Baroque Religion

The Baroque era began in the year 1600, at the end of the Renaissance period (Kamien 99). The word Baroque has had several different meanings. Back in its time, the word Baroque has meant: Bizarre, Flamboyant, and Elaborately ornamented. Historians, however, used this word to indicate the particular style in all different forms of art that fills space; which includes canvas, stone, or sound (Kamien 99). The Baroque Period is also known as “the age of absolutism” because so many different rulers of the time used and abused their royal power to control their subjects. For example, in Germany, the duke of Weimar imprisoned the famous Johann Sebastian Bach into prison for a month just because Bach asked to leave his job as the Duke’s musician (Kamien 99). This era in time was also home to scientific discoveries by Newton and Galileo. The Baroque era has shaped the world, as they knew it, to what the people of the twenty-first century all know and love.

Mood is the affections (to impress the mid or move the feelings of our emotions, emotional response). Composers of this time shaped or molded a musical language to depict the affections. Music is written to fit the needs of society in our always changing world. Church music during this time was very elaborate and music was usually only heard in the churches and if you were wealth enough during that time you could go hear music in public opera houses. Religious music was a huge part of baroque era; it saw the creation of tonality, made changes in musical notation, and developed new instrumental playing techniques.

Accordingly, the composers can start imagining about the inspiration the work of music has done as well as the starting point of the artwork. Throughout the Baroque era, the composers of the music earned a living through just writing the songs and were fortunate to be included in the payroll thus perform the religious and political works that they were presented with during the time. The needs of the institution in which the work was done dictated entirely which type of music that would be written by the composers. When the Baroque music has been fully used will dictate the way the history of the music can be perceived by the people and how gently they would be used to influence the belief of the majority of the people and how important they are to the society.

The Classical time period, which spanned a length of seventy years, from 1750 to 1820, was very different in nature from its predecessor, the Baroque time period. The Baroque era featured works that were ornamentally elaborate, where the artists and composers centered their works on a big, bold style that was dramatic in its composition. Artists and composers transferred strong feelings of tension and emotion into their works and it was common for there to be some type of action or movement happening within the work. Those who lived in the Classical time period, valued simplicity and wanted to return to the ideals of the Greeks. Therefore, the Classical time period is characterized by clear structural clarity, simplicity, smoothness, and symmetry. However, though the works took a step back from the grand movement of the Baroque era, the composers and artists of the Classical time period did lay out a tuneful and elegant style in their music and art. Out of the Classical era came many renowned artists and composers, two of those whom are artist Sir Thomas Lawrence and composer Ludwig van Beethoven (“NYU”).

Most forms of Catholic Baroque art are assertive and, as intended, assault ones senses. The evolution of religious art from the uniform composition characteristic of the Italian Renaissance through the evolving Mannerism in to the bold and striking Baroque was striking to say the least. The stylistic changes from Da Vinci's The Last Supper to Tintoretto's version in the 1590's bear a perfect example of this transition. The point of view in Da Vinci's was central and allowed for a

Musical style, harmony and melody grew more and more complex during the Baroque period. As such, during the classical era there was an emergence of a new style of music, the Classical style (Mostlywind.co.uk, 2015). The Classical musical style was characaterised by a simple, delicate expression of music that was meant to please its listeners with a refined sound, as such, there was very little to no dissonance used in all pieces. The melody during this time period was short and very defined, with only a few themes introduced per each piece. Rhythm was regular and due to the complexity of the texture of music during the Baroque period, the texture of music was simple and

Antony and the Johnsons: I Am a Bird Now was released on February 1, 2005, originally on an Audio CD, and the genre of music is Baroque Pop. It has the best album artwork because of its craft and the meaning behind the image. Usually, album covers are done with such creativity there may be too many colors or visual aspects that will be hard for a person to try to understand the meaning behind the image. For this image, the use of color or any other visual aspect is not the issue. It is done as an understated grayscale photograph, not allowing from any distraction from the woman in the middle. The contrast of lighting on the young woman is helpful as well as depicting on what they eye should focus on.

Art in the Medieval Times was dreary and bland. Many works of art were solely about God or holy figures. The most obvious change from the Renaissance to Medieval Times was the arts, according to Document A and also that “One begins to know the names of the artists ... feel stronger emotions in the subjects”. This shows that Renaissance art not only changed in style, in changed in how it made the viewer feel when seeing the art. Similarly, in Document A, Renaissance art is described as “new artistic styles would echo the broader movements and interests of the new age.…”. As compared to Medieval Times, the style of art became something similar to the time that people could relate to. In the Medieval Times, art was just meant to extol God’s many feats. People who viewed the painting were supposed to put that style of art on a pedestal. Medieval art was supposed to be worshipped, not so much understood. The individual in the Medieval Times was supposed to take away from the painting that the only thing that mattered in their life was the Roman Catholic church and God already had a plan for their lives. But in comparison, Renaissance art was supposed to empower and help people of the time to understand themselves and the fact that they can change their own lives.

Music has evolved throughout centuries to invoke different feelings and to entertain those who are in the audience. These musical genres are both known for “making people feel good”. Pop music and Baroque music are two musical genres that are completely different. Regardless of their differences, they also have several similarities during a concert or live performance. As stated by Mauch, et al, “Music is a natural starting point for the study of stylistic evolution because it is not only a universal human cultural trait” (9). Vivaldi, Handel, and Bach were several of the renowned Baroque musicians and Bruno Mars is one of the most upcoming pop musicians in today’s age. The rendition of the Baroque concerto for this era will depict how to concerts for the Baroque music and the pop music are similar and different.

Other possible subjects aspiring painters could emblematize in baroque paintings include the actual implementation of solutions to social dilemmas or the "signs of the times". Moreover, depictions of reformed persons who terminated illegal drugs into their systems, children enjoying genuine moments of whimsical entertainment, ministers various faiths posing together with harmonious unity, freed prisoners of war shouting with jubilation and families who are simultaneous expressing joy because of the extermination of murder, abuse and terrorism are indeed a welcome development in modern baroque paintings. Research should be done on whether more shades of light can be embossed upon baroque paintings. Lastly, Christian artists should be positive

During the Baroque Period the church and monarchy, which had been traditionally the most influential patrons of the arts, were replaced in the Netherlands by the middle class. Due to this economic shift, the style of painting evolved. Portraits, landscapes, seascapes, still-lives, flower painting and genre themes became the dominate style in the early 16th century. Depictions of city and country had also rose in popularity and the demand naturalistic views of local and imaginary scenery had gone up as well. A distinctive type of painting to be developed during this time were interior genre works, which showed people going about daily life: letter reading, letter writing and housekeeping (Figure 1.). With the higher demand for art and a rapidly

Gregorian chants originated mostly in western and central Europe, it was developed and mostly used in Catholic Church’s as a spiritual sign of worship to god. It was also sung in Latin as pure melody. Latin affected the Gregorian chant itself because it was created in Latin, the melodies are very relative to the accents and words. The three ways the chant was set to text were the tropes, the organum, and the jubilus.

Many of the Spanish Colonial Era Churches in the Province of Albay have succumbed to the “wrecker ball” culture and there are only a few left. One of these earthquake Baroque treasures is the Church of Nuestra Señora de la Porteria in the town of Daraga which is representative on an era in the province’s history. Built mainly with volcanic rocks during the 18th Century, the church that was declared as a National Treasure, bears details of the Baroque style and the shell of the structure is still intact even if most of the interior had already been destroyed or altered. Stakeholders decided to conserve the structure and restore the portions that could still be possibly restored especially the Eastern and Northern walls.

Baroque Period, during which a few of the greatest composers on this planet were born, brought classical music onto a whole new level. The word “Baroque”, which came from the Portuguese for “the imperfect pearl”, implies strange, extravagant and overblown. Toccata, fugue, chorale, ortario, and the concerto Grosso, all of these special musical forms were created and represent this period. The six main characteristics: increased emotional expression, contrast, use of basso continuo, continued harmonic development, use of ornament, and the emphasis of improvisation, molded the unique style of music of the Baroque period.

There is little to argue about when suggesting that the Baroque period of art and architecture during the 1600’s “was characterized by a positive, vigorous, and passionate style” (Gerdes 253), enveloped in lavish splendor, glorifying the imagery of highborn aristocrats, religion, and homoeroticism. The theatrical, grandiose, and ornate style was heavily influenced by Christianity, life, love, symbolism, allegory, and morbidity. The artist Michelangel Merisi da Caravaggio a leading artist during this period used a “combination of religious scenes in everyday locales filled with rough looking common people” (Kleiner 549) along with the intensity of the dramatic Baroque passion for richness in color and texture. One of Caravaggio’s most famous pieces of art was the Entombment of Christ, and David with the Head of Goliath, for which “he painted his own head as the victim, with blood drips from his freshly severed neck, sparing nobody the gory facts of decapitation” (Harris 49). The disturbed genius was also interested in the fresco painting of the Renaissance and this is perhaps what enticed Caravaggio to paint the Creation of Adam on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The history of the Baroque period cannot be discussed further without mentioning the Dutch artist Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, whose “Baroque paintings rose to universal significance and appeal” (Gerdes 264). His style created gorgeous movement and fluidity characterized by