There were many differences between Renaissance and Baroque art, and Paqui has shown us a Power Point presentation showing us these differences.
Baroque art was a reflection of society, so it was the art of Absolute Monarchy, because monarchs wanted to show their power with magnificent buildings, such as big palaces and it was also the art of Counter-Reformation, because the Catholic Church wanted to reaffirm their power with impressing works of art. Furthermore, in the Protestant countries bourgeois commissioned Baroque works of art.
Then, we have talked about architecture. The main purpose of architects was to give movement to the buildings, using curved lines, spirals, Solomonic columns, games of lights and shadows... The main architect was Bernini, who built Saint Andrea all Quirinale and the Square and colonnade of Saint Peter of the Vatican, among others. Paqui has explained that the last building is so big because Bernini wanted to strike the audience.
Another important architect was Francesco Borromini, who built the Church of San Carlo alle quattro Fontane and the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri.
The Colonnade of Saint Peter's Square |
Versailles Palace |
Ecstasy of Santa Theresa |
Apollo and Daphne |
The crucifixion of St. Peter |
Michelangelo Caravaggio is an Italian painter. He painted The
crucifixion of Saint Peter in 1601, which represents the martyrdom of Saint Peter, who was crucified upside down, because Saint Peter didn't consider himself as important as Jesus Christ. The picture was painted on oil on canvas. The insistence in the diagonals like in the cross, in Saint Peter's positions and the soldiers confirm that it is a Baroque painting. The man backwards in the foreground is a foreshortened figure, which is another Baroque feature, together with the contrast between light and shadows.
Other Caravaggio's paintings were The Conversion of St Paul, which represents St. Paul after he fell down of a horse after he saw a bright light, but in a different way: the horse takes up most of the space and there is a light that illuminates St, Paul, but not the servant or the horse (this light represents the presence that St.Paul noticed) or The Calling of St. Matthew, which represents Christ's call to Matthew.
The death of the Virgin |
The Calling of St. Matthew |
The Conversion of St. Paul |
Peter Paul Rubens was another Baroque painter, who painted The Duke of Lerma,
the Adoration of te Magi and the Three Graces, which represents a
sensual beauty and the ideal of Baroque women.
At
last, the teacher has shown us some paintings of Rembrant Van
Rijn, such as his Self Portraits, among them 22 years old, With two
circles and 63 years old and Anatomy lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp.
Paqui has written on the blackboard some words: foreshortened figure (escorzo), which means "represent as having less depth or distance than in reality, so as to convey an effect of perspective"; overelaborated (decoration), recargado/a; to shock, impactar; fleeting, fugaz and laurel, laurel.
Here you have some links about some Baroque artists:
-Michelangelo Bounarroti
Paqui has written on the blackboard some words: foreshortened figure (escorzo), which means "represent as having less depth or distance than in reality, so as to convey an effect of perspective"; overelaborated (decoration), recargado/a; to shock, impactar; fleeting, fugaz and laurel, laurel.
-Michelangelo Bounarroti
-Gian Lorenzo Bernini
And if you want to know more about the Versailles Palace, you can click here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Versailles or go to the official website
http://www.chateauversailles.fr/homepage
And if you want to know more about the Versailles Palace, you can click here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Versailles or go to the official website
http://www.chateauversailles.fr/homepage
Roxana, your journal is FANTASTIC , I like it a lot. Is very complete and the photos are very good.
ReplyDeleteI haven´t found any mistakes.
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Hello Roxana, I like so much your journal, I think it´s the longest I have read so far. It´s very complete and Ihave found only some mistakes like ¨wxuberant¨ or ¨aroque¨.
ReplyDeleteI also like the phrase ¨like the clergy had a dirty mind...¨
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Yes, it's true. Your journal is very complete and also is the longest that I have read. I like a lot.
ReplyDeleteThe only mistakes that I have found are the same mistakes that Fernando has said.
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Hello Roxana, I like your journal too! I have found a mistake: "differences". You have written it with one "f".
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ReplyDeleteSalva, can you tell me in what paragraph?
ReplyDeleteHello everybody,
ReplyDeleteSorry for not reading the journal until today. I had technical problems with my computer.
Congratulations, Roxana! This is what the journal should be: the complete explanation of what happened during the lesson. You´ve done an excellent work. I hope your classmates learn what they are expected to do here.
There are some spelling and grammar mistakes yor classmates haven´t found. I´m going to write them in order, so that you can easiliy correct them:
-Baroque has to be always written in capital letters. All the art styles are proper nouns in English.
-Exaggerated, with two G. You could also use the adjective overelaborated
-When you talk about Absolute Monarchies, you should change the sentence: monarchs wanted to show their power with magnificent buildings, such as big palaces. And the same with the Catholic Church: they wanted to reaffirm their power with impressing or astonishing works of art
-We have talked
-Architect, ended in t
-Another important
architect. Another is singular. Other is plural.
-Borromini, who
-…Louis XIV´s visitors
-…as some members of the clergy had dirty minds. We shouldn´t include all the members of the clergy there ;)
-asymmetry
-supremacy of movement and realism over Renaissance´s balance and idealism.
-… painted on oil on canvas
-In the foreground
-…Saint Paul saw a bright light
-The horse takes up
-About the Death of the Virgin, the painting caused a stir and was rejected… They accused Caravaggio of modelling
That´s all. You´ve done a really good work. If you want to improve it even more, you could create some links to some names of artists or their works of art. Remember to include the sources of the images you´ve used. You can write all of them at the end of your post by writing:
Sources of the pictures:
See you tomorrow. Good night!
Paqui I have corrected my mistakes but, can you revise the journal another time, just in case?
ReplyDeleteHello Roxana,
ReplyDeleteI have to go to the school now. I´ll have the final look when I come back.Bye!
OK. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteRoxana, I like your journal a lot it's very complete, and it's also very large. Also, the photos are very good too.
ReplyDeleteBye, bye !
I´m back. This is what I ´ve found. They are all small mistakes:
ReplyDelete- Second paragraph: when you talk about Baroque as the art of Counter-REformation, after the comma you should change they for the Catholic Church. The sentence would be clearer.
- Matthew with double t
- Peter Paul Rubens was another Baroque painter. Change the order of the sentence and remember that another is singular and other is plural.
-... the parish, which accused Caravaggio
- Rembrandt Van Rijn
- escorzo, which means
- Versailles Palace
Anyway, that´s a really good work. Cristina Blanco also congratulates you!