Pro-Vatican Baroque featured big canvases, dramatic statues, and exuberant architecture. After a century of religious wars, pro-Vatican Baroque art featured big canvases, dramatic statues, exuberant ...
In the wake of the Council of Trent, as the Church of the Counter-Reformation era was striving to shape new cultural movements able to massively revive popular faith, the city of Rome was turned into ...
“In Caravaggio’s Light: Baroque Masterpieces from the Fondazione Roberto Longhi” runs through March 22. Valentin de Boulogne’s "Denial of Peter" is among the Baroque masterpieces on display at the ...
Chatham Baroque performs in 2024. This is WESA Arts, a weekly newsletter by Bill O'Driscoll providing in-depth reporting about the Pittsburgh area art scene. Sign up here to get it every Wednesday ...
It’s an exciting summer at the museum! "Bernini & the Roman Baroque: Masterpieces from the Palazzo Chigi in Ariccia" brings to the museum 50 works by more than 40 artists that will, for the duration ...
A rarely seen work by the great Italian artist Caravaggio (1571–1610), the master of chiaroscuro who helped usher the Renaissance into the Baroque period, is coming to Florida for an exhibition at the ...
Little known from the wider public, this Portuguese palace stands out for its incredible Baroque architecture. Built in the 18th century, it features period furniture and untarnished splendour.
ROCHESTER — Lyra Baroque, the only exclusively Baroque orchestra in the Upper Midwest, is taking a cue from a Rochester classical music organization to find its new leader. Four finalist candidates ...
We marvel at Baroque’s over-the-top churches, palaces, bubbly fountains, and theatric art. Forged in Europe’s religious struggles, Baroque art inspired the faithful and dazzled the masses. We start in ...
You might know Rococo as the late Baroque-period art style from 18th-century France. It's known for ornate, playful, and lighthearted qualities, often expressed through pastel colors, asymmetry, ...