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What Does Baroque Adjective Mean?

-Meaning “regularly shaped”. At first, the word in French was used mostly to refer to pearls. Eventually, it came to describe an extravagant style of art characterized by curving lines, gilt and gelt.

Musical Instruments of Baroque:

a) What is a Luthier? The composer who cares for the timbric richness of his works and the interpreter will specialize in his instruments, which will lead to the first virtuosos.

b) Who was the most famous luthier? Amanti, Stradivari and Guarnieri.

c) Where did he come from? Stradivari made palatino quartet and kept in the royal palace in Madrid.

d) Do you know interesting anecdotes about him?

Religious Music:

a) Cantata: is a simpler form composed by texts or popular religious themes.... Continue reading "Baroque Period: Music, Art, and Society" »

Romanticism

A movement in philosophy but especially in literature, romanticism is the revolt of the senses or passions against the intellect and of the individual against the consensus. Its first stirrings may be seen in the work of William Blake (1757-1827), and in continental writers such as the Swiss philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the German playwrights Schiller and Goethe.

The publication, in 1798, by the poets William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge of a volume entitled was a significant event in English literary history. The elegant Latinisms of the Augustans are dropped in favour of a kind of English closer to that spoken by real people. Robert Burns (1759 1796) writes lyric verse in the dialect of lowland Scots.

Later Romanticism

The... Continue reading "Romanticism in Literature: A Revolt of the Senses and Passions" »

4.3. PAINTING AND SCULPTURE

• Painting and sculpture reflected humanism; landscapes, cities, human body and portraits were realistically represented.            New pictorial techniques: perspective and oil paints.

• NEW INTERESTS

• The new interests of society was reflected in the characteristics of style:

• Idealism and serenity: tried to reflect reality. Influenced by the ideas of a Greek philosopher Plato, aimed to portray an ideal beauty (no emotions). This idealism can be seen in works of Botticelli and Raphael Sanzio, Leonardo da Vinci. Michelangelo portrayed intense emotions in his works.

• The human body: Anatomy of the human body. The revived the nude as a subject, an example are the Venuses by Giorgione and Titian or the paintings in

SCHISMSchism is the split in the Church, this happen Because the French pope and the Italian pope declared each other to be a false Pope.The great schism diminished the power of the church because the popes were in a conflict, so that makes that the popes are Not organized to combat the bubonic plague. For example, they lost so many People because they weren’t organized to help others. In conclusion the great Schism diminished the power of the church because popes were in a conflict, This problem don’t help others to survive.

INQUISITIONThe Catholic church was worried, so, they Founded the Inquisition. The Inquisition were those priests whose job it was to Find and punish anyone who was against the church or working with the devil. Inquisition... Continue reading "Concept of education" »

1. What circumstances make the development of art and culture possible during the Renaissance?
*Economic prosperity came after epidemics and famines in Middle Age had finished.New social class arise that demands culture, art and music: wealthy merchants (bourgeoisie) become patrons of the art, apart from the nobility and the clergy

*Birth of humanism, which is a mindset that promotes the development of art (not only religious art like before) to cater for human needs.

*Wisdom of the Antiquity was highly spread (those have stressed stuff related to human being)

*Print press invention and travels around the world (that lead to the arrival in America included) ease the expansion.

2. How could humanism influence renaissance music?

*Diffusion of the knowledge... Continue reading "Influence the development of this phenomenon" »

Artistic style that developed in Europe and Latin America during the 17th century and part of the 18th century. Represented the magnificence of the Absolute Monarchs and the Catholic Church as well as the power of the wealthy bourgeoisie.

Grandiosity, dynamism, and drama, equilibrium, symmetry, and rationalism.

Emphasis on motion and complexity. Curved, concave, and convex shapes. Shapes were created through light and color. Realism to heighten emotions and move or surprise the viewer. Theatrical backdrops. Churches were extravagantly decorated and represented the gateway to heaven. The decoration stimulates faith and piety.

Architecture

The desire to incorporate a sense of movement. Churches and palaces. Curved cornices and split/broken pediments.... Continue reading "Baroque Art: Magnificence, Power, and Drama in Europe and Latin America" »

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