Part III
Give the proper English equivalents
защитник (покровитель) протестантов
официальный художник при дворе
умело использовать свет и тень
иезуит
разнообразие фактур и поверхностей
находиться в огне религиозного экстаза
приводить в движение (вызывать)
накопить состояние путем тяжелой
работы и бережливости
узурпировать
обеспечивать великолепную
обстановку для монарха и его двора
располагаться параллельно плоскости
картины
прятать в углу
определять настроение
величественный и спокойный
поймать румянец лиц
искусство движения, беспокойной
неустойчивости
отражать любовь к наслаждениям
наслаждение удовольствиями плоти
Check the pronunciation and spelling of the proper names (parts 2, 3)
Giorgione
Pieta
Titian [ˈtɪʃn]
Versailles [veəˈsaɪl]
the Armada [ɑːˈmɑːdə]
the Escorial
Diego Velasquez [vəˈlæskəz]
Louis
Leibnitz
Questions to answer
What was the subject of most Baroque
painting in Spain – religion or
everyday life and landscapes? Why?
What effect might this have had on the
Spanish people? What about Dutch
people?
defenders of the new Church
official painter
manipulate light and shadow [məˈnɪpjʊleɪt]
The Jesuits
a variety of textures and surfaces
to be aflame with religious ecstasy
triggered [ˈtrɪgəd]
amass fortunes through hard work and thrift
usurp [juːˈzɜːp]
provide a glorious setting for the new monarch
and his court
to be parallel to the picture plane
is tucked away in corner
set the mood
dignified and serene [sɪˈriːn]
catche the flush of faces
an art of motion, of restless imbalances
reflect the love of feasts
the enjoyment of the pleasures of the flesh
This religious passion characterizes El Greco’s
figures who seem to be aflame with religious
ecstasy. A new religious order, the Society of
Jesus, was enthusiastically supported by the
Spanish kings.
In The Maids of Honor, Velasquez manipulates
 light and shadow – revealing, in this way, a variety
of textures and surfaces.

The Protestant Dutch threw off the yoke of the

How did King Louis XIV affect the
subject of much Baroque art in France?
What did he hope to accomplish by
becoming the focus of the French art
world?
What are the major common elements
found in all Baroque art, regardless of
its subject or in what country it was
produced?
Spanish, Catholic king. The Dutch were proud of
their hard-won freedom and of their tiny, flat
country. They delighted in its rich land, its
surrounding ocean, and its vast skies. The Dutch
became merchants and shipbuilders to the world
and amassed fortunes through hard work and thrift.
He devised a plan to glorify his person and his
position, thus gathering all the power in France to
himself. His schemes for power included the
building of a vast palace at Versailles, with acres of
carefully planned gardens.
Versailles and Paris became centers of artistic life.
had his own answer to the political chaos which
had plagued his country. He devised a plan to
glorify his person and his position, thus gathering
all the power in France to himself.
It is not an art of lines and edges, like Renaissance
art, but an art of color, light, and shadow. The
subject is not parallel to the picture plane and in the
center foreground, as in this Renaissance Flight
into Egypt, but is tucked away in one corner, like
this Baroque Flight into Egypt. The space thrusts
out one side and recedes deeply into the other.
Mystery and drama set the mood.

Explain and expand on the following:

The Baroque period was a time when man’s knowledge of the world around him was
expanding at a frightening rate, when the old governments were torn by political strife, when
the traditions of the church were called into question by the development of “modern”
religious ideas. Such a situation is very similar to that of the present day.
In the arts, Baroque is a period as well as the style that used exaggerated motion and
clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in
sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music. The style started around 1600 in Rome, Italy
and spread to most of Europe.
What three words best describe the Baroque period?
Ornate = highly decorative
Motion = having a continuous sense of forward motion
Contrast = differences between dynamics & texture
Extravagant style promoted by the Roman Catholic Church in the form of large-scale
works of public art illustrating key elements of the Catholic Church.
Painters portrayed a strong sense of movement in their works by:
 using swirling spirals,
 upward diagonals,
  and attractive color schemes in order to bring life to the piece of art.
A few of the notable artists of the time included:
 Annibale Carracci
 Peter Paul Rubens
 Caravaggio
 Rembrandt
Below are two examples of the sculpture of 'David'. The first is a Renaissance version
by Michelangelo. This sculpture has a very calm appearance with the attention of the full
nude feature of the human body.
The second sculpture is the Baroque version by Bernini. While the attention isn't
geared toward the nude, it does bring out the physical appearance of the body. Notice the
way Bernini portrays 'David' as if he is in motion with a physical expression on his face. It is
designed to ask the viewer to walk around the entire sculpture for examination.
Baroque architecture was connected to the Counter-Reformation of the Catholic
Church with an emphasis on the wealth of the church. Architects were encouraged to explore
new creations of the form using light, shadow, and dramatic intensity.
In addition, Baroque architecture displayed complicated shapes, large-curved columns,
grand staircases, and high domes.
Master Baroque architects included: Bernini, Fontana, Maderno, and Cortano.
Compare the present day with the Baroque using this paragraph as a guide. (Try to use as
many items of active vocabulary as possible.)
For our time - vague, uncertain, hyperdynamic, seeking stability and order - the
Baroque era is unusually close in spirit.
By means of unexpected juxtapositions, comparisons, metaphors, just as in formal
techniques of foreshortening, chiaroscuro effects - anamorphoses (visual deceptions),
Baroque artists created a special fantastic atmosphere of the incongruous and unprecedented.
.. The Baroque is an epoch, great for its grandiose destruction and equally grandiose
creations, it has remained in history a turning point in the development of world art.

Tasks to the Pictures

Look at Picture 9.
This painting by Peter Paul Rubens is called “The Arrival of Marie de Medici at
Marseilles”. Who was Marie de Medici?
1. the queen who lost her head during the French Revolution
2. Peter Paul Rubens’ wife
3. an allegorical figure from classical mythology
4. the wife of Henry IV, the first Bourbon King of France