The Baroque period happened between 1600-1750. The word "baroque" comes from the Portuguese word barroco which means “misshapen pearl”; it is a negative description of the elaborate and heavily ornamented music of this period. Baroque music forms a major portion of the classical music canon‚ being widely studied‚ performed‚ and listened to. Composers of the baroque era include Johann Sebastian Bach‚ George Frideric Handel‚ Antonio Vivaldi and Georg Philipp Telemann. The development of functional
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The Baroque Era By El-Fatih J. Ajala The Genres of the Baroque Period: Opera – “drama presented in music‚ with the characters singing instead of speaking” (Joseph Kerman‚ p. 87): One cannot speak of Baroque opera without mentioning the name of Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643). Monteverdi has the distinction of being known as the first great composer in the genre of opera‚ as well as the last true madrigalist of his time. He began writing his madrigals at a very early age and
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Annibale (1560-1609) * Most well-known Carracci The Carracci Academy‚ Bologna (Academia degli Incamminati) * Name means “those who have set forth” * They were setting out to create a new form of art * Served more as an informal meeting place where artist could come to work * Wasn’t really a teaching academy most people who were members were already masters at their craft * Acted more as a studio than school * Went out to the streets and drew from life (i.e. Man with
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Art Goes further than its representation. Michelangelo Pistoletto‚ and “The Etruscan” 1976. Roxy Paine‚ and “conjoined “ 2007. Bill V iola‚ and “The Greeting” 1995. Anselm Kiefer‚ Buch mit Flügeln the (Book with Wings)‚ 1992 and The Ash Flower(1984). The Etruscan is a great work of art. The style of this piece is widely recognized and in many ways is a symbol of power‚ ingenuity and social lifestyle that was very present in the history of the Greeks and romans. When you approach it in its secluded
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Throughout history‚ art and ideas always change and different movement always transit from one to another. The time period‚ politics‚ religion‚ propaganda and place are what the art reflect. From 16th to 19th century‚ the art style that followed after the Renaissance and mannerism was the Baroque era. The baroque style was very distinguish and different from the previous era. It was somehow contradicting because it was grandeur yet asceticism. The style itself characterize by new exploration of form
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Body Art in the Workplace Body Art in the Workplace You walk into an interview‚ as you sit down‚ cross your legs and start to admire the new pair of heels you bought specifically for the interview‚ you notice you forgot to put a Band-Aid aid over the rather large but feminine tattoo that you have on the top of your foot. You uncross your legs and nonchalantly slide your feet under the table‚ but it is too late! The woman who is sitting across from you interviewing you‚ who decides the fate
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And what of our human art? Must we not say that‚ in building‚ it produces an actual house‚ and in painting‚ it produces a house of a different sort‚ as it were a man-made dream for waking eyes?- Plato “A photograph is never interesting for its own sake‚ as art must be…‚” was the claim of conservative writer and philosopher Roger Scruton in his controversial 1989 paper ‘But is it art?’ Many responded strongly to Scruton’s claim that a photograph‚ unlike a painting‚ can never be representational
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Music in the Baroque Period Music is in everyone’s lives these days. You always see people with headphones in their ears or jamming out in their cars. Many people listen to music in the privacy of their homes‚ where they can listen to music as loud as they want and can sing along and not have anyone look at them funny. But do all these people who listen to music on a daily basis really know where it came from? A lot of people will say that Michael Jackson is the king of pop or that Elvis was the
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figure in the painting seems to me that he is uncertain and scared of something‚ and he has the look of terror‚ or fear. The scream it is thought of as the first expressionist painting. The Web Museum (2002) defines expressionist as a “Movement in fine arts that emphasized the expression of inner experience rather than solely realistic portrayal‚ seeking to depict not objective reality‚ but the subjective emotions and responses than objects and events arouse in the artist‚” also in this painting you can
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Baroque and Rococo Analysis Joel Hernandez Western Governor’s University Baroque Art Period The Baroque art period was between 1600 and 1700 and originated from the Portuguese. In this period‚ art was expressed in form of sculpture‚ architecture‚ and music whereby different artists were able to use these mentioned form of art to pass on an intended message to the community (Visual Arts‚ 2011). One of the factors that motivated this period of art was the support that it had
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