Baroque (painting)
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The painting of the Baroque is described in the history of art as a stylistic change to painting of the Renaissance . Its roots and beginnings lie in Italy at the end of the 16th century. The term epoch has been used since the middle of the 19th century.
Origins
Rome was the important center of Italy in the Seicento (17th century). The local painters Annibale Carracci and Michelangelo da Caravaggio provided the decisive impetus for the development of painting in the rest of Europe. Painting was increasingly functionalized in the course of the 17th century; either placed at the service of the Counter-Reformation movement by the church or used programmatically by the absolutist courts to glorify the regent. The panel painting developed into an increasingly sought-after collector's item for nobles, kings, courtiers and the emancipating bourgeoisie.
Important painters of the Baroque period in Italy are the brothers Agostino and Annibale Carracci , Michelangelo da Caravaggio , Guido Reni and Giovanni Tiepolo , in Spain Bartolomé Murillo and Diego Velázquez , in France Nicolas Poussin , Claude Vignon and Claude Lorrain , in Germany Adam Elsheimer and Cosmas Damian Asam , Johannes Zick and his son Januarius , Joseph Wannenmacher , in Tyrol Stephan Kessler and in the Netherlands Peter Paul Rubens , Rembrandt and Vermeer .
Academies
The establishment of further academies was characteristic of the Baroque period. The Accademia di San Luca was opened in Rome in 1593 after Giorgio Vasari had the Accademia del Disegno built in 1564 . In its statutes, artist training was set as the main objective. In the academy not only was teaching practically, but also lectures and disputes about art theories took place.
The academy gained great influence in art politics, as all public contracts were now under its monopoly . The members also included foreign artists such as Velázquez, Poussin and Lorrain. In addition to the Accademia di San Luca , Rome also had the Académie de France à Rome , which was founded in 1666 at Colbert's instigation as a branch of the Paris Academy .
gallery
- Painting from the Baroque period
Michelangelo da Caravaggio ,
Bacchus,
around 1596
Peter Paul Rubens ,
Boreas abducts Oreithya,
about 1620
Pieter Claesz ,
Still Life with Musical Instruments,
1623
Rembrandt ,
Danae,
1636-1643
Jan Vermeer van Delft ,
View of Delft,
1660–1661
Baroque painter
Painters who belong to the Baroque era, see: → Category: Baroque painters
literature
- Beverly Louise Brown (Ed.): The Birth of the Baroque. Translated from English by Werner Peterich and Rolf Erdorf. Belser Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-7630-2388-7 .
- Rolf Toman (ed.): The art of the baroque. Architecture - sculpture - painting. Könemann Verlag, Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-89508-916-8 .
