Art History - Baroque

Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holoferenes

Rembrandt's last Self-Portrait

The word Baroque probably came from...

the Portuguese word barroco

barroco means...

irregular pearl

The Baroque Age was a time period of _______, _______, and ___________

religious warfare, territorial expansion, and the Scientific Revolution

Who were the 5 great military states during the Baroque Age?

England, France, Austria, Prussia, and Russia

Having absolute control over the country

absolutism

Describe the Baroque style

characterize by grand, sweeping gestures, flowing, expansive movement, and curving lines and oval and elliptical shapes

The Baroque style reflected the excitement of....

overseas explorations and new discoveries in astronomy

What are the 3 distinct regions of the Baroque Style

Florid, Classical, and Restrained

This style of Baroque was dominated by the Roman Catholic religious ideals and motivations

Florid Baroque

This style of Baroque was guided by the values of simplicity and harmony

Classical Baroque

This style of Baroque fit well with the absolutist policies of Louie XIV (obsessed with order and control)

Classical Baroque

This style of Baroque was guided by Protestant values

Restrained Baroque

The architecture of Florid Baroque symbolized the power and richness of _________

the church

Pope Alexander VII commissioned him to remake St Peter's church

Bernini

The curved colonnade in front of St. Peter's symbolized

the open arms of the church

In Florid Baroque painting and sculpture portrayed the _________ of Jesus

suffering

Bernini's most famous sculpture

the Baldacchino

This is the area directly under Michelangelo's dome, covering the spot where St. Peter's bones are believed to lie

the Baldacchino

The columns of the Baldacchino were modeled after.....

Solomon's Temple

Baldacchino

known as a great Florid Baroque painter

Caraviggio

startling contracts between dark and light

chiaroscuro

He banished landscape from his canvas

Caraviggio

the Conversion of St Paul

the female follower of Cavaggio

Artemesia Gentileschi

Gentileschi's works expressed this type of ideal

androgynous

having both female and male characteristics

androgynous

Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holoferenes was painted by

Artemisia Gentileschi

The Conversion of St Paul was painted by

Caraviggio

An example of architecture from Classical Baroque

the Palace of Versailles

the most famous room in the Palace of Versailles

the Hall of Mirrors

the Palace at Versailles

the Hall of Mirrors

This style of Baroque was driven by the development of ___

the art market

the Greatest artist of the Dutch school of Restrained Baroque

Rembrandt

The Militia Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq is also known as ___

The Night Watch

painter of The Night Watch

Rembrandt

Susanna and the Elders

Susanna and the Elders was painted by

Rembrandt

In Susanna and the Elders, the power of humanity is proven worthless when exposed to what?

the truth of God

one of the most popular themes in Baroque

pathos

define pathos

the quality that arouses feelings of pity and sorrow

the Dutch Restrained Baroque artist whose works reveal a calm domestic world

Jan Vermeer

The Lacemaker

The painting, The Lacemaker, was a work by....

Vermeer

a painter and scientist who studied insects in Surinam

Maria Sibylla Merian

Metamorphoses in Surinam

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp

painter of The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp

Rembrandt

Which region of Baroque was Vermeer

Restrained

Which region of Baroque was Bernini

Florid

Which region of Baroque was Rembrandt

Restrained

Which region of Baroque was Caraviggio

Florid

Which region of Baroque was Gentileschi

Florid