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Baroque art is “naturalistic form of expression, full of imagination, vitality, and emotion” (Editors 69). ...
Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens’ style is often referred to as the definition of baroque painting (Baroque Art and Architecture). Rubens painted everything from mythological to religious themes- all of which represent the many contradictory qualities in baroque art. ... The portraits and landscapes that Rubens painted later in life also demonstrate the variances of baroque, and specifically his own, art.
Spain’s greatest baroque painter Diego Velazquez spent a great deal of time painting portraits. ... In the Adoration of the Magi Velazquez painted his own family disguised as biblical figures (Baroque Art and Architecture). ... The variety of realistic and fantasy, sensual and spiritual works, created by Bernini once again demonstrate the contradictory qualities of baroque art.
Whether the medium be paint or stone, the tool be brush or chisel, or any other form of artistic expression, the qualities of baroque art vary greatly not only from one artist to another, but from one work of art to another. From painting, sculpture, and architecture, to literature, music, and dance, the qualities of spirituality, sensuality, reality, and fantasy, combine and intertwine to create a distinct, yet indistinct, period known as baroque. Heinrich Wolfflin, author of Principles of Art History, pointed out that “baroque is neither a rise nor a decline from classic, but a totally different art” (Baroque Art and Architecture).
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