Baroque art in Europe in the seventeenth century is the general term, but as early as the end of the sixteenth century began, even in the eighteenth century, can still see traces.

 

"Baroque" style is a term that since the 17th century until the early 18th century popular in the first half of the major European art style. The term comes from Portuguese barroco, is a means of irregular pearls, however, as a Baroque style, but art historians have always been controversial. "Baroque" original meaning, with irregular, distorted the meaning of the bizarre, about the eighteenth century classicism from those who give of themselves do not agree with the title of a senior art, the Renaissance humanist writer with the The term to criticize those who do not regulate the production of classical works of art.

 

Gorgeous performance of the rich and colorful style change

 

Although the Baroque style of the Renaissance inherited the established tradition of representation and illusion, but abandoned the simple, harmonious, stable classical style of a pursuit liquidates complex, magnificent, great momentum, dynamic wealth to the realm of art. Baroque-style painting in the area of Flanders is the largest representative of the painter Rubens, Caravaggio, Italy, Benigni, Poussin, France, Spain, as well as the Committee Velazquez, and so on. This time the artists tend to paint in the use of diagonal and curving, painting is full of momentum and dramatic lighting and color, so that the picture of infinite space have the wrong impression to the viewers eye into the picture .

 

In addition to painting, Baroque art but also in construction. In architecture and sculpture is the main representative of the Bernini of Italy. The decoration is full of buildings, using a large number of arc shape as a whole, the dome, and the escalators are very elegant garden squares, fountains, Gui Gallery and sculpture are the characteristics of the building at that time.

 

 

The seventeenth century Europe is a big change in the era of its development trends in the arts, with the right political and religious disputes are closely related. Since the beginning of the sixteenth century, Martin Luther advocated by Germany 'Reformation', was under attack and losing much of the Holy See, in the seventeenth century, also launched another wave of 'anti-religious reform' movement. Prevalent in the Protestant countries in order to uphold freedom and respect for the material mainly to the development of new knowledge; and taught in the old sphere of influence, while the center court with the church, encouraged by the magnificent art gorgeous, showy on the one hand, a strong secular court's power to taste , With his enthusiasm and solemn ceremony Catholicism match, so have had plenty of strength and performance of the seventeenth century Baroque art.

 

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