1. Baroque, Dutch & French Art & Architecture
Adapted from Susan Pojer at Historyteacher.net
By Kathryn Raia at msraia.com

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!

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.

4. Counter-Reformation
Church
Art &
Architecture

5. St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Gialorenzo Bernini

6. Church of Santiago de Compostella, Spain

7. Church of Veltenberg Altar, Germany

8. “The Assumption of the Virgin Mary” Egid Quirim Asam, 1692-1750

9. Altar of Mercy, Germany, 1764

10. “St. Francis in Ecstasy” Caravaggio, 1595

11. “The Flagellation of Christ” by Caravaggio

12. “David and Goliath” by Caravaggio

13. “Salome with the Head of the Baptist” by Caravaggio

14. “The Cardsharps” Caravaggio, 1595

15. “The Dead Christ Mourned” Annibale Carracci, 1603

16. “The Virgin Appearing to St. Hyacinthe” Lodovico Carracci 1594

17. “Joseph’s Bloody Coat Brought to Jacob” Diego Velázquez, 1630

18. “Christ on the Cross” Diego Velázquez, 1632

19. “Las Meninas” Diego Velázquez 1656

20. “St. Francis in Meditation” Francisco de Zurbarán

21. “St. Bonaventure on His Deathbed” Francisco de Zurbarán, 1629

22. “The Elevation of the Cross” by Peter Paul Reubens 1610-11

23. “The Lamentation” by Peter Paul Reubens 1609-11

24. “Battle of the Amazons” Peter Paul Reubens

25. “A Village Fête” Peter Paul Reubens

26. “The Garden of Love” Peter Paul Reubens, 1630-32

27. “The Ecstasy of St. Theresa of Avila” by Gianlorenzo Bernini 1647-52

28. Portraits of
Famous
Personalities
of the Times

29. “A Bust of Louis XIV” by Bernini

30. “Louis XVI” Hyacinthe Rigauld

31. “A Bust of Cardinal Richelieu” by Bernini

32. “Cardinal Richelieu” Philippe de Champaigne [1602-1674]

33. Baroque
Homes

34. Baroque Furniture

35. Baroque Furniture

36. A Baroque Room

37. Baroque Music Characteristics:
Belief that text should dominate the music; the lyrics and libretto were most important
Composers developed the modern system of major-minor tonalities

38. Claudio Monteverdi (1547-1643)
Developed the opera and the modern orchestra
Orfeo (1607) – is his masterpiece, the first opera

39. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Concerto for Two Violins: "Vivace"
Wrote dense and polyphonic structures
Variety of genres, choral, instrumental, concertos etc.
Extremely Prolific

40. George Frederick Handel (1685-1759)
Variety of genres
Masterpiece The Messiah

41. Dutch Style
Characteristics:
Did not fit the Baroque style of trying to overwhelm the viewer
Reflected wealth of Dutch Republic
Reflected urban and rural settings of Dutch life during the “golden Age of the Netherlands”

42. Rembrandt (1606-1669) Christ in the Storm on the Lake of Galilee, 1633
Oil on Canvas

43. Rembrandt
Self Portrait, 1658

44. The Abduction of Europa, 1632

45. Jan Vermeer ( )
Girl With a Pearl Earring, 1665

46. Jan Vermeer ( )
Woman Holding a Balance, 1665

47. Frans Hals ( )
Officers and Sergeants of the St Hadrian Civic Guard. c. 1633

48. French Classicism Nicolas Poussin, Self Portrait, 1650
Les Bergers d’Arcadie,
Paintings rationally achieved harmony and balance
Focused early on classical scenes from antiquity or Biblical scenes
Later focused on landscape painting

49. Jean Racine (1639-1699) Dramatist Plays were often funded by Louis XIV
Dramatic Works:
La Thébaïde (1664)
Alexandre le Grand (1665)
Andromaque (1667)
Les Plaideurs (1668)
Britannicus(1669)
Bérénice (1670)
Bajazet (1672)
Mithridate (1673)
Iphigénie (1674)
Phèdre (1677)
Esther (1689)
Athalie (1691)
Dramatist
Plays were often funded by Louis XIV
Written in classical style

50. Jean-Baptist Moliere (1622-1673)
Dramatist
Focused on social struggles
Made fun of aristocracy, upper bourgeoisie and high church officials
Le Docteur amoureux (1658), the first play performed by Molière's troupe for Louis XIV (now lost) --The Doctor in Love