ITALIAN BAROQUE

Baroque Style

Artists placed emphasis on emotion and dynamism and there was a deliberate lack of clarity when it comes to themes

characterized by asymmetrical compositions, powerful effects of movement, and strong lighting in a combination with dramatic interpretations of the Object matter

Baroco

A Portuguese term for imperfect pearl

The Edict of Nantes

Allowed other religions to practice.

Louis XIV

Also known as the Sun King, was against the Edict of Nantes. He was the supreme leader of France

Royal Academy

Founded by the royal minister Jean Batiste Colbert to manipulate images for political advantages

Michelangelo Caravaggio

He used dramatic, realistic, and Chiaroscuro techniques. He chose ordinary people as the figures in his religious works

Tenebrism

Also called the 3rd lighting technique, comes from the word Tenebroso meaning to obscure. It is the use of a very dark overall tonality of the painting

Rembrandt Van Rijn

Greatest genius of the Dutch school who painted portraits and scenes of genre and religious subjects

Rembrandt lighting

A type of low-key lighting technique that shows graded transitions from light to dark with shadows in warm colors. Features a warm white drama

Jan Vermeer

Little Dutch Master. His usual subjects focus on women doing household chores. The subjects are also seen standing next to a window

Peter Paul Rubens

Greatest Flemish painter of Baroque. He was able to produce about 2000 paintings

Rubenesque

means voluptuous and muscular figures as the beauty ideal

Imprimatura

The combination of light effects and color also known as chromatic intensity

Anthony Van Dyck

He specialized in aristocratic portraiture that featured exquisite detailing of silken fabrics, fine laces, and trimmings

Gianlorenzo Bernini

Mainly a sculptor, he was influenced by Michelangelo and used dynamism to portray figures.

Works: Fountain of Trevi, Ecstasy of St. Teresa

Fountain of Trevi

Located at the back of the Poli Palace and is part of the building. It is the largest Baroque fountain in Rome. 85x160ft

Baroque Architecture

Characterized by free and sculptural use of classical orders and ornaments and dynamic opposition of spaces

Solomonic Columns

Believed to be derived from Solomon's Temple. These are Columns with a twisted shaft

St. Peter's Basilica

The Piazza was surrounded by 284 columns in the Tuscan Style. The Basilica was also topped with various popes.

Francesco Borromini

Fiercest rival of Bernini. A keen student of the architecture of Michelangelo and the ruins of Antiquity, ____________ developed an inventive and distinctive, if somewhat idiosyncratic, architecture employing manipulations of Classical architectural forms, geometrical rationales in his plans, and symbolic meanings in his buildings.

Santa Maria della Salute

Roman Catholic Church which had a lot of sculptural figures. It was made round to symbolize the womb of Mary by Baldassare Longhena

Church of Il Gesu

The mother church of the Society of Jesus or the Jesuits. The facade is considered the first truly baroque facade. By Giacomo Vignola

Quadratura

An Illusion of figures trying to crawl out form the painting space ; portions of architecture blending with painting featuring a lot of gliding in Baroque

Pietra dura

inlaid stones panels often mounted on cabinet

Rembrandt Lighting

Lowkey lighting; shows graded transitions