ART-HIST 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Pope Sixtus V, Peter Paul Rubens, Counter-Reformation
27 Jan 2017
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Action and reflection: baroque art in the low countries and france. Many geopolitical shifts occurred as countries rose and fell. Widespread unrest and warfare due to religious and political tension. Between 1562-1721 there were only 4 total years when all of europe was at peace. Changes in financial systems, lifestyles, and trading patterns. Expanded trade led to more disposable income, so wealthy purchased more art. Originally due to conflict between militant catholics and militant protestants. Continued due to secular, dynastic, and nationalistic concerns. Concluded with treaty of westphalia is 1648 (essentially granted religious freedom in europe. Largely responsible for political restructuring in europe and territory boundaries. baroque encompasses broad range of styles genres. May have come from portuguese word barroco meaning irregularly shaped pearl. Emerged in early 1600"s style of complexity and drama found in italian art. Different from renaissance because renaissance emphasized precise, orderly rationality of classical models. Dynamism, theatricality, elaborate ornamentation on grandiose scale.
