What is Baroque Art?
Growing Demand for Visual Arts
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- Catholic Church and Counter-Reformation Efforts
- More sovereign rulers acquiring arts
- Aristocrats patronized the arts
- Growing merchant class patronized the arts
The Theatricality of the Arts — Theatrical Tenebrism
- Extreme contrasts of light and dark
- Focus on dramatic subject matter
- Virtuosity
- Meticulously crafted realism
- Still Lifes – see link below
Expansion of Artistic Subject Matter
- Still Lifes
- Genre Paintings
- Portraits of Common People
- Group Portraits or Corporation Paintings
Italian and Spanish artists
Dutch Artists
French Artists
Artists in Flanders
Still Life Painting
Baroque still life painting power point
Mexican Baroque Art
Illusion Ceilings
When you look at this, you need to realize that there is not dome on this building.
