Caravaggio and the Baroque
This Baroque painter was known for using intense light and shadow to create drama.
Who is Caravaggio?
This artistic focus sought to make subjects look “True to Nature.”
What is Naturalism?
The Council of Trent occurred during these years.
What is 1545–1563?
This Renaissance concept focused on the dignity and importance of human beings.
What is Humanism?
Jacques-Louis David painted this scene of a philosopher’s final moments.
What is The Death of Socrates?
The artistic technique Caravaggio pioneered, using violent contrast between light and dark, is called this.
What is Tenebrism?
Th Baroque Period often emphasized art this with their subjects.
What is Movement?
The main goal of the Council of Trent was to fight this movement and reform the Church from within.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
Humanism often featured this type of subject in art.
What are human beings?
This painting by David depicts Roman brothers swearing loyalty to their father and state.
What is The Oath of the Horatii?
The Calling of St. Matthew was painted around this time period.
What is c. 1599–1600 AD?
Tenebrism is a kind of Chiaroscuro in which this element dominates the painting.
What is darkness?
After the Council of Trent, Church art focused on faith and this kind of scriptural correctness.
What is Biblical accuracy?
Complete this Punchline that you've heard in class. If it is not Baroque.
Don't Fix It.
The Neoclassical period was inspired by the rediscovery of these two ancient cities.
What are Pompeii and Herculaneum?
This term describes contrasting light and shadow that models form and was developed during the Renaissance.
What is Chiaroscuro?
This style developed before Tenebrism and used light and shadow to model the turning of form.
What is Chiaroscuro?
This religious institution was responsible for commissioning many Baroque works that aligned with its teachings.
What is the Catholic Church?
The Neoclassical style sought universal and archetypal significance, they wanted their forms to be this way.
What are ideal or perfect forms?
The Neoclassical period spanned approximately these years.
What is 1750–1825 AD?
In The Calling of St. Matthew, Caravaggio captured this type of fleeting dramatic instant.
What is a moment in time?
Baroque Art is often described this way.
What is Dramatic or Theatrical Artwork?
Baroque religious art used drama and emotion to help accomplish this purpose of the Counter-Reformation.
What is to inspire faith and devotion?
Neoclassical art was more concerned with this intellectual quality than with emotion.
What is rationality?
Major Neoclassical artists included David, Ingres, and this sculptor.
Who is Canova?