Question

what is the Baroque Style? characterise Baroque art, Sculpture and architecture and identify the major artists and their works. Which Baroque artists are most important to you? why?

Answer 1

Baroque style is an extravagant style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture and other arts . It flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1740s And was encouraged by the Catholic Church as a means to counter the simplicity and austerity of Protestant architecture, art and music,

Characteristics

• exaggeration of motion and clear detail was used to produce drama and grandeur in sculpture , painting, architecture, literature, dance, and music.
• chiaroscuro technique refers to the interplay between light and dark that was often used in Baroque paintings of dimly lit scenes to produce a very high-contrast, dramatic atmosphere.
• emphasis was placed on bold spaces , domes , and large masses in In the Baroque style of architecture.
• It exploited the theatrical potential of the urban landscape whenever possible.

• Famous painters of the Baroque include Rubens, Caravaggio, and Rembrandt.
• architects like Rastrelli, Domenico Trezzini, Andreas Schluter, Gottfried Schadel, Leblond, Michetti, and Matarnovi

• Famous Baroque Sculptors (and Sculptures)

  Giovanni Bernini for:
  The Rape of Proserpine (1621-22) Galleria Borghese, Rome.
  Apollo and Daphne (1622-25), Galleria Borghese, Rome.
  Ecstasy of Saint Teresa (1647-52), Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria.

  • Juan Martines Montanes (1568-1649) noted for:
  The Merciful Christ (The Christ of Clemency) (1603) Seville Cathedral
  The Santiponce Altarpiece (1613).

  • Jorg Zurn (1583-1638) famous for:
  High Altar of the Virgin Mary (1613-16), Church of Saint Nicholas, Uberlingen.

  • Francois Duquesnoy (1597-noted for the statues:
  St Andrew (1629-33) Basilica di San Pietro, Vatican
  St Susanna (1630-33) Santa Maria di Loreto, Rome

Peter Paul Rubens was important to me as The chiaroscuro technique is visible in his painting The Massacre of the Innocents .