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The Baroque Era

Baroque Art started in Europe approximately about 1600, as a pulse against the works of the Late Renaissance. Baroque art is less complex, more realistic and emotional.

This movement was encouraged by the Catholic Church, the most important patron of the arts at that time, being seen as a return to tradition and spirituality.

One of the great periods of art history, Baroque Art was developed by artists like Caravaggio, Gianlorenzo Bernini and Annibale Carracci. This was also the age of the well known artist Rembrandt.

In the 18th century, Baroque Art was replaced by the more elegant and elaborate Rococo art style which I will address later.




The Bauhaus School

The Bauhaus School is a school of design. It was founded in Germany about 1919 by Walter Gropius. Its has a modernist style, integrating Expressionist art with the fields of architecture and design. It was picked up around the world.

The school was later led by the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Some artists involved included such artists as Lyonel Feininger, Paul Klee, and Wassily Kandinsky. Kandinsky is one of my favorites.

The school was closed by the Nazis in 1933, and many of the artists emigrated to the United States in the years leading up to World War II, in search of intellectual freedom.


Adapted from Artcyclopedia

Nathan Paul Gibbs