Baroque music

Church decoration started to become very competitive. New church was not constructed just in style but rather decoration was added to the already impressive baroque. Churrigueresque art style saw the creation of fabulous altarpieces that were carved and gilded. During this period the use of estipite column was featured in sculpting. That was brought from Seville by Jeronimo de Balbas, both in interiors and on…

depicting depth and manipulating light is a loose yet proper use of chiaroscuro. This difference in their approach is something that is very obvious when looking at each artist’s background and considering his school of art. For Claude, coming from the baroque era in France, it was common and accepted, even encouraged, to use bright and vivid colors and precise details to amplify motion and depict deep and grand ideas. In contrast, Dong Qichang comes from an artistic background that seeks to…

The neoclassic artistic style began about the same time as the start of the age of enlightenment in the mid 18th century. Neoclassical art favored the simplicity and symmetry of Ancient Greece and Rome and viewed the Rococo style it displaced as immoral. Neoclassical artists thought art should be more cerebral and less sensual and viewed drawing as more important than painting. Neoclassical art with its strong lines, muted colors, and lack of visible brush strokes create images which appear to…

- I have selected Neoclassical architecture to be the inspiration of my artwork, which stemmed from the Neoclassical art period, and the beginning of neoclassical art was witnessed in the middle of the 18th century, and as of the literal definition of the word, it means revival of the old past which in this case was the classical art. In addition to most art periods of that time it was centralized in Europe but the Neoclassical period spread around the world as a global art movement. This also…

kings and queens were viewed as semi-divine and the camera was not yet invented. This allowed artists like Anthony Van Dyck to produce a sense of likeness and flattery to their portraits, to display the ruler’s status. Anthony Van Dyck was a Flemish baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England; his most famous painting is King Charles I at the Hunt. King Charles is standing casually dressed next to a man and a horse, showing a bit of a contrasting between light and dark colors.…

Alex Ingles ART 276: Baroque & Rococo Reading Response 4 2/16/2016 Gian Lorenzo Bernini was probably one of the greatest artists of the Baroque Era. His sculptures and other architectural projects show us he was capable of using different subjects and forms of media to bring his works to life. Warwick’s article discusses the theatrical approach he took in his sculptures and other works of art. His objective was to set a stage and engage the spectators viewing the art as if they were in a…

shown with Homer at the top and Iliad and Odyssey at his feet. 7. The two principal meanings of the term classical style in music is clarity of form and purity of design. Clarity was heard in the repeating melodies that people could tell was the melody. The changes in tempo were gradual and not loud. The purity of design was that each piece should be rehearsed so that the music would have…

During the 18th century, several artistic movements occurred as a result of the Enlightenment. One of these movements was Neoclassicism, this period involved the revival of classical cultures as well as incorporated themes and styles of both Greek and Roman art (Kleiner 763). An example of a Neoclassical artist was Angelica Kauffman, in 1785 he created one of his most famous pieces Cornelia Presenting Her Children as Her Treasures. In this painting, Kauffman exhibits a Neoclassical style within…

“The Swing” vs. “Ecstasy of St. Theresa” Fragonard’s “The Swing,” from the Rococo period, and Bernini’s “Ecstasy of St. Theresa,” from the Italian Baroque, are two works of art that employ a lavish visual aesthetic that many viewers, as well as artists, of their time were unable to comprehend. Both pieces are so visually stimulating, and detail oriented. They draw the viewer to the piece without flaw, and allow for a very pleasant representation of the artistic era they embody. Both…

Popular culture, or Pop Art was a time when simple objects of everyday life were made into fine art, but more often Pop art is a statement on mass advertising and the customer culture after WWII. It also was a means to demonstrate against future conflicts as well. During the world’s recovery of WWII magazines and newspapers were full of advertisements of what to buy, and how the perfect house hold should look like. People tried to live above their means in order to fulfil what they thought they…