Baroque Final Exam Study Questions 2024.

Baroque Final Exam Study Questions 2024. what are the basic characteristics of this period? - correct answer The popularity and success of the Baroque style was encouraged by the Catholic Church, which had decided at the time of the Council of Trent, in response to the Protestant Reformation, that the arts should communicate religious themes in direct and emotional involvement; Acted against mannerism. bring people back to the church (how do you assert the primacy of Rome and recover and maintain the souls of the church) - o To win they want to use emotion and faith (they see it as greater/more important than philosophy) o Drama and theatricality- light, diagonals, stage-like foreground, foreshortening, make art a visceral, palpable experience o Involve the viewer o Classical baroque vs realist baroque o Nude figure is forbidden- they even paint over Michelangelo's nude figures in the chapel o Greater importance on the lesser arts- greater artistic program o The age of Bach, Vivaldi, Handel o Why do they make it sooo realistic and often gruesome? To pull in the viewer and make them feel like they are really there (whether they like it or not) Who are the primary figures of importance (Artists, Patrons, Groups, churches . . .)? - correct answer Artemisia gentileschi - Artist - Cardinal Scipione Borghese, most important patron (many Cardinals are Roman Princes) - Bernini, theatrical, expressive, emotional, dramatic - Caravoggio - Diego Velazquez, court painter to Phillip 4th at 24 yrs, good at making unimportant figures look worthy - Philip 4th, huge patron to the arts, Hapsburg - Peter Paul Rubens, most important Baroque, "Ruben-esque" real "weighty" and fleshy women - Rembrandt, paints what the people want (landscape, genre painting, biblical painting, still life, etchings) What external influences shaped this period? - correct answer Council of trent (want people to come back to the church so they add emotion to their art)