Baroque Art questions & answers graded A+ 2023/2023

Baroque ArtWhen - correct answer 17th - 18th C Spain where is the sources for this art - correct answer Renaissance; it becomes even *more classical* and MORE realistic! Classist Trend - correct answer more about *drawing* Realist Trend - correct answer More an obvious interest in representing things in a *theatrical* way dramatic light and shade *INITIATED BY CARAVAGGIO* Caravaggio-- TENEBRISM - correct answer dark painting with *really strong; theater spotlight* ONE light source Baroque goal (w Church) - correct answer the church needs to *CONNECT* with people Mannerism was not doing this; it did NOT convey the message people *could be saved* too well! Describe characteristics - correct answer strong light effects (tenebrism and luminism) dramatic composition, *EMOTIONS* theatrical *ordinary people* *NO harmony* (this is NOT Renaissance art) Figures are NOT idealized-- why? - correct answer the church wants *art that is easy for people to relate to!* They want to appeal to the emotions of the people; so saints and martyrs etc. cannot be unattainable WHO IS BAROQUE ART FOR? (two answers) - correct answer The CHURCH (bc the *counter reformation*) OR the *ABSOLUTE MONARCHS*-- thin Velazquez painting Philip II after he saw Titian.... etc. describe the *political and economic* moment in SPAIN during the BAROQUE period - correct answer moment of political turmoil in Europe in 1609, jews and muslims are expelled from Spain expelling of these people causes an *decline in economy and intellectualism* BUT NOW-- *pure Spanish expression through art occurs* Describe: Zubaran-- his life; what inspired him to paint what he did - correct answer Zubarin specializes in *saints and monks* because he went to live in a monastery to capture the *monastic life* he paints images of Saints wearing rags and living poorly; looking like ordinary people Still Life with Vessels