The Baroque style appeared in Italian cities at the border of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It was from the Baroque era that the triumphal procession of Western civilization began. This style was the way out of the crisis of the ideas of the Late Renaissance.
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It should be noted that the Baroque and the Renaissance are, as it were, opposed to each other, therefore, the Baroque often considers the beautiful and close ideal that which the Renaissance fiercely opposed. The baroque is characterized by tension, contrast, striving for pomp and grandeur, dynamism of images, combination of illusion and reality. Within the framework of the Baroque, many genres merge into one and at the same time strive for autonomy. In the Baroque era, a person lost the sense of self of "the most intelligent being" characteristic of the Renaissance, on the contrary, he began to constantly doubt the presence of reason in himself.
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Baroque art reflects the crisis concept of personality and the world. Typical heroes of the Baroque are jaded skeptics or, on the contrary, exalted martyrs. All the art of the Baroque era is permeated with doubts about the possibilities of man, a piercing feeling of the futility of being and the realization of the inevitable defeat of good.
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Baroque painting is characterized by unusual plots, aristocracy, sharp dynamism of compositions. These traits are in stark contrast to the calm confidence of Renaissance painting.
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Baroque artists pioneered the techniques of spatial interpretation of form, made the viewer an almost full-fledged participant in the events depicted in the paintings. Baroque does not oppose the viewer to the heroes of art canvases, involves him in events, which is facilitated by the hyperrealistic depiction of people and objects. The main features of the baroque are dynamism and flowery. The outstanding representatives of this style are Caravaggio and Rubens.
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Michelangelo Merisi, named Caravaggio after his birthplace, is considered the most important master of Italians of the late sixteenth century. In fact, he was one of the founders of a new style in painting. His paintings on religious subjects are distinguished by overwhelming naturalism. Caravaggio often painted his characters in twilight, very skillfully using light rays that snatched out the characters' gestures, emphasizing their character and essence. Many students of Caravaggio in their works continued the line of the master, forming a completely new and unusual approach to painting.
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Peter Paul Rubens studied in Italy at the beginning of the seventeenth century. It was there that he adopted the writing style of Caravaggio and his students. In his works, he combined the strongest aspects of the schools of the South and North, combining fantasy, illusion and reality, spirituality, reason and learning in his canvases. Rubens mainly wrote multi-figured pompous compositions, distinguished by the richness of colors and expressive forms. His art is absolutely earthy, dynamic, lively, expressing all the charm of the Baroque.
