EUROPEAN BAROQUE CULTURE 121ce27fb61a4cd1d18a0b109da42e763cd079fa

BAROQUE CULTURE

BAROQUE ART

SPANISH BAROQUE ART

SPANISH GOLDEN AGE

The Baroque was a cultural movement. Developed in europe throughout the 17th century and the beginning of the 18th century. Great advances were made.

SCIENCE

LITERATURE

PHILOSOPHY

MUSIC

Claudio Monteverdi

Antonio Vivaldi

Domenico Scarlatti

Operas

Musical compositions with theatre

Novels

Theatre

Poetry

Tragedy

Tragicomedy

Comedy

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Main theoretical approaches

René Descartes

Baruch Spinoza

Francis Bacon and John Locke

rationalism

pantheism

God and nature were identical

Empiricism

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The scientific method

Observing nature

Create an hypothesis

If the hypothesis was correct, verify it with an experiment

Advanced in

physics

medicine

astronomics

mathematics

Cartesian by Descartes

The sun is the centre Galileo Galilei

Gravitation Isaac Newton

Double circulatory system William Harvey

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The works produced in this period tell us a lot about society and people's way of thinking in this era.

POETRY

THEATRE

NOVEL

The best novel of history

Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes

1605

Spanish language

picaresque novel

El Lazarillo de Tormes

Francisco de Quevedo

La vida del Buscón

two great poets

Luis de Góngora

Francisco de Quevedo

culteranismo

use of cultured language

conceptismo

use of expressions with a double meaning and a satirical tone

popular among the working classes

the works were in verse

main subjects

love

honour

touches of humour

most important playwrights

Calderón de la Barca

Tirso de Molina

Lope de Vega

organises works logically

El caballero de Olmedo

religious plays

La vida es sueño

tragicomedies

El burlador de Sevilla

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ARCHITECTURE

PAINTING AND SCULPTURE

BAROQUE ART

artistic style

emerged in Italy

developed durin the 16th, 17th and 18th century

characterised by

expressiveness

curved features

decoration

It symbolised

a break with the balance and harmony of the Renaissance

Baroque style varied in countries

Catholic countries

Protestant countries

linked to the Counter-Reformation

use art to strengthen people's faith

accessible, emotive and dazzling style

rich in decoration

favoured a austere style

less decoration

religion less influential

bourgeoisie main patrons

buildings aimed to reflect a sense of movement

Fragmented features

Open spaces

Curved features

Decorative features

main buildings

Palaces

Gardens and squares

Churches

classicist style

Baroque elements

rich decoration

expensive materials

Saint Peter's Basilica

by Bernini

constructed a baldachin

small altar supported by columns with spiral shafts

Baroque style

emerged in Italy

with the construction of religious buildings

Saint Charles of the Four Fountains by Borromini

MAIN CHARACTERISTICS

Chiaroscuro

Naturalism

Realism

Expressiveness

The use of diagonal lines

Theatricality

strong contrasts in light and shade

represent reality faithfully

situations and scenes of daily life

intense emotions

not symmetrical

combining figures and artistic features

European Baroque sculpture

Italian Baroque painting

French Baroque painting

Flemish Baroque painting

Dutch Baroque painting

sculpture gained importance

was the central feature

parks

facades

squares

In Italy

Gian Lorenzo Bernini was the most famous figure

The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa and Apollo

marble

France

more classicist

decorate the Palace of Versaille

Two main styles

Tenebrism

Caravaggio

strong contrasts of light and shade

one of the most important painters

The Calling of Saint Matthew

The Crucifixion of Saint Peter

examples of classicism

classicist style the important

Annibale Carracci

frescos in Palazzo Farnese

important artists

Nicolas Poussin

Le Nain

scenes of peasants

Holland

bourgeoisie main patrons

less religious works

more portraits and scenes of daily life

Rembrandt

chiaroscuro

Rubens

movement

portrayal of nudes

colour

famous works

The Judgement of Paris

The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus

The Three Graces

ARCHITECTURE

SCULPTURE

Characteristics

PAINTING

Rich decoration

greater expressiveness

predominance of religious themes

Religious architecture

Civil architecture