***Thank you to VALERIE WHITE of Vista High School, for all her help.  All APAH content and information made  possible from her hard work.  
Also, thank you to Dr. Robert Coad for his guidance and materials.
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ARTWORK LIST
Saint Charles of the Four Fountains
Santa Maria della Vittoria
Versaille
  -Hall of Mirrors
Judith Slaying Holofernes
Calling of Saint Matthew
Ecstasy of St. Teresa
Las Meninas
Marie de'Medici Cycle
Self Portrait with Saskia (Rembrandt)
Woman Holding a Balance
Fruits and Insects
​Triumph of the Name of Jesus

​VOCABULARY
Di sotto in su
genre painting
impasto
tenebrism
vanitas
​chiaroscuro
​camera obscura

KEY IDEAS
  • Art during the Baroque period is influenced by the Counter-Reformation, symbolized the Catholic resurgence (after the Protestant Reformation). 
  • Baroque art flourished in Holland and became of the voice to counter Catholic art.
  • Baroque can be separated in 2 schools: classicists (influenced by Raphael) and naturalists (inspired by Titian).
  • Baroque architecture is associated with the grand and majestic royal courts.

​HISTORY
  • The finishing of St. Peter's became a crusade for the Catholic Church
  • 1650: Increased power and influence of French Kings. This shifted the art world from Rome to France.
  • France became center of modern art and innovation. 
  • The Thirty Years (1618-1648). It devastated Europe which produced a halt in art making. It was a culmination of religious wars of the 16th century: Catholics vs. Protestants. German princes wanted secular power back.
  • The Counter-Reformation movement reaffirmed all the things the Protestant Reformation was against. Protestants were iconoclasts.
  • 1648: The Peace of Westphalia- gave religious freedom (along with many other additions but for the sake of Art History, this is the most important)

​Link to Power Point here!