Baroque describes any artwork whose theme or style is extravagant, ornate, or excessive. It is the designated term for the style of 17th and early 18th century European painting, sculpture, architecture, design, and music. The class will explore the Baroque era, which produced artists such as Bernini, Caravaggio, Hals, Rembrandt, Rubens, Vermeer, and Velasquez. Baroque artists pushed art to its limits and beyond, in order to attract attention in a culture of increasing excess. Artists emerged as individual entrepreneurs, while their products became important commodities as capitalism developed. There were new subjects, such as landscape and genre painting. In addition, there were new approaches to old subjects, including gods, saints, heroes, and portraiture. The class will also explore the baroque attitude, which is still a major component of art today, by connecting baroque themes and styles to contemporary artworks.

Baroque describes any artwork whose theme or style is extravagant, ornate, or excessive. It is the designated term for the style of 17th and early 18th century European painting, sculpture, architecture, design, and music. The class will explore the Baroque era, which produced artists such as Bernini, Caravaggio, Hals, Rembrandt, Rubens, Vermeer, and Velasquez. Baroque artists pushed art to its limits and beyond, in order to attract attention in a culture of increasing excess. Artists emerged as individual entrepreneurs, while their products became important commodities as capitalism developed. There were new subjects, such as landscape and genre painting. In addition, there were new approaches to old subjects, including gods, saints, heroes, and portraiture. The class will also explore the baroque attitude, which is still a major component of art today, by connecting baroque themes and styles to contemporary artworks.

Baroque describes any artwork whose theme or style is extravagant, ornate, or excessive. It is the designated term for the style of 17th and early 18th century European painting, sculpture, architecture, design, and music. The class will explore the Baroque era, which produced artists such as Bernini, Caravaggio, Hals, Rembrandt, Rubens, Vermeer, and Velasquez. Baroque artists pushed art to its limits and beyond, in order to attract attention in a culture of increasing excess. Artists emerged as individual entrepreneurs, while their products became important commodities as capitalism developed. There were new subjects, such as landscape and genre painting. In addition, there were new approaches to old subjects, including gods, saints, heroes, and portraiture. The class will also explore the baroque attitude, which is still a major component of art today, by connecting baroque themes and styles to contemporary artworks.

Baroque describes any artwork whose theme or style is extravagant, ornate, or excessive. It is the designated term for the style of 17th and early 18th century European painting, sculpture, architecture, design, and music. The class will explore the Baroque era, which produced artists such as Bernini, Caravaggio, Hals, Rembrandt, Rubens, Vermeer, and Velasquez. Baroque artists pushed art to its limits and beyond, in order to attract attention in a culture of increasing excess. Artists emerged as individual entrepreneurs, while their products became important commodities as capitalism developed. There were new subjects, such as landscape and genre painting. In addition, there were new approaches to old subjects, including gods, saints, heroes, and portraiture. The class will also explore the baroque attitude, which is still a major component of art today, by connecting baroque themes and styles to contemporary artworks.