Baroque
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- The term was derived from the Portuguese word "barocco" which means "irregularly shaped pearl or stone."
- Existed in varying degrees of intensity, from a simple animated movement of lines and surfaces, to a rich and dynamic wealth. Artistic styles in exaggerated motion, drama, tension, and grandeur. The style started in Rome, Italy and spread to most of Europe.
- Illustrated key elements of Catholic dogma, either directly in Biblical works or indirectly in imaginary or symbolic work. The gestures are broader than Mannerist gestures: less ambiguous, less arcane, and mysterious.
- Typically larger than life size, is marked by a similar sense of dynamic movement, along with an active use of space
- was designed to create spectacle and illusion. Thus the straight lines of the Renaissance were replaced with flowing curves
- He was an Italian artist who wanted to deviate from the classical masters of the Renaissance.
- He was an outcast in his society, because of his own actions and the lack of modesty and reverence for religious subjects in his own paintings. His models at this period were either himself or young persons who have an air of being promising but wicked
- Italian artist and the first Baroque artist. He practiced architecture, and sculpture, painting, stage design, and was also a playwright. He was also the last in the list of the dazzling universal geniuses.
- As a prodigy, his first artworks date from his 8th birthday. He made a sculpture of "David" was for Cardinal Borghese which is strikingly different from Michelangelo's David because it shows the differences between Renaissance and the Baroque periods.
- was a Flemish Baroque painter. He was well known for his paintings of mythical and figurative subjects, landscapes, portraits and Counter Reformation altarpieces
- His commissioned works were mostly religious subjects, history paintings of magical creatures, and hunt scenes.
- His well-known work was his "Self portrait in Old Age". Rembrandt had produced over 600 paintings, nearly 400 etchings, and 2000 drawings
- was a brillant Dutch realist, painter and etcher He was generally considered as one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art He followed no particular faith, but was interested in spiritual values and often chooses religious subjects.
- Velasquez of Spain developed out of the Baroque. He was one of the finest masters of composition and one of the most important painters of the Spanish Golden Age. He worked out solutions to pictorial problems of design that transcend the style of any period.
- He was the case of a painter who discovered his avocation almost at the very start of his career.
- He created this work four years before his death and served as an outstanding example of the European baroque period of art.