Slide 1 : Baroque
Art &
Architecture Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
Slide 2 : Baroque 1600 – 1750.
From a Portuguese word “barocca”, meaning “a pearl of irregular shape.”
Implies strangeness, irregularity, and extravagance.
The more dramatic, the better!
Slide 3 : Baroque Style of Art & Architecture Dramatic, emotional.
Colors were brighter than bright; darks were darker than dark.
Counter-Reformation art.
Paintings & sculptures in church contexts should speak to the illiterate rather than to the well-informed.
Ecclesiastical art --> appeal to emotions.
Holland --> Real people portrayed as the primary subjects.
Slide 4 : Counter-Reformation
Church
Art &
Architecture
Slide 5 : St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Gialorenzo Bernini
Slide 6 : Church of Santiago de Compostella, Spain
Slide 7 : Church of Veltenberg Altar, Germany
Slide 8 : “The Assumption of the Virgin Mary”Egid Quirim Asam, 1692-1750
Slide 9 : Altar of Mercy, Germany, 1764
Slide 10 : “St. Francis in Ecstasy”Caravaggio, 1595
Slide 11 : “The Flagellation of Christ” by Caravaggio
Slide 12 : “David and Goliath” by Caravaggio
Slide 13 : “Salome with the Head of the Baptist” by Caravaggio
Slide 14 : “The Cardsharps”Caravaggio, 1595
Slide 15 : “The Dead Christ Mourned”Annibale Carracci, 1603
Slide 16 : “The Virgin Appearing to St. Hyacinthe”Lodovico Carracci1594
Slide 17 : “Joseph’s Bloody Coat Brought to Jacob”Diego Velázquez, 1630
Slide 18 : “Christ on the Cross”Diego Velázquez, 1632
Slide 19 : “Las Meninas”Diego Velázquez 1656
Slide 20 : “St. Francis in Meditation”Francisco de Zurbarán
Slide 21 : “St. Bonaventure on His Deathbed”Francisco de Zurbarán, 1629
Slide 22 : “The Elevation of the Cross” by Peter Paul Reubens1610-11
Slide 23 : “The Lamentation” by Peter Paul Reubens1609-11
Slide 24 : “Battle of the Amazons”Peter Paul Reubens
Slide 25 : “A Village Fête”Peter Paul Reubens
Slide 26 : “The Garden of Love”Peter Paul Reubens, 1630-32
Slide 27 : “The Ecstasy of St. Theresa of Avila” by Gianlorenzo Bernini1647-52
Slide 28 : Portraits of
Famous
Personalities
of the Times
Slide 29 : “A Bust of Louis XIV”by Bernini
Slide 30 : “Louis XVI” HyacintheRigauld
Slide 31 : “A Bust of Cardinal Richelieu”by Bernini
Slide 32 : “Cardinal Richelieu”Philippe de Champaigne [1602-1674]
Slide 33 : Baroque
Homes
Slide 34 : Baroque Furniture
Slide 35 : Baroque Furniture
Slide 36 : A Baroque Room