Baroque

Baroque art came out of the necessity to bring back Christian followers. In the mid 1500s the Catholic Church realised that many people where converting to other religions. At the Council of Trent propositions where posed, to find a solution to this problem.

 

My first impressions of Baroque are that they are rich in extravagant design details on the architecture and interiors involved this can be seen from the bottom up.  The materials used are expensive and of the highest quality. Pure high end materials such as ivory, granite, marble and rare hard words to mention but a few are used in combination with the colour of wealth that is gold. The lavish use of materials and designs creates an elegant ambiance one that reflects the social status of the occupants.

 

Baroque furniture design

Baroque furniture design

 

Artists which fall under the Baroque style are Rembrandt which was considered a master of this time, Caravaggio, Vermeer, Velasquez and Hassan.

 

Baroque Architecture

Baroque Architecture

 

In the late years of Baroque, the Rococo (late Baroque) style starts to emerge as the artists started to depict softer scenes that where considered more elegant and censored unlike the brutal and dramatic scenes of the Baroque period. This was done as the artists sought for change as the pendulum swung to the other side, which reviled a softer and brighter side of painting.

 

Baroque jewellery

 

Baroque design is much like Art Deco where the visuals of the end product are saturated with features and decorations. We can see Baroque influences mostly in fine high end limited consumer products  such as jewellery and furniture. I could incorporate the high level of decoration in some of my small works.

 

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Gauvin Alexander Bailey, 2012. Baroque & Rococo (Art & Ideas). Edition. Phaidon Press.

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