Category: Baroque

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio and Baroque Style Nowadays, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) is being commonly referred to as the founder of Baroque style in visual art (Charles and Klaus 43). Such a point of view is fully justified  something that can be easily illustrated, in regards to the essence of what can be…

Different Tendencies of Renaissance and Baroque The Renaissance has been one of the brightest periods in history which brought many talented artists such as Michelangelo and Palladio. The main aspects of Mannerism developed between1510 and 1520 in Italy are the approach of reacting to the harmonious ideals and naturalism. Michelangelo is one of the greatest…

E-Concert Report: Pieces from Early and Baroque Music Table of Contents Introduction Bachs Brandenburg Concerto #5 Vivaldis The Four Seasons Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The epoch of Baroque, which took over one and a half centuries from the early 1600s to the 1750s, was a majestic period for all branches of art. Its bizarre pompous…

Baroque and Rococo Paintings: Guided Tour Judith Beheading Holofernes. The first work of art to be analyzed in this paper is called Judith Beheading Holofernes. It is an oil painting on canvas, which belongs to Artemisia Gentileschi, an Italian artist, who created this painting in 1620. It depicts a scene from the Old Testament when…

Renaissance and Baroque Epochs Analysis The course of human history and the process of the development of human society may be schematically represented as the stairs, where each stair is a definite historical epoch. Such stairs or stages of the development are the Renaissance and Baroque. If the reasons for choice of these particular epochs…

The Works of Baroque Period Table of Contents Abstract Caravaggio, The Calling of Saint Matthew, 1599-1600 The Flight into Egypt by Annibale Carracci, 1603 Resurrection of Christ, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635-1639 Reference Abstract Baroque period is distinguished by the depiction of space and movement where expression was of great importance. Exaggeration and luxury are the…

Music of the Baroque Period: What is a Baroque Concerto? Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion References Introduction Baroque is often used to describe the style of music which is composed during the era that coincides with the period of Baroque art. There are still a lot of arguments when it comes to the principles…

Comparison of Pieces: Baroque, Classical and Romantic Table of Contents Comparison of the Works Baroque: The Messiah by Georg Friederich Händel Classical: Piano Concerto in G Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Romantic: Madame Butterfly Romantic: New World Symphony by Antonin Dvorak Conclusions from Comparison My Reactions to New World Symphony References Over the centuries, the…

Instrumental Suite in the Baroque Period Table of Contents Introduction Historical development before the baroque period The baroque period Instruments in the baroque period Music in the baroque era Instrumental composers of the baroque period Conclusion Bibliography Introduction A suite is a musical instrumental masterpiece that consists of a series of changing movements or a…

The Baroque Art, Approximately Corresponded to the Seventeenth Century The visual arts, as well as architectural design and construction, were created throughout the Baroque period in Western art history, which approximately corresponded to the seventeenth century. The word Baroque was most likely originated from the Italian word Barocco, which scholars used to denote an impediment…