Baroque Art

Baroque Art
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The Baroque Era

1585-1750

What was going on in the
world?
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1607 - English settle Jamestown
1610 - Galileo confirms the Earth is round
1643-1715 - Louis XIV rulesFrance
1687 - Sir Isaac Newton publishes his Laws
of Universal Gravitation
• 1732- George Washington born

Famous Baroque Artists

Peter Paul Rubens

Rembran
dt van
Rijn

Anthony
Van Dyck

DiegoVelazquez

Jan Vermeer

What does the word Baroque
mean?
Baroque is a French word that means
an irregularly shaped pearl.

Originally the term Baroque was
used for the art works created
during thisperiod in that there
was an inherent strangeness and
extravagance associated with
them.

Baroque Art
• Counter Reformation: effort made by the
Catholic Church to win people back and regain
power = Art
•Baroque Art: a style characterized by
movement contrast and emotional intensity.

Italian Baroque

Francesco Borromini (1599 – 1667)
• Architecture (façade or front of the building)
medallónSuperficie
ondulada

Borromini.
San Carlo alle Quattro fontane.
Fachada

Francesco Borromini (1599 – 1667)
Dos triángulos equiláteros
unidos por la base

Borromini.
San Carlo alle Quattro fontane.
PlanoEsquinas reemplazadas
Por curvaturas convexas
(más sensación de estrechez)

Francesco Borromini (1599 – 1667)

Borromini.
Sant´ Ivo alla sapienza .
Fachada

Borromini.
Sant´ Ivo alla sapienza .Interior

Francesco Borromini (1599 – 1667)
Frontón
Con base curvada

Borromini.
San Carlo alle Quattro fontane.
Interior

Francesco Borromini (1599 – 1667)

Borromini.
San Carlo alle Quattro
fontane.Bóveda

Gianlorenzo Bernini (1598 – 1680)
• Architecture and Sculpture

Bernini.
Baldaquino de San Pedro

Significado:
Continuación Jerusalén
bíblica en la Roma papal

Capitel compuesto
Tallos
hojasColumnas
Fuste dividido menudas
Salomónicas Por tres anillos
(espiral)
espiral

Base ática

Podiums de mármol
Con relieves

Bernini.
Baldaquino de San Pedro

Gianlorenzo Bernini (1598 – 1680)...