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Period: Jan 1, 1571 to
Michelangelo de Caravaggio
• Michelangelo da Caravaggio was known as the creator of Baroque art. He was an Italian artist who depicted biblical characters as ordinary people. Some of his most famous artworks include Judith Beheading Holofernes, Supper at Emmaus, The Conversion of St Paul, and The Death of a Virgin. -
Period: Jan 1, 1577 to
Peter Paul Rubens
One other well-known artist is Peter Paul Rubens, a Flemish painter who focused on movement, color, and sensuality. It is known that Ruben often used helpers to assist him in his paintings, and not only that but he assisted many in finishing their artwork by usually doing the hands or faces. Rubens most famous works included Venus Before the Mirror, Samson & Delilah, The Massacre Of The Innocents, and The Judgement of Paris -
The Baroque Period Begins
The Baroque period had begun at about 1600 after the reformation as almost counter-reformation; the term Baroque literally means irregular or odd. So exactly what was irregular or odd in this time period? The art, music, and architecture all display what the Baroque period was about. -
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Carlo Maderno
One well known architects of the baroque period included Carlo Maderno who lived in the early baroque, whom constructed the facade of Saint Peter's Basilica. The Basilica included double columns and broken pediments which are common in the baroque period; his style was mimicked by others later in the baroque period. -
Peter Paul Rubens paints The Descent from the Cross
Peter Paul Rubens was the most renowned northern European artist of his day. In 1611, Rudens finished The Descent from the Cross which was painted with a characteristically baroque sense of movement and tactile strength. -
Artemisia Gentieschi's painting Judith Slaying Holofernes
Artemisia Gentileschi was born in Italy in 1593. She was a follower of Caravaggio. In 1620, Gentileschi painted Judith Slaying Holofernes which was interpreted as painted revenge for rape. -
Gian Lorenzo Bernini finishes Apollo and Daphne
Bernini was born in Italy in 1598. In 1622, Gian Bernini began a sculpture. It wasn't until 1624 that he finished his famous sculpture Apollo and Daphne. -
Michelangelo da Caravaggio The Denial of Saint Peter
In 1624, Michelangelo da Cavaggio painted The Denial of Saint Peter which excessively concentrates on the human drama. Caravaggio chose themes from pagan and Christian literature illustrating human figures involved in dramatic physical action. His art work was influenced by Peter Paul. -
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini
Two other well-known names were Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini (1625-1675) who worked in the high baroque. Bernini’s most profound works were the baldachin and the curving colonnades that frame St Peter's Square. Borromini’s most known work was the church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, from this and the rest of his works he was known to be a master of curved wall architecture. -
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Antonio Vivaldi
One famous composer in the baroque time period was Antonio Vivaldi, an Italian composer whom happened to go into the wrong field of interest at first. He later found music as his true calling and ended up writing 500 concertos, 46 symphonies, 73 sonatas, chamber music and a small number of sacred compositions. -
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685- 1750), he was a German composer, organist, and instrumentalist. Some of his famous works include Orgelbüchlein, Well-Tempered Clavier, and the Well-Tempered Clavier. In 1750 Bach’s death signified the end of the Baroque Culture. -
Johann Sebastian Bach director of music
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer born in 1685 during the baroque period of art, architecture, and music. From 1729-1741, Bach was a music director and cantor at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig and held this positon for the rest of his career. -
George Frideric Handel composes the Messiah
George Frideric Handel was born the same year as Bach, 1685. In 1741, Handel composed his most famous ortario the Messiah. The Messiah caused religious controversey all over.
