art, baroque

Looks at the Baroque art period, focusing on the influences, techniques, artists, and more.

Presents volume two of a five-volume series that offers an in-depth analysis on the Baroque and Enlightenmment period between 1600 and 1800 through the study of nine different arts and humanities topics such as architecture and design, dance, fashion, literature, music, philosophy, religion, theater, and visual arts.

An examination of the art movement known as the Baroque Period, from its beginnings in the 1590s to its decline in the late 1600s, including an introduction to associated artists and their works.

Pictures and text present the painting, sculpture, and architecture of the 17th century, particularly the work of such masters as Bernini, Rembrandt, Rubens, Poussin, Vermeer, etc.

Once the world of art had rediscovered the power to create great works, the new possibilites were taken and expanded by the Dutch masters in the North and by the likes of Valasquez and Caravaggio in the South. New limits of realism and expression were found. Featuring the work of Valasquez, Caravaggio, Frans Hals, Rembrant and Rubens, this entertaining and educational program also includes commentary and analysis by noted art historians of the Baroque and Neoclassical periods.

Survey of Baroque and rococo art and architecture, ranges over all Europe and traces the origins and effects of the two--from the Counter-Reformation to Neoclassicism, Exoticism, and Art Nouveau.

A history of the Baroque movement of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, looking at works characteristic of the period, and surveying major Italian, Spanish, and French artists whose works typify the Baroque style.

The architecture and visual arts of the baroque presented the world on a great stage. The pomposity of the popes in Rom, the splendor of the court of the Sun King, and the Dutch painting of the seventeenth century - all reflect different aspects of the idea of a God-given order.

An illustrated introduction to the baroque period of music, looking at life, the arts, and musical life in the baroque era, discussing the characteristics of baroque music, and examining the lives and careers of Vivaldi, Bach, Handel, and a selection of lesser known composers. Includes a study guide with activities, a time line, and composer summary charts.