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Title: Baroque Movement
Description: a detailed breakdown of the art movement called Baroque

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BAROQUE  (1600-­1700/1750)  
Derives  from  the  ancient  Portugese  noun  “barocco”  it  can  also  mean  “elaborate”  

 
INFLUENCES  







Catholic  Church  
Mannerism  :excessive  adherance  to  a  certain  manner  
Influenced  by  other  styles  
Eccleticism  (borrowing)  
Rafael  Michelangelo  and  Titian  
Carracci:  Fanciful,  Lively,  Celebratory,  Non  serious,  Intricate,  Sensual,  
Classicism-­‐  Restraint,  Meticulous-­‐  norm  transcending,  Western  ideals  and  
dignity,  Classical  proportion  

ORIGIN  




Italy-­‐  Rome  
Renaissance:  Rebirth  
Relgion/  Rules/  Restraints  

 
NATIVE  NATURALISM  
Against  tradition,  convention,  authority-­‐hostile  

 
SUBJECT  MATTER/  THEME  







Violent  
Religious  themes  
Dramatic  
Sombre,  dark  (chiaroscuro,  tenebrism),  intense  
Historical  (mythology)  
Discourcertion  

 
GENERAL  CHARACTERISTICS  








Scale:  massive  commisions  for  religious  organisations  
Spirituality:  Average  human  elevated  
Make  work  more  legible  (visual  narrative)  to  the  uniformed  
Colours  range  from  stark-­‐  sensuous-­‐  threatening  
Emotions,  sensuality,  vigour  
Nude  is  stressed/  emphasised  
2D  illusion-­‐  awkward  foreshortening,  optical  illusion  (light  sources)  






Intricate  detail  
Exhuberant  composition  
Increase  in  emotional  content  
Shock  value-­‐  heroic  figures  

 
ARTISTS  




Painters:  Rubens  “Adoration”,  “The  Descent  from  the  Cross”,  Gian  Lorenzo  
Bernini  “David”  (1623-­‐24),  “Saint  Theresa  in  Ecstacy”  (1645-­‐52),  
“Fountains”  (1598-­‐1680)  
Architecture-­‐  “Ludwigsburg  Palace”  “Versailes”  

 

PRIMARY  AIMS  





Break  from  classical  tradition  
Giving  meaning  to  art  (message)  
Install  feelings  (realism)  
Breakaway  from  idealisation  

 

FURNITURE  






 

Curvaceous  and  softer  
Legs  were  heavy,  square  or  tapered  
Furniture  decorated  with  parquetry  and  “Boulle”  in  brass,  silver  and  
tortoise  shell  
Tabletops  were  done  in  marble  
Woodwork  was  done  in  ebony,  oak,  chestnut  and  walnut  
Upholstery  fabrics  were  done  mainly  in  tapestry,  leather,  needlepoint,  
cane  and  heavy  silks  


Title: Baroque Movement
Description: a detailed breakdown of the art movement called Baroque