Baroque Schedule Wednesday Baroque notes pick up a
Baroque Schedule � Wednesday – Baroque notes – pick up a worksheet � Thursday – Baroque samples – visual and music � Friday – test cards – turn in test cards – 2 nd period will have to create these over the weekend and turn in on Monday due to Veteran’s Day celebration � Monday – Review all samples – turn in samples notes � Tuesday – Baroque test � Wednesday – Make-up tests – binder checks � Thursday – Classical art � Friday – Club day
Baroque Visual Art Caravaggio and Rembrandt
Baroque Period Basics �Power of Church and Monarchies partially restored �Excess ornamentation valued �Rome = artistic center �Art filled with emotion/drama �Realism instead of idealism �Chiaroscuro –Kept from Renaissance and used to create intense drama
Caravaggio � Italian � Praised for his outstanding detail in painting � Condemned for several reasons: � Personal life – violent, aggressive and confrontational - killed an individual in Rome – consistently jailed � Works were not modest/very violent – excessive/unnecessary nudity - didn’t celebrate beauty � Many felt works lacked theological correctness – especially in the Death of the Virgin – The church loved his skill and he was the primary painter for the church– eventually excommunicated due to conflicts with the church – “The Antichrist of Painting”
Rembrandt � One of best known Baroque artists � Dutch (Netherlands) � Developed revolutionary technique � Use of large amount of paint � Use of fewer brushstrokes � Made paintings almost seem unfinished (clear and formal looking from a distance) � Painted many landscapes and made etchings about nature in the 1630 s � Many featured trees that had been blown over/very dark cloudy skies
Rembrandt Cont. � 1640 works became more solemn � Family tragedies he had suffered � 1650 s – Changes � Richer colors � Stronger brushstrokes moved him further from fine detail �Last years he focused on self portraits that showed his grief and sorrow that he had suffered
Baroque Music Bach and Handel
Basics �Emotion was very important �Most patrons were nobles from state or church �Little thought of preservation of music �Musicians saw themselves as employees rather than artists and created on demand �Music specific to the occasion �Few musicians kept their music – preservation depended on the patron retaining the work �Often for festivals, weddings, ceremonies, the church, and holidays
Bach's Music �Court organist in Weimar � Composed the great works for organ �Chapel master to the prince of Anhalt � 1723 became cantor of St. Thomas’ Church in Leipzig � Weekly church cantatas � Festive music for major events �Fugue – one-movement composition/uses imitative counterpoint
Handel's music �Composed music mostly for the public �Known for genre known as oratorio (composed music with vocals) �His most famous told the life of Jesus (Messiah) �Collapsed at the end of a performance of Messiah and died 3 days later
Baroque Dance Ballet – The Beginnings
The Birth of Ballet �Grew from court dance of Renaissance �Dance masters became a necessity – nobles studied with dance masters �Masters started to use rehearsals �Dance manuals became common – taught both dance and social etiquette
Catherine de Medici � Given some credit for beginnings of ballet in France � 1533 – married French King Henry II � She was Italian = French did not like Italy (the marriage was meant to create an alliance) � She brought Italian dance master Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx – duties of court entertainment � 1581 – Balthasar created Ballet Comique de la Reine (the Queen’s Comic Ballet) – first true ballet � Included: large sets, songs, poetry, and prose – performed by court nobles
King Louis XIV � Continued the French tradition of Ballet � “The Sun King” – performed role of Apollo in Ballet de la Nuit (Ballet of the Night) in 1653 � 1661 – established Academie Royale de la Danse (Royal Academy of Dance) – aided in professionalization of the art of ballet � Pierre Beauchamp – king’s ballet master – developed common ballet terminology and technique � Ballet no longer function of court – moved from palace to theatre � First female dancers to professionally perform appeared in 1681 in Le Triomphe de l’Amour (The Triumph of Love)
Summary � 5 sentence summary
Baroque Schedule �Today – Baroque samples – visual and music �Friday – test cards – turn in test cards – 2 nd period will have to create these over the weekend and turn in on Monday due to Veteran’s Day celebration �Monday – Review all samples – turn in samples notes �Tuesday – Baroque test �Wednesday – Make-up tests – binder checks �Thursday – Classical art �Friday – Club day
Baroque Visual Samples
Caravaggio
Conversion of Saint Paul
Calling of Saint Matthew
David Victorious over Goliath
David with the Head of Goliath
The Entombment of Christ
Self-Portrait as Bacchus
Martyrdom of Saint Matthew
Boy with a Basket of Fruit
The Crucifixion of Saint Peter
Judith Beheading Holofernes
The Musicians
The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
Death of the Virgin
Victorious Cupid
Saint John the Baptist
Rembrandt
Self Portrait 1629
A Scholar
The Anatomy Lecture of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
Philosopher in Meditation
The Blinding of Samson
Self-Portrait 1640
David and Jonathan
The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq (Night Watch)
Christ with the Sick around Him, Receiving the Children (etching)
The Mill
Aristotle contemplating a bust of Homer
Joseph Accused by Potiphar's Wife
Self-Portrait 1661
Self-Portrait 1669
Baroque Music Samples
Bach �Toccata and Fugue In D Minor �Invention 1 �Anna Magdalena's Notebook �Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring �Air On a G String
Handel �Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted �Glory to God In the Highest �Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage? �Hallelujah Chorus �Pastoral Symphony
Vivaldi �The Four Seasons, Spring �The Four Seasons, Summer �The Four Seasons, Autumn �The Four Seasons, Winter �Concerto in C Major for Mandolin and Strings
Baroque Binder Check �Baroque Art and Architecture wkst �The Power of Art: Caravaggio notes �Baroque ppt. notes with summary �Baroque samples
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