HUM 1020 University Of South Florida The Baroque Style in the Visual Arts Essay

The Baroque Style in the Visual Arts

17th Century Visual Art

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View the PowerPoints in the Web Assignments for Chapter 10. Many of the links lead to videos on the artists below.

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Learn more about some of the influential works from this time period:

• Gianlorenzo Bernini (Italian sculptor)
• Caravaggio (Italian painter)
• Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian painter)
• Bernini, The Ecstasy of St. Teresa (sculpture)
• Bernini, The Baldacchino (sculpture)
• Bernini, David (sculpture)
• Caravaggio, The Conversion of St. Paul (painting)

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• Gianlorenzo Bernini (Italian sculptor)
• Caravaggio (Italian painter)
• Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian painter)
• Bernini, The Ecstasy of St. Teresa (sculpture)
• Bernini, The Baldacchino (sculpture)
• Bernini, David (sculpture)
• Caravaggio, The Conversion of St. Paul (painting)

Respond in writing to the following questions after reading Chapter 10, viewing the Web Assignments, and looking at the resources above.

1. Examine works by Caravaggio, Bernini, and Gentileschi. How does the baroque style build on mannerism to reflect the religious and political changes of the seventeenth century? Be specific.
2. Choose three works most representative of Baroque “piety and extravagance”. Please explain why these works represent the Baroque individually by providing specific characteristics.