Quotes Baroque

Fromentin

His eye is the most marvellous prism

Cordova

Bernini proved that he could make images that dazzled visually, told a story with high drama, and aroused powerful sentiments

Schama

The power of Caravaggio's art is the power of truth, not least about ourselves

Christiansen

Caracci formed an assault on Mannerism’s rarefied complexicality and artificiality

Hibbard

Rome and the Baroque were as synonymous as the focus and expression of catholic Power

Wittkower

Nothing could be more misleading than to label - as has been done - the entire art of the Baroque the art of the Counter-Reformation

Richardson

Baroque art has to be encountered as a whole and entered into with all the senses

Harris

His devotion to the Catholic church is as heartfelt as his pleasure in an imagined world of pagan gods and goddesses

Steinbach

The villa had three primary functions, relaxation, entertainment and exhibition

Sutherland

His knowing tilted gaze tells us that he is fully aware of our inability to look away

Schama

We feel the horror unfold and we feel implicated

De Luca

The lord Christ must be portrayed alive, before having expired, with his head inclined to the right side

Graham-Dixon

Caravaggio always leaves space for doubt, even as some of the vine leaves begin to wither

Valérie

His pain is as much moral as physical, human glory is ephemeral as signified by the cup won at the games

Ayers

Vaux-le-Vicomte was closed down and its treasures seized - tapestries, furniture, paintings, books and rugs

Braham

The church is a ... native expression of a fundamentally Italian idea

Haskins

A kind of penitential pin up

Harris

When Zubarán painted this picture, collectors favoured more lavish displays that offered more visual entertainment

Fertik

A deeply moving yet disturbing image