1. Chapter 14: New Direction in Thought and Culture in the 16 th and 17 th Century Adapted from: Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

2. Baroque ► 1600 – 1750. ► Art historians use the term to “denote the style associated with 17 th century painting, sculpture, and architecture. ► 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. Famous Baroque Artists/Works Mi chelangelo Caravaggio (1573-1610) Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) St. Peter’s Basilica (Rome) Palace at Versailles

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

7. Church of Santiago de Compostella, Spain

8. Church of Veltenberg Altar, Germany

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

10. Altar of Mercy, Germany, 1764

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

12. “The Flagellation of Christ” by Caravaggio

13. “David and Goliath” by Caravaggio

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

15. “The Cardsharps” Caravaggio, 1595

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

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

18. The Death of the Virgin, Caravaggio, 1606 Purchased by the Duke of Mantua at the request of Peter Paul Rubens

19. “The Elevation of the Cross” by Peter Paul Reubens 1610-11 “The Descent From the Cross” Peter Paul Rubens 1614

20. “A Bust of Louis XIV” Bernini

21. “Louis XIV” By Hyacinthe Rigauld

22. “A Bust of Cardinal Richelieu” By Bernini

23. The Return of the prodigal son By Rembrandt (1669)