Baroque Art: The Most Influential Art

Baroque Art Era the most influential period of art for me. Baroque Art can be in painting, sculpture and architecture and its style depends on the place it originated. The art's objective is to engaged the audience or viewer on a spiritual level capturing a sense of excellence. When it comes to painting and sculpture the art looks like a moving to become more realistic and dramatic to add more "feelings". The secret to this art is the shadows , light manipulation/lighting  and contrast. Ceiling Frescoes were a popular painting style during this era. using large surface areas helped to create the dramatic awe inspiring characteristics of the Baroque style.Many of the techniques used in Baroque painting carried on from the "Renaissance", using ideas such as chiaroscuro(lights and shadows) and linear perspective. In sculpture, it were also used in Architectural structures to adding another element of grandeur and making a more visually appealing structure.In Architecture, most of the Baroque art architecture are used in Church and Palace.

The Baroque Art was first seen in Italy then pass to Spain,Germany, France, Netherlands and Austria. Most of the Baroque art is a product of the Catholic art movement. The Baroque Art was in the 1500 to 1700s by the critics.The Baroque Art was also a product of the "Renaissance period" as I have said in the second paragraph. The Baroque was divided in three it is Counter-Reformation( 1565-1610 A.D), Realism( 1610-1640 A.D) and the Absolution (1700-1750 A.D). Some Baroque Artist was Peter Paul Rubens(painter) , Caravaggio(Painter, Sculptor, Architect), Rembrandt(Painter) , Gian Lorenzo Bernini(Sculptor, Architect), Anthony van Dyck(Painter) and Francois Mansart(Architect). Their work have one of this image are direct, obvious and dramatic. Depictions feel physically and psychologically real it can be describe as Emotionally Intense. Looking the a Baroque artist you will that they are like trying you to draw you to participate in the scene.

 The most famous Bernini contributed most in this era. He was son of Pietro an Italian sculptor. He was a child prodigy much like Michelangelo. He enjoyed immense popularity and networked with the powerful elite of Europe, contributing important works of architecture and sculpture, especially fot the Church.Pope Urban VIII hired him at age 26 to craft the Baldachhino (16247-1633), a 95-foot high canopy decorating  the main altar of the St. Peter's Basilica. The BAROQUE period offers deep perceptual experiences though vivid realism and symbolism.From Bernini's diagonals to the soaring churches of Europe and the New World, Baroque challenges the idea that this period is best described as Early Modern.