ABOUT BAROQUE

An Art Movement: Baroque – The Style of an Era

Baroque art in Europe, an introduction

Baroque Period Summary

THE ART

Bernini’s Saint Theresa of Avila in Ecstasy

Bernini at St. Peter’s Basilica

Bernini’s David

Borromini’s San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane

Il Gesu

Carracci’s Palazzo Farnese

Caravaggio’s Bacchus

Caravaggio’s Contarelli Chapel

Caravaggio and Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith and Holofernes

Gentileschi’s Self Portrait as the Allegory of Painting

Ruben’s Elevation of the Cross

Ruben’s Marie de’ Medici Cycle

Van Dyck’s Charles I at the Hunt

Zurbaran’s St. Serapion

Cotan’s Still Life with Quince, Cabbage, Melon, and Cucumber

Velazquez’s Las Meninas

Velazquez’s Pope Innocent X