ca 17 th century Baroque The word baroque derives from a Portuguese and Spanish word that means an irregularly shaped pearl Gian Lorenzo Bernini Chair of St Peter Saint Peters Basilica Vatican City Rome ID: 196337
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Baroque
ca. 17
th
centurySlide2
Baroque
The word “baroque” derives from a Portuguese and Spanish word that means “an irregularly shaped pearl”.
Gian
Lorenzo Bernini,
Chair of St. Peter
, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, RomeSlide3
Baroque
At first this was not a term of praise. Many critics believed that Baroque artworks were too expressive and even misshapen.
Gian
Lorenzo Bernini,
Chair of St. Peter
, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, RomeSlide4
Baroque
Now the word is not considered to be negative, but rather, is used to describe the ornate and complex qualities of 17
th
century art, music, and literature.
Gian
Lorenzo Bernini,
Chair of St. Peter
, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, RomeSlide5
Baroque: Art of Persuasion
Baroque art was a key part of the Counter-Reformation.
While Protestants criticized the imagery of the Catholic Church, the Catholics embraced art as a form of communication.
Caravaggio,
The Crowning with Thorns
,
Kunsthistorisches
Museum, ViennaSlide6
Baroque: Art of Persuasion
Baroque artists wanted to both instruct and inspire.
For this reason, Baroque artwork is characterized as being very expressive and emotional.
Caravaggio,
The Crowning with Thorns
,
Kunsthistorisches
Museum, ViennaSlide7
Chiaroscuro
Chiaroscuro is a technical art term that describes strong contrasts between light and dark within an image.
Baroque artists used chiaroscuro to create bold contrasts within paintings to make them look more dramatic.
Caravaggio,
The Crowning with Thorns
,
Kunsthistorisches
Museum, ViennaSlide8
Where do you see chiaroscuro in this piece?
What is the artist trying to express or make the viewer feel in this piece?
How does the artist use actual and implied lines to move the viewers eye around the painting?
Caravaggio,
The Crowning with Thorns, Kunsthistorisches
Museum, ViennaSlide9
What is the artist trying to express or make the viewer feel in this piece?
How does the artist use actual and implied lines to move the viewers eye around the painting?
El Greco,
Christ Driving the Money Changers
, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN.Slide10
Baroque, pt. 2
ca. 17
th
centurySlide11
Chiaroscuro and Tenebrism
Chiaroscuro
= strong contrasts of light and dark in an artwork
Tenebrism = The use of dark shadows to obscure parts of the composition
Caravaggio,
The Crowning with Thorns
,
Kunsthistorisches
Museum, ViennaSlide12
Caravaggio
Michelangelo
Merisi
da
Caravaggio became one of the most important painters of the Baroque time period.His works were widely admired and his style was copied by many that claimed to be his “followers”.
Caravaggio,
The Crowning with Thorns
,
Kunsthistorisches
Museum, ViennaSlide13
Caravaggio
Caravaggio was a master of using
chiaroscuro
and
tenebrism to create a dramatic effect in his paintings, which has been likened to a spot lit stage.His artworks were popular for their lifelike realism.
His religious paintings were important to the Counter-Reformation, though not all of his works were religious.
Caravaggio,
The Crowning with Thorns
,
Kunsthistorisches
Museum, ViennaSlide14
El
Grecco
El
Grecco’s
painting of Christ driving the money changers out of the temple depicts a favorite Counter-Reformation theme, that of purifying the church through internal reforms.
El Greco,
Christ Driving the Money Changers
, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN.Slide15
El
Grecco
El
Grecco
used jarring lines, confused space, and illogical lighting in this artwork to give the viewer a sense of anger and disruption.In the bottom right-hand corner, El Greco portrayed the four artists he regarded as the giants of the Renaissance: Titian, Michelangelo, Giulio Clovio
, and Raphael.
El Greco,
Christ Driving the Money Changers
, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN.