1. BAROQUE & ROCOCO

2. THE BAROQUE WORLD Barroco (Port. for irregular shaped pearl) 16th century influenced by the Reformation and the 17th century by the Counter-Reformation (1600-1715)—the Counter-Reformation reestablished discipline of the church Council of Trent: dealt with transubstantiation, purgatory, apostolic succession, celibacy, etc. Jesuits became the enforcers of the Counter-Reformation

3. Completion of St. Peter’s first major Baroque architecture Decentralization of power in both the church and the arts Reformation and the rise of the national state. Art for the more than just the church (aristocracy and bourgeoisie) Science: Galileo, Bacon, Kepler, Descartes, Newton Time of absolutism in church and state

4. THE BAROQUE ART Characteristics: Emotionalism and psychology Anti-rationalistic classicism of Renaissance Illusionism Splendor Light and Shade (chiaroscuro) Movement (note diagonal line) Religious Fervor Domestic Intimacy

5. Caravaggio Calling of St. Matthew 1599-1602

6. Caravaggio Emmaus

7. El Greco The Burial of Count Orgaz 1586

8. El Greco The Agony in the Garden 1597-1600

9. El Greco The Burial of Count Orgaz 1586

10. El Greco Christ Driving the Traders from the Temple

11. El Greco View of Toledo 1597-99

12. El Greco Portrait of a Cardinal c. 1600

13. El Greco St. Martin and the Beggar c. 1604

14. Rubens Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus 1648

15. Rubens The Raising of the Cross 1609-10

16. Rubens Landscape with the Chateau Steen 1636

17. Rubens Feast of Venus

18. Rubens Daniel in the Loin’s Den

19. Rubens Descent from the Cross

20. Rubens St. George and the Dragon

21. Van Dyck Portrait Charles I 1635

22. Hals Laughing Cavalier

23. Hals Catharina Hooft and Her Nurse

24. Hals’ Officers of the Haarlem Militia

25. Hals Lute Player

26. Hals Jester with a Lute Player

27. Hals The Gypsy Girl

28. Hals Banquet of the Officers of the St. Georges Civic Guard

30. Rembrandt Night Watch 1642

32. Rembrandt Man with the Golden Helmet

33. Rembrandt Philosopher Reading

34. Aristotle bust of HomerAristotle bust of Homer Rembrandt Aristotle and bust of Homer

35. Rembrandt Self-portrait

36. Ruisdael The Jewish Cemetery

37. Ruisdael Windmill Near Wijk

38. Ruisdael Sunlight on the Waterfront

39. Vermeer The Milkmaid

40. Vermeer Woman in Blue reading a Letter

41. Vermeer The Girl with a Pearl Earring

42. Vermeer Girl reading a Letter at an Open Window

43. Vermeer Woman Holding a Balance

44. Bernini’s Saint Peter’s Square 1656-57

45. Bernini David 1623

47. Bernini The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa of Avila 1645-52

50. Bernini Dauphene and Apollo

51. Gaulli Triumph of the Name of Jesus 1676-79

52. Cortona Triumph of Barberini 1633-39

53. Atemisia Judith with the Head of Holofernes 1625

54. Velazquez The Maids of Honor 1656

56. Velazquez Innocent X c. 1650

57. Velazquez Old Woman Frying Eggs

58. Perrault Louvre, Paris 1667-70

59. Hall of Mirrors, Versailles, ca. 1678

60. Wren St. Paul’s Cathedral 1675-1710

61. Other Baroque art forms Music: Bach, Vivaldi Dance: Ballet Literature: John Donne, John Milton, Daniel Defoe, Cervantes