art and ideas

Response to the post should be well developed, fully explaining your response to the posts and including an additional image example relating to the post.Make responses that add to the conversation and take it further no longer than a paragraph.
Book Janson Basic History of Western Art

Question: Identify a common subject/theme or stylistic characteristic of Baroque art and explain why you think these commonalities exist.

Respond to this Answer: Baroque art had many common themes. “Some of thequalities that characterize the Baroque are grandeur, sensual richness,emotional exuberance, tension, movement, and the successful unification of thevarious arts,” (Roberts). A few themes I found to be very common were theintensity of the darkness and light in the pictures, the drama displayed, andthe realism of the paintings. In The Calling of St. Matthew, we can see thedarkness, the movement, the realism, and the drama in this painting. I foundthat most Baroque art was displaying these themes. This was a time when changewas happening, and this art was new. The art work seems to show emotion. Youcan see in The Calling of St. Matthew that there is many things happening allthat tie back into the many themes of Baroque art. There is the difference inthe clothes, the bright light from Christ allows for the intensity of thedarkness, the is much drama and emotion shown through the expressions, andmovement shown within this painting. There is a lot happening in the paintingas well. I think that these commonalities all bring together this time periodof art. It was a more realistic time period for the art. I think that thesepieces of art show much talent to bring together all these themes. Thesepaintings seem to all tell a more detailed setting or story during this timeperiod. “The strengthened Catholic faith, the absolutist state, thenew science, and the beginnings of the modern world combined in a volatilemixture that gave the Baroque era its fascinating quality,” (Roberts).