What is Baroque art?
Baroque art is a style of painting and sculpture, which is assumed that it came in Italy in the mid -15th century. It is characterized as a more pronounced, more theater style of art than the Renaissance style that preceded it. Baroque artists such as Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Bernini and Vermeer are known for their often significant use of light and shadow, complicated scenes and structures and dynamics. Baroque art is often considered to be very invested with strong emotions. It is assumed that the style has appeared under the Roman Catholic influence in Italy, but as the Baroque style has spread to the northern, Protestant regions of Europe, the depiction of everyday life began to appear. The Baroque label generally applies to all works of art made in Italy, France, Spain, the Netherlands and Germany between about 1600 and 1750. Historians of art usually recognize three primary types of Baroque art. Many artists, especially Peter Paul Reubens, preferred to explore the Blush Os, whether Catholic or Protestant. Others, fromThe names of Flemish artists like Vermeer decided to display scenes from everyday life. Some artists, especially Caravaggio, displayed both types of scenes, but used dramatic contrasts between light and shadow, a method known as Chiaroscuro. All these types of Baroque art depict scenes of almost exaggerated vibrations, perhaps in accordance with the social and cultural environment created by the age of enlightenment and the emergence of a prosperous middle class.
Most Baroque artists relied on the implied feeling of dynamics, emotions and psychological tension to bring immediacy to their work. Baroque paintings and sculptures are known for illuminating figures against the dark, dark background, as seen in the works of artists like Rembrandt and Caravaggio. The works of Baroque art, especially from Italian artists, generally deplete the action biblical scene or the scene of the battle. While Baroque pieces from northern artists like VermeER, on the surface may not seem so dramatic, usually also show people and objects in motion and add to work a sense of urgency.
In addition to deep shadows and clearly lit characters, Baroque artists generally painted or carved their works in unbearable detail. Living colors were seemingly popular among Baroque artists. Baroque painting and statue were often depicted by figures from legends and folklore, such as an old man, but in the works of many artists it can be said to be equally represented, but in many artists, they can be said to be equally represented.