Baroque

Caasi, Pacis, Pasia, Villarivera

Etymology
 Barrocco Barocco
Portuguese Italian
A pearl of irregular An obstacle in logic
shape
History
 1602
Establishment of the Dutch East India
Company
1603
Death of Elizabeth I
1610
Ascension of Louis XIII
1618
Start of the Thirty Years War
1620
Arrival of Pilgrims in America
1643
Mary I ascends the throne
1692
Salem Witch Trials
1667
Completion of St. Peter’s Square
Art
 N A N I?

DRAMATIC
detailed elaborate
Artists
Techniques
And some paintings!
 The use of shadows to produce contrast
TENEBRI between light and dark areas. It is used to
create drama.
SM
Crucifixion
of Saint Peter
CHIAROSCUR
O
The use of shadows to make
an object seem more 3D. It
puts emphasis on the curves
of a human being.
Judith
Slaying
Holofernes
 TROMPE
L’OEIL
A painting and sculpting
technique that tricks viewers
into thinking the object is 3D
or larger than it really is.
Triumph of Saint Ignatius
The
Supper at
Emmaus

trompe
l’oeil
The Night
Watch

tenebrism
and
chiaroscuro
Techniques
And some sculptures!
The
Ecstasy of
St. Theresa
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Davi a
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d
Milo of
Crotona
Palace of Versailles, garden front
Structures
And structural pieces!
Structural Pieces
1. Solomonic/ Barley-sugar/ 6. Colonnades
Spiral columns
7. Mansard roof
2. Layered columns
8. Sculpted busts
3. Colossal columns
9. Triple Stringcourse
4. Broken Pediments 10. Double pilasters
5. Baldachin - indoor canopy 11. Colossal pilasters
over a respected object
 CHURCHES
These are the most common
Baroque structures in Italy.
Church of
Saint
Susanna at
the Baths of stringcourse

Diocletian
CHATEAUX ADD PIC

Country mansions are the

most popular Baroque
structures in France.
 Mansard roof

Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte
 Pediments

Pilasters Spiral columns

Architecture
Nymph’s
Bath in
Dresden
ZwingerD
resden,
aerial
Royal
Palace,
Stockholm
Wall
Pavilion,
Zwinger,
Dresden
Einsiedeln Abbey
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
St. Peter’s Basilica, aerial

Colonnades
St. Peter’s Basilica, altar

Baldachin
Palace of Versailles
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