Baroque Culture (ca. 1600-1750)History 104 / January 28, 2013
Plan of the castle garden at Brühl, Germany
Blue/white porcelain with Chinese motif
Chinoiserie: the Chinese Tea House, Potsdam(built 1755-1764)
Chinoiserie in 18th-Century furniture
Augustusburg Palace, Brühl (outside Cologne)
Entrystaircase
Designed byBalthasarNeumann
(1687-1753)
Clemens August, everywhere you look
En route to the audience chamber
A (relatively modest) sitting room
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Bach in search of a permanent job as organist
Baroque music
Musical sample
Bach, “Et in terra pax,” from Mass in B Minor, BMV 232
(Conducted by Herbert Blomstedt)
Georg Friedrich Händel
(1685-1750)
a.k.a.George Frederick Handel
Antonio Canaletto, London – Greenwich HospitalMusical sample: Handel, Water Music