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    The document provides an overview of Baroque art and architecture in Europe between the 17th and 18th centuries. It began in Rome and spread across the continent. Baroque art was characterized by strong emotion, dramatic lighting and scale, and was more intense than Renaissance art. Major Baroque artists included Caravaggio, Bernini, Rubens, Rembrandt, and Velazquez. The Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter-Reformation both influenced art of the period. Architecture developed distinctive styles in Italy, France, and England. The document then discusses specific Baroque painters and developments in various European countries and concludes with sample exam questions.

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    [PART517THAND18THCENTURY] P A G E |1

    Part5:Introduction
    TheBaroqueStyleinWesternEurope
    TheBaroqueerabeganinRome,andthenspreadtotherestofEurope
    Itincludedthe17thandmostofthe18thcenturies.
    Ingeneral,ittookalltheinnovationsoftheRenaissanceandcombinedthemwiththedramaofMannerism.
    HavinglearnedalltheRenaissancetechniques,Baroqueartistscouldrepresentthehumanformconvincinglyfromanyangle,theycouldportray
    themostcomplexformsinperfectperspective,andcouldreproducealmostanythingintheseenworldrealistically
    ThemaindifferencesbetweentheBaroqueandRenaissanceartarethatRenaissanceartisrationalandstatic,whileBaroqueartisemotionaland
    dynamic
    ItsusefultorecallandcompareMichelangelosDavidandBerninisDavidtodrawthedistinction.
    Baroquetookonadifferentcharacterineachofitsmajorgeographiclocations.
    Butingeneral,wecouldsaythatBaroqueartischaracterizedbystrongemotionandenergy;dramaticlighting,scaleandbalance
    Inessence,itwasagreatdealmoreintense,andmoretheatricalthantheartoftheRenaissance.
    ThemajorartistsoftheItalianBaroquewerethePainterCaravaggio,andthesculptorBernini
    ThemostrenownedartistoftheFlemishBaroquewasPeterPaulRubens.
    ThethreegreatmastersoftheDutchBaroquewereHals,Rembrandt,andVermeer
    Finally,VelasquezwasthemostgiftedartistoftheSpanishBaroque.
    Art,Issues,andInnovationsintheBaroqueEra
    REFORMATION
    1517MartinLutherpostshis"95Theses"onthedooroftheWittenbergCathedralCathedral
    1520Lutherisexcommunicatedandbeginsa"protest"movementagainsttheCatholicchurchlatercalled"Protestantism"
    amonghisconcernswastheincreasingdistanceofthelaypersonfromunderstandingoftheBibleandtheMass.Luthermaintainedthat
    thelaypersonwasnolongerplayinganactiveroleintheChurchandwasincreasinglyremovedfromunderstandingtheScriptures
    becauseofincreasingmysteryandritual.Luthersawvisualformsasplayingaroleinthisprocessofincreasingobfuscation.
    LutheradvocatedhymnsasabetterwaytocommunicatehardtounderstandmysteriesoftheChurchandmademusicanintegralpartof
    ProtestantChurchservices.
    COUNTERREFORMATION
    1541Michelangelo'sLastJudgmentofChristisunveiledintheSistineChapel.Christisshownasayoungmanandthesceneisdominatedbynude
    figures.Manycriticizetheworkasanexampleofthelicentiousnessthathaspervadethechurch.
    1545TheCouncilofTrentconvenestodiscussandconsiderLuther'sTheses.
    1563TheCouncilofTrentfinishestheirworkandmakesartanintegralpartoftheprocessofhelpingthelaypersontounderstandtheScriptures.
    TheCounterReformationalsohadaneffectupontheartofthisperiod,fortheCatholicchurchencouragedartiststoproduceworksthatinspired
    faith.Therealismwhichdevelopedwasinstrumentalinstressingthehumanfeelingdimensionofreligion.ItwasalsoduringtheBaroqueperiod
    thatanacademictraditionofartdevelopedthatlookedtoantiquityandthemastersoftheRenaissanceassourcesofinspiration.
    Architecture
    Italy
    France
    TheFrenchAcademy(AcademieRoyaledePeintureetdeSculpture)
    England
    Sculpture:GianlorenzoBernini
    ItalianBaroquePainting
    AnnibaleCarracci
    Bellori'sLives
    PietrodaCortona
    GiovanniBattistaGaulli
    [PART517THAND18THCENTURY] P A G E |2

    MichelangeloMerisiCaravaggio
    ArtemisiaGentileschi
    WomenasArtists:FromAntiquitytotheSeventeenthCentury
    BaroquePaintinginNorthernEurope
    PeterPaulRubens
    AnthonyvanDyck
    RembrandtvanRijn
    TheDutchEastIndiaCompany:SeventeenthCenturyCapitalism
    Etching
    FransHals
    JudithLeyster
    JohannesVermeer
    JacobvanRuisdael
    MariavanOosterwyck
    WindowontheWorldEight:MughalArtandtheBaroque
    SpanishBaroquePainting
    DiegoVelzquez
    FrenchBaroquePainting
    NicolasPoussin
    Poussin'sTheoryofArtisticModes
    UnitExamEssayQuestions
    DiscussEnlightenmentphilosophy.Howisitreflectedinthearts?Useexamplesinyourtext.
    Usingexamplesfromyourtext,compareRococowithBaroque.Considerstyle,context,andsubjectmatter.
    DiscusstheroleofironyandsatireinthepaintingsofWatteau.
    CompareAmericanpaintingoftheeighteenthcenturywiththatofEnglandandFrance.Usetheexamplesinyourtext.
    DiscussthecontemporaryandthehistoricalfeaturesoftheiconographyofWest'sTheDeathofGeneralWolfe.

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