17th century art
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In European art, Renaissance Classicism spawned Baroque. Baroque art took the representationalism of the Renaissance to new heights, emphasizing detail, movement, lighting, and drama in their search for beauty. Perhaps the best known Baroque painters are Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Peter Paul Rubens, and Diego Velázquez. A rather different art developed out of northern realist traditions in 17th century Dutch Golden Age painting, which had very little religious art, and little history painting, instead playing a crucial part in developing secular genres such as still life, genre paintings of everyday scenes, and landscape painting. While the Baroque nature of Rembrandt's art is clear, the label is less use for Vermeer and many other Dutch artists. Flemish Baroque painting shared a part in this trend, while also continuing to produce the traditional categories.
Baroque art is often seen as part of the Counter-Reformation— the artistic element of the revival of spiritual life in the Roman Catholic Church. Additionally, the emphasis that Baroque art placed on grandeur is seen as Absolutist in nature. Louis XIV said, "I am grandeur incarnate", and many Baroque artists served kings who tried to realize this goal. However, the Baroque love for detail is often considered overly-ornate and gaudy, especially as it developed into the even more richly decorated style of Rococo.
Visual artists
- Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter (1577 – 1640)
- Frans Hals (1580–1666)
- Nicolas Poussin, French painter (1594 - 1665)
- José de Ribera, Lo Spagnoletto (1591 – 1652)
- Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor, architect (1598 – 1680)
- Francisco Zurbarán, Spanish Painter (1598 – 1664)
- Francesco Borromini, Italian sculptor, architect (1599–1667)
- Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish painter (1599–1660)
- Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch painter (1606 – 1669)
- Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter (1617 – 1682)
- Jan Steen (1626–1679)
- Johannes Vermeer, Dutch Painter (1632 – 1675)
List of works
- Rokeby Venus (1649) by Diego Velázquez
- Reverse Side Of a Painting (1670) by Cornelis Norbertus Gysbrechts
- Venus[1] (c. 1615) Rubens
- Venus (or a Nymph) Spied On by Satyrs (c. 1627) by Nicolas Poussin
- Girl with a Pearl Earring
See also
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