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Barroque Period - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Epicentre of Counter-Reformation
    - - Grandiose Urban proyects: the aim was to put all eyes to the buildings. Building large squares and avenues with scuplions and fountains
      - Building Plans: showed centered shapes, mastery of curved lines, circular and eliptical floor plans
      - Facades: characterised by curved lines
      - Decorative elemets: pediments were divided and curved
  - - - Subject
        
        Religious and mythological themes and portraits
      - Unbalanced compositions
        
        Diagonal lines and spiral forms
      - Naturalism
        
        Depicting reality
      - Movement
        
        Figures, clothes and scenery depicted movement
      - Varied Materials
      - Dramatic expressions
        
        Figures produced emotion. Very exagerated almost theatrical
  - - - Dynamic Depictions: figures were depicted in unstable poses, in motion
      - Naturalism;Realism: depicted mythological and religious themes in everyday life
      - Aerial Perspective: figures were depicted with movement
      - Use of light: created stak contrasts between light and shadow, the light shines on the subjects hands and head, tenebrism
- - - - Result of works of art comisioned by comercial bourgeoisie
      - Subjects were portraits, domestic scenes and landscapes
      - Rembrandt and Johannes Vermeer
- - - - Rich abundant decoration: Cathedrals in Mexico, Cuzco and Lima (peru)
      - Paret of the distinct artistic herritage of Latin America. Church and wealthy criollos comissioned luxurious palaces
  - - - Francisco de Zurbaran, Alonso Cano and Esteban Murillo
      - Naturalism, slimpler compostions and less dramatic expresions
    - - Included Diego de Silva y Velazquez
      - Velazquez was the greatest Spanish paintor of the 17th century and was named court painter of Felipe IV. Mastered aerial perspective
    - - Influenced by Italian Barroque painting, contrasts between light and shadow colourfull
      - Francisco Ribalta and Jose Ribera
  - - - Alonso Berruguete, Juan de Juani, Gregorio Fernandez
      - -Realism: depict realitu
      - Expresiveness: Enphasis on drama. Colour added intensity
    - - Major centre of sculpture
      - Alonso Cano, Martinez Montañes, Pedro de Mena
- - - - Represented the distinction between the monarchy and the rest of society. It was a metaphor for the monarchy's power
      - The interior was highly decorated with mirors, mabele colors tapestries...
      - The gardens were as important as the interior and building
- - - - Rene Descartes
        
        French, matematician philosopher and scientist
        
        Father of modern philosophy
        
        "I think, therefore, I am"
        
        Forced to leave france because of the opposal to his thinking by the Catholic Church
      - Determinig the truth through methodic doubt
      - Questioning everything to arrive at a rational certainty
      - View the truths with a critical eye, questioning everything that isn't clear
    - - Francis Bacon
        
        Discovered and popularised the scientific method
        
        Father of empiricism
        
        "knowledge comes from expirience"
      - Philosophers and scientisits must be spectical
      - Everything needs to be proven through the scientific method (observation and experimentation)