Baroque Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

baroqueAlessandro Striggio - correct answer 1536/1537 - February 29, 1592 was an Italian composer, instrumentalist and diplomat of the Renaissance. He composed numerous madrigals as well as dramatic music, and by combining the two, became the inventor of madrigal comedy. Emilio de' Cavalieri - correct answer 1550-March 11, 1602 was an Italian composer, producer, organist, diplomat, choreographer and dancer at the end of the Renaissance era. His work was critical in defining the beginning o...

BaroqueWhat are the boundaries (years) of early baroque? - correct answer Where did the Baroque style originate and why? - correct answer Venice -- it was a very rich city-state and wanted to show off its power to the world through its grandiloquent and majestic music (which was just the style of Baroque) What was a particular favorite sound in Venice in the beginning of Baroque? - correct answer double choir, organ, and low brass instruments "O magnum mysterium" was written by who a...

Baroque PeriodBaroque style fills space with ___ and ___ - correct answer Action, movement Painters, sculptors, and architects became interested in forming a ___ ___ - correct answer Total illusion The ___ was enormously rich and powerful during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries - correct answer Aristocracy Baroque period is known as the... because ... - correct answer Age of absolutism Rulers exercised absolute power over subjects During the Baroque period, Europe was split ...

Baroque ArtWhen - correct answer 17th - 18th C Spain where is the sources for this art - correct answer Renaissance; it becomes even *more classical* and MORE realistic! Classist Trend - correct answer more about *drawing* Realist Trend - correct answer More an obvious interest in representing things in a *theatrical* way dramatic light and shade *INITIATED BY CARAVAGGIO* Caravaggio-- TENEBRISM - correct answer dark painting with *really strong; theater spotlight* ONE light ...

Baroque EraBaroque - correct answer Began as a term of "disapproval" -Jewelers used this term to describe oddly colored or misshapen pearls -Today it is no longer a negative term Life in the Baroque Era - correct answer -Was a period of absolute monarchs -The political instability and wars that had dominated Europe for so many years gave way to a period of international peace and economic expansion -Many political repressions, punitive taxation. and gross social inequities, but there ...

Music of the Baroque Era - Ch. 13 According to Monteverdi, what musical style represents the first practice? - correct answer Polyphony codified by Gioseffo Zarlino According to proponents of the second practice, why could compositional rules be broken? - correct answer for text expression Before it was applied to an artistic period, what was the meaning of the term "baroque"? - correct answer abnormal, bizarre, or in bad taste For what reason did Giovanni Maria Artusi criticize Mont...

Baroque Art The Loves of the Gods - correct answer Carracci -located in Farnese Palace -hired by Cardinal Farnese -scenes of love from Ovid, Metamorphoses Carracci - correct answer -Brothers, studio on Bologna -Tried to create drama of immeasurable heaven -inspired ceiling frescos -used Di sotto in su -used Quadratura created The Loves of the Gods, Farnese Palace define:Quadro riportato - correct answer wall mural on a curved ceiling *viewer must stand in a particular spot for...

BaroqueThe Baroque Period encompassed a wide range of artistic developments across a broad geographic area of Europe during the _________ century - correct answer 17th Regional variations abound: - correct answer Italian Baroque differs from Dutch Baroque, or French Baroque, for example The word Baroque itself may derive from the Portuguese word for an ________________________, "barroco," and was a term of disparagement - correct answer irregular pearl This harsh judgment of the Baroq...

Baroque art - characteristics, artworkWhat are the characteristics of Baroque art? - correct answer - realism - depict true or biblical events - dramatic - naturalistic what was the purpose of Baroque artwork - correct answer propaganda from the Roman Catholic Church, proclaim supremacy of the Catholic faith, and incite Protestants to return to the fold what movement is rooted in Baroque art - correct answer Counter Reformation Name the Baroque artists - correct answer - Caravaggio ...

Baroque Definition - correct answer a jeweler's term for large pearls of irregular shape. Baroque Period - correct answer Time period: "Early" Baroque c. 1600 - 170 Baroque Rhythm - correct answer Single or similar rhythm often heard throughout piece or major segment of piece Baroque Meter - correct answer Emphasized •strong & weak beats played in clear & concise manner -Systematized •bar lines regularly used; strong beat at bar lines Baroque Texture - correct answer Both ...