Baroque Art

Baroque Art

 

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What Is Baroque Art

Baroque art is a certain period of artistic time which was

between the 1600's-1750's. the baroque art style that
reveled in the effects of light and shadowing, using the colors
grays, browns, and greens, not using clear colors. Mainly
pictures from this era portrayed the characters as being
very subtle during situations ofchaos, conflict, and passion.

The Conversion on the Way to Damascus, by Caravaggio, 1601. The story to this painting is the man Saul (who in the painting is on the ground) is in a stable with his friend, and

Saul was supposedly on his horse. then the light (which

represents the light of God) knocks Saul off of his horse,         exposing himself to the light of God opening his arms and accepting it. his friend on the other hand is off into the

shadows staying clear of the light (who is representing the       average human). the artist Caravaggio effectively uses the       skills of shadowing to build the suspense and emotion in the painting.                                                                                                                                                        http://www.artofmanliness.com/2010/1

0/18/the-basics-of-art-the-baroque-

period/ 

Baroque Artists Caravaggio
A famous Italian Baroque artist name Michelangelo Merisi o Amerighi da Caravaggio (short from Caravaggio) was an amazing and passionate artist that lived during the 15th-16th century. Most of his paintings are very dark and mysterious that usually represented a certain time period. Caravaggio was able to paint dark and mysterious paintings because his life was filled with chaos, he was accused of murder, assault, and consulting with the devil. Since Caravaggio had so many problems in his life that he was able to create amazing artworks that has been able to last through the ages. Caravaggio is one of the most famous baroque time period artists, he has been able to use his artistic ability to put all of his emotions into the painting using the skill of light to darkness shading contrast, and particularly strong colorism.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beheading_of_Saint_John_the_Baptist_(Caravaggio)

As you can tell in this painting from the artist Caravaggio the emotional theme in this image is murder. to effectively portray this theme the artist would have to use specific light to dark shading ratios making the painting seem dark, by having the cut off head in the front of the painting people are able to see the trauma and shame in the women eyes as well as the anger and satisfaction that is in the males eyes. as you can tell Caravaggio's art style is very dark

Relevance

Baroque art is relevant to its time because baroque art is known to be scenes of dramatic events, scenes of happiness, or scenes of life changing events and during the 16th century the catholic church was in charge in which many dark or religious paintings were created. during the time of the baroque era this artistic style amazed many men and woman since the detail and graphic designs were so appealing to all. the catholic church controlled much of the society in the Baroque era that many people were exposed to these paintings causing them to believe that these painting were truly amazing to see.