Baroque
A style characterized by realism, dramatic light/dark contrast, and complex compositions. It affects the emotions and activates the viewer’s space.
Baroque
A style characterized by realism, dramatic light/dark contrast, and complex compositions. It affects the emotions and activates the viewer’s space.
Basics to get you started
Baroque art, an introduction
Francis Bacon and the Scientific Revolution
Caravaggio and Caravaggisti in 17th-century Europe
How to recognize Baroque art
Charles I as art collector
Printmaking in Europe, c. 1400−1800
Restoring ancient sculpture in Baroque Rome
Porcelain, gold, and the Dutch East India Company
The global Baroque, an introduction
Why make a self-portrait?
Introduction to the Protestant Reformation (part 1 of 4): Setting the stage
Introduction to the Protestant Reformation (part 2 of 4): Martin Luther
Introduction to the Protestant Reformation (part 4 of 4): The Counter-Reformation
Introduction to the Protestant Reformation (part 3 of 4): Varieties of Protestantism
The Protestant Reformation
The bug that had the world seeing red
The formation of a French school: the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture
Architecture in 18th-century Germany
Classical Architecture in Viceregal Mexico
Chiaroscuro explained
Making a Spanish polychrome sculpture
Conserving Old Master Drawings
Classic, classical, and classicism explained
Africa in the European imagination
Tiny timeline: global Europe
Works of Art
Artists
Caravaggio, Calling of St. Matthew, oil on canvas, c. 1599-1600 (Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome)
Periods, Cultures, Styles
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Italian Baroque
c. 1600–1700
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Flemish Baroque
c. 1600–1700
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Spanish Baroque
c. 1600–1700
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French Baroque
c. 1600–1700
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English Baroque
c. 1600–1700
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Eastern European Baroque
c. 1600–1700
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Dutch Baroque
c. 1600–1700
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Portuguese Baroque
c. 1600–1700
