BAROQUE

El Juicio De Paris ( Peter Paul Rubens)

Las meninas (Diego Velázquez)

In the time that he spent during the Baroque painting had a very important role and becomes a priority in artistic expression. Being the most characteristic weight of religion in Catholic and bourgeois taste in Protestant countries countries expression. In the time that he spent during the Baroque painting had a very important role and becomes a priority in artistic expression.


New genres such as still lifes, landscapes, portraits, genre paintings or folklore and religious iconography matter is enriched develop. There is a trend and a search that combines realism with theatrical and gimmicky.

 KEY FEATURES:

> open compositions

> In-depth view

> Color compositional unity by bringing together shapes and colors.

> Overall prevalence of color on the drawing.

MAXIMUM REPRESENTATIVES:

1. Diego Velázquez

2. Rembrant

3. Gian Lorenzo Bernini

4. Caravaggio

5. Peter Paul Rubens

6. José de Ribera

7. Francisco de Zurbarán