BAROQUE ART

BAROQUE ARTBaroque Art (History)Baroque period started an era in the history of the Western Arts with the 17th century. Its earliest manifestation, which occurred in Italy, dates back from the earlier decades of the 16th century. It lasted about 1600 to 1750. BaroqueThe older meaning of Baroque is synonym for capricious, overwrought, and florid. Some of the qualities most frequently associated with the Baroque are grandeur, sensuous, richness, drama, vitality, movement, tension, and a tendency to blur destinations between the various arts.Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

(29 September 1571 18 July 1610) was anItalianartistactive inRome,Naples,Malta, andSicilybetween 1593 and 1610.Caravaggio trained as a painter inMilanunder a master who had himself trained underTitian.Boy With A Basket of Fruit

The Crucifixion of Saint Peter

Annibale CaracciBelongs to the family of Bolognere painters.He was called to Rome by cardinal Fermese to carry art masterpiece, the decoration of the Fanuese Gallery in the cardinals family palace.

Assumption of Virgin Mary

Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini

The supreme genius of Baroque Art.A great sculptor.His works dominates the period sometimes called the High Baroque.The Ecstasy Of Saint Theresa

Ecstasy of Saint Theresa (detail)

Fleming Peter Paul Rubens

The first great painter to come in contact with Caravaggios work.Some people criticize him for painting too many fat woman.Helene Fourment and Her Two Children

Diego Rodrguez de Silva y Velzquez

A Spanish painter at the court of Phillip IV.He admired Caravaggios work.His famous of his court paintings is The Maids of Honor.

Phillip IVInfanta Maria (Phillip IVs daughter)The Maids of Honor

The Maids of Honor (detail)

1. Infanta Margarita; 2. Coa Isabel de Velasco; 3. doaMara Agustina Sarmiento de Sotomayor; 4. Maribarbola; 5. Nicolas Pertusato; 6. doa Marcela de Ulloa; 7. unidentified guard; 8. DonJos Nieto Velzquez; 9. Velzquez; 10. King PhilipIV; 11. Queen MarianaThe Maids of HonorComing or going?Detail of the mirror

Infanta Margarita in White Dress

The Water Seller of Seville

Baroque ArtBaroque ArtAssignment 20 pts (Project)Painting -nature-portrait of someone - paintings (Mona Lisa, Last Supper, the Maids of Honor, etc.) illustration board pencilWatercolorOil pastelPaint Deadline of Submission: Monday, January 10, 2011.

Performance (Thursday) Costume and Props : 20 ptsPresentation: 20 pts _______ 40 pts

5 to 10 minutes