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... Baroque can be an example to this change. It was born as a reaction to Renaissance by the Catholic Church. ... It aims to strengthen the power of church just like the old days by weakening the effects of Reformation and Renaissance. ...
One of those efforts were imposing a new artistic style called Baroque. ... Baroque was established as a reaction to iconoclasm with an exuberant style of art and architecture.
The meaning of the word Baroque is irregular. ... The Baroque style grew at the Catholic periphery; because of the Counter-Reformation current. ...
What makes Baroque interesting is its concept and style. As mentioned before it was a reaction to the monotony of Renaissance and it was adopted to magnificence, splendor and exaggeration. Baroque contains very complicated and very detailed architectural characteristic. ... Baroque succeeded in doing this by the effect of motion, light concentration and perspectives causing eye errors. In Baroque, architecture, sculpture and painting reflect an alive dynamic style. ... Real creators of the Baroque architecture were Borromini, Pietro de Cortona, Maderno and Bernini who were supported by the Roman Catholic Church. ... These fantasies are supposed to be a reaction to the dullness of classicism.
Besides architecture, Baroque also contains sculpture and painting. ... The Baroque artists were thinking of unheard and done subjects, they wanted to try the untried. ... Plus, in the Baroque tableaus using bending lines were a usual thing to add the picture vitality. In Renaissance paintings a person who stares at it would feel narrow. Though in Baroque paintings he feels spacious and deepness.
Baroque also effected the music of that time and it is called the Baroque music.
Approximate Word count = 1311
Approximate Pages = 5.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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