B7 EUGENE SPENCER C.

LOPEZ GRADE 9- ADN

ARTS 9

EVENTS THAT HAPPENED DURING BAROQUE PERIOD:

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Many scientific discoveries influence art.

Religion determine many aspects of Baroque art.
Political situation also influence.
The active trade and colonization policies accounted for numerous portrayals
that were exotics to Europeans.

CHARACTISTICS OF BAROQUE ART:

1. Artists use curvilinear and swirling lines to convey the emotions of life
subjects, projecting them to be lifelike and real.
2. Emotional drama expressed which is usually arranged by the use of
chiaroscuro ( play of dark and light) draws the viewers to be
thrilled/fascinated.
3. The techniques applied seem to vary according to the religion which the
particular artist professes.
4. In the Southern part where Rome was the center, painters chose religions
subjects to be executed from the Bible or Greek mythologies for metaphors.

FAMOUS ARTISTS:
1. MICHELANGELO MERISI da CARAVAGGIO
@ - orphaned as a child
@ - passionate and hot-tempered
@ - often found trouble working with peers
- painted his subjects who live through and suffer as ordinary men do
-He style is realistic naturalism
ARTWORKS
- to paint was commissioned to paint for the church of San Luigi dei Francesi
, the artwork which portrays the life of St. Matthew caused public outcry.
- Calling of St. Matthew
- The Crowning with Thorns

ART FORMS
- Swirling figures

Used chiaroscuro ( play of dark and light)

Theatrical spectacle- the position of the subjects draws more viewers
to be involved into the event that took place in the canvas.
Almost all his pieces are symmetrical
The depiction of light seems to come from nowhere- tenebrism
The texture of paint is creamy and broad often resulting in thick
impasto

2. PETER PAUL RUBENS

- Treated art as the highest level of orderliness
- Highly educated because of families prominence
- He learned the virtues empathy and goodwill to his pious mother
ARTWORKS
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He exposed beauty tempered with religious disposition

Voluptuous women are his favorite subject
Prometheus Bound
Venus at a Mirror
The Raising of the Cross

ART FORMS
Lines are swirling, curving and diagonal
Motifs are Greek myths and history
Source of line is indefinite suggesting his mastery of tenebrism

Fair skin is emphasized

Sometimes composition of asymmetrical
Purity of colors and atmosphers of nobility are disclosed
Theatrical element such as calm, noble and dignified

3. DIEGO RODRIGUEZ de SILVA y VELAZQUEZ

- Grew up and was trained in the refinement of arts
- He was acquainted with the Italian masters of the Renaissance

ART WORKS
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His mastery of human expressions is unequaled

His brushstrokes almost penetrate the character of his subject
Pope Innocent X
Las Meninas
ART FORMS
Fusion of form and content to convey his subjects into the canvas
Mastery of the formation of sitters so that arrangement is always
excellent
Use lines that pointed will to the overall movement of mobility of his
subjects.

His painting reveals the character of his subjects

4. REMBRNDT HARMENSZOON van RINJ

- He seemed to understand much the human nature that he appeared to
translate them into the canvas in lifelike and the theatrical quality
- He often use the compassion of Christ and the Apostles to propagate
divine virtues

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It was evident in his work the brilliant execution of chiaroscuro it was

quite unorthodox since light comes from no definite source.
This approach made him to effectively convey the emotions and
characters of his subjects
ART FORMS

Tenebrism technique was evident in his work, this tends to put

emphasis on the character and to send off a soft mood of the
atmosphere
The juxtaposition of light and dark spaces are always kept in balance
He uses thick paints in rough texture to convey firm yet elegant forms
The play of light and dark is cleverly manipulated in achieving
vanishing perspective
Pure colors are put on the foreground to separate distinctively neutral
colors from the background

5. GIAN LORENZO BERMINI

- Underwent the rigid training of his own father
- His comprehensive studies of ancient Greek sculptures and of works of
Michaelangelo
Bounarroti enabled him to convey the character and emotions of his
sculptures

APOLLO AND DAPHNE

ART WORK
His architectural design of symbolic structure over the tomb of St.
Peter
Suggested a baroque classical art music froze n to be appreciated for
an indefinite time
ART FORMS
His works reached the highest level in sculpture because viewers can
look at his art pieces in an all-around perspective
Lifelike movement seemed to drew the viewer to get involved in the
scene
Symmetry and rhythm fix his subject to pose in theatrical spectacles
Subtle in interconnecting lines, forms and shapes
Unity is always attained
Intertwined the drapery with the movement to attain a classical pose

6. JOHANNES VERMEER
was a Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of
middle-class life. Vermeer was a moderately successful provincial
genre painter in his lifetime.
- Born: October 31, 1632, Delft, Netherlands
- Died: December 15, 1675, Delft, Netherlands
- Spouse: Catharina Bolnes (m. 16531675)
- Children: Cornelia Vermeer, Catharina Vermeer, Beatrix Vermeer, more
- Periods: Baroque painting, Baroque, Dutch Golden Age painting, Dutch
Golden Age
Artwork
ARTWORK
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THE MILK MAID

The Milkmaid, sometimes called The Kitchen Maid, is an oil-on-canvas
painting of a "milkmaid", in fact a domestic kitchen maid

LITTLE STREET
Straight angles alternate with the triangle of the house and of the sky
giving the composition a certain vitality. The walls, stones and
brickwork are painted in a thick colour, that it makes them almost
palpable.

ART FORMS
focused on realistic subjects, as evident in most of his paintings. It is
also worth noting that there is nothing extraordinary with the way he
interpreted his subjects.
his artworks were all rather spectacular and enigmatic, he was much
more interested on painting objects and scenery that allowed viewers
to contemplace of these.
Dimension and space are also key aspects of Vermeer's works. He
excelled in using the color palette in such a way that presented his
competency in creating realistic images with a photographic quality.
Vermeer was a master of incorporating shadow and light to his works.
He was able to achieve this style by using the camera obscura. This is
a kind of tool that is made of a box, which came with a hole and
equipped with a lens inside it.