation of Protestantism. Catholics reacted with the Counter-Reformation to revitalize Catholicism. They needed to attract viewers with religious
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of the characteristics of the Italian Baroque is the realistic depiction of human figures‚ vivid use of color and foreshadowing techniques‚ especially in the paintings. In addition‚ the figures of the paintings seem to emerge from the background‚ giving huge differences between light and dark. The Italian baroque structure has a sense of movement and that of energy when in static form. The sculptures make the observers to have multiple viewpoints. The Baroque architecture has characteristic domes
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