What are some of the characteristics of Baroque art? (English, French, Flemish, etc.)?

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baroque era described "the ornate age".

baroque era lasted 1600 1750, arriving first in italy , later in great britain.

baroque art combined advanced techniques , grand scale of renaisance emotion, intensity , drama of mannerism. (mannerism distorted , emotional way of representation characterized art of late high rennaissance in art.)

word baroque used in negative context refer ostentatious , overdone.

follow characteristics of baroque art of different countries , cultures:

baroque

italian

heyday: 1590 1680
emphasis: religious works
patron: church
style: dynamic

qualities: drama, intensity, movement



flemish

heyday: 1600 1640
emphasis: altarpieces
patron: church, monarch
style: florid
qualities: sensuality



dutch

heyday: 1630 1670
emphsis: portraits, still lifes, landscapes
patron: people
style: virtuoso
qualities: visual accuracy, studies of light



spanish

heyday: 1625 1660
emphasis: court portraits
patron: monarch
style: realistic
qualities: dignity



english

heyday: 1720 1790
emphasis: portraits of aristocracy
patron: upper class
style: restrained
qualities: elegance



french

heyday: 1670 1715
emphasis: classical landscapes , decorative architecture
patron: monarch
style: pretentious
qualities: order , ornament



examples of baroque artists, sculptors , architects: caravaggio, bernini, borromini, rubens, van dyck, hals, rembrandt, vermeer, hogarth, gainsborough, reynolds, velázquez, poussin, claude



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