Baroque Art

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Baroque Art

• Baroque - The art style or art movement of the
  Counter-Reformation in the seventeenth century.
  Although some features appear in Dutch art, the
  Baroque style was limited mainly to Catholic
  countries. It is a style in which painters,
  sculptors, and architects sought emotion,
  movement, and variety in their works.

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Chiaroscuro

• The use of natural light and the bold play of
  volume and void.

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Nicolas Tulp Rembrandt
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Night Watch Rembrandt
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The Calling of St. Mark Rembrandt
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Medusa, Caravaggio
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An Old Jew Seated Rembrandt
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The Landscape Rembrandt
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The Musicians, Caravaggio
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Bacchus, Caravaggio
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The Union of Earth and Water, Rubens
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Bacchus, Rubens
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Adoration, Rubens
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Isabella Brant, Rubens
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Boy With a Dragon, Bernini
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Bernini, David
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Bernini, Dove of the Holy Spirit