Baroque Art

Running Head : VENUS ' MIRROR : AN IMAGE OF BAROQUE ART

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Abstract

This discusses the Baroque era . It also includes a of one of the era 's artists and a report about one of the artist 's paintings

Venus ' Mirror : An Image of Baroque Art

The Baroque period was one of the most colorful periods in European history . It consisted of many changes in the continent such as the development of Martin Luther 's reformation , which was the birth of Protestantism

. It was also a time when Feudalism was diminishing leading the way to a government based on a single authority

In Spain , the best Baroque artist was Diego Velasquez . He was born in June 6 , 1599 in Seville and died in August 6 , 1660 because of fever . He was an apprentice of Francisco Pacheco , who was a famous disciple of Flemish and Italian realism which greatly influenced his works

In 1623 , he went to Madrid , where he painted a portrait of King Philip IV . Afterwards , he was appointed as the official painter of the royal family for six years . Aside from religious paintings , he also painted works with mythological themes

Velasquez was a true baroque artist . This period of art was used by the Roman Catholic Church as a way to counteract the spreading Protestantism . In Velasquez 's works , he served that purpose with his `bodegones ' which focused on subjects that are found in everyday life and combined...