baroque art

By Lauraferbra09
  • 1556

    An event for the beginning of the historical period.

    The beginning of the Baroque was marked in the different European States by different historical events: In Spain, the accession of Philip II to the throne (1556) and the beginning of Spanish hegemony (which would last until the Thirty Years' War).

  • Two cultural or scientific events of the historical period.

    1.conceptism, whose representative was Quevedo. 2.Culteranis, whose greatest exponent was Góngora.
  • Period: to

    Two cultural or scientific timespan of the historical period.

    1.The Thirty Years' War (1618 - 1648), plague epidemics, the decline of gold brought from the Americas, left a trail of hunger and poverty that influenced the decline in the population.
    2.William Shakespeare dies in Denmark in 1616
  • Period: to

    Two political, economic or social events of the historical period.

    1. 2.The Thirty Years' War (1618 - 1648), plague epidemics, the decline in gold brought from the Americas, left a trail of hunger and poverty that influenced the decline in the population.

  • Two political, economic or social events of the historical period.

    1. Absolute monarchy was the prevailing political system. The king concentrated all powers, his authority came from God and he could exercise it without limits. This form of government excelled in France under Louis XIV, the Sun King 2.

  • An event for the end of the historical period.

    The end of the Baroque period is established with the death of the composer Johan Sebastian Bach on July 28, 1750.