Baroque composers

The baroque period in music is often defined as the period of time from 1600 to 1750 due to its symbolic characteristic in music of that time (Frank 451). However, such classification has been surrounded by controversy. Many scholars debated on whether it is appropriate to assign a unified period concept to such time frame (451). Today, music composed during the baroque period is generally termed as the baroque music. Such generalized impression misled people into thinking that such unifying…

The talents depicted by such magnificent Baroque artists such as Rembrandt, Caravaggio, and the female painter Artemisia Gentileschi as well as many others have given artists through the ages to both inspiration and encouragement to pursue their own work. Baroque Aesthetic Principles Describing a period of time between 1590 and 1720, the Baroque period is seen as a period of opulence and extravagance as well as for the religious reflections in the art. Baroque is classified usually by location…

Pair Four: Senufo Equestrian, wood, (19 century) [Location: British Museum] and Equestrian Portrait of Charlemagne, bronze (9 century) [Location: Louvre, Paris] When art is from two different time period and two different cultures it is thought that the two pieces when compared would not have much in common. However, that is hardly ever the case; they can have similaries in meanings and cultural significance. With the help of the readings from “Icon” and “Art Through the Ages”, along with the…

Renaissance and Baroque periods, were a direct response to the church reformations of the respective times. As the architectural forms evolved, the user’s experience has also changed. During the High Renaissance period, regular forms with straight and circular lines were used to achieve harmony and calmness with the buildings. It was a response to the Renaissance Humanism movement. The idealistic style of this period was reflected in Maderno’s facade and the dome. As St Peter’s evolved, Baroque…

Aquinas’ Gradation Argument According to The Internet Encyclopedia (http://www.iep.utm.edu/aquinas) Thomas Aquinas lived in 1225–1274, as a catholic priest in Italy. He was well known for his philosophical and theological ideas or arguments. One of his arguments was that he can prove Gods existence gradation of beings. Anyone who claims they can prove God to be real comes off as possibly heretical or blasphemous. In this case Aquinas teaches bad doctrine and I would classify it as heretical.…

Pride and Prejudice was written during the Georgian Era. This time there was little artificial lighting and structures were made in a way where natural light was meant to light up the whole room. The lighting in the film used a combination of lighting that attempted to make the film seem like an authentic representation of the time that the story took place. The scene at the very beginning when they are discussing the arrival of Mr. Bingley is a great example of lighting indicative of the…

Francisco Goya (1746-1828) was a prominent Spanish painter and printmaker of the mid-18th century. He is labeled as the first truly modern artist with his Romanticism elements portrayed in his artwork, such as imagination, subjectivity, and emotion. Goya was artistically gifted, with the capability to portray real life situations by using imagination and emotion. Goya’s earlier pieces are lighter and more carefree, while his later pieces focuses on the harsh reality of war with components of…

In the cycles of the art world, artistic styles progress over time and new innovative techniques embody an era, but the past periods never truly fade from the mind of the artist, hence periods like the Renaissance, a rebirth of an older era of art. However this retrospective obsession with art can meddle up an art history timeline if a statue is not properly dated to the correct era. This is case the regarding the Piombino Apollo, a statue found at sea in 1832 with a complex history of study…

15.5 Poussin, Rembrandt, and Neoclassicism 1. Poussin. Nicolas Poussin (Born June 1594, died November 1665), was a leading painter who utilized French Baroque style, even though he lived in Rome, where Baroque style was not very popular among its citizens. During his lifetime, he worked in Rome and used his art to influence and spread the Baroque styles. He did this by conveying a lot of emotion and drama in his works. Poussin’s work can also be characterized by its clarity, logic, and order,…

also an Italian sculptor and architect, but during the Baroque period. The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa was finished in 1652 for the Cornaro family chapel in Santa Maria della Vittoria (Kleiner). Though there is complexity in the Baroque moment of Gian Bernini’s Ectasy of Saint Theresa, the Neoplatonist and humanist influences on Michelangelo’s Pietà are standard of the High Renaissance. In Ecstasy of Saint Theresa, Bernini’s depicts not only a Baroque moment and emotion, but also…