baroque art

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Baroque

Characteristics:•Realism.•Sense of movement, energy, and tension.•Intense emotion or spirituality – e.g., ecstasies, martyrdoms, miracles.•Strong contrasts of light and shadow.•Grander sense of space.

Caravaggio --The Crucifixion of St. Peter

Peter Paul Rubens (1577

- 1640) – Arrival of Marie de Medici at

Marseilles

Artemisia Gentileschi

(1593 - 1652) – Judith &

Maidservant with Head of Holofernes.

Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598 - 1680) – Bust of

Louis XIV.

Diego Velazquez

(1599 - 1660) –

Maids of Honor.

Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) – The Night Watch.

Jan Vermeer (1632 - 1675) – Young

Woman with a

Water Jug.

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