Category: Baroque

Table of Contents Introduction Bachs Brandenburg Concerto #5 Vivaldis The Four Seasons Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The epoch of Baroque, which took over one and a half centuries from the early 1600s to the 1750s, was a majestic period for all branches of art. Its bizarre pompous luxury found reflection not only in architecture but…

Judith Beheading Holofernes. The first work of art to be analyzed in this paper is called Judith Beheading Holofernes. It is an oil painting on canvas, which belongs to Artemisia Gentileschi, an Italian artist, who created this painting in 1620. It depicts a scene from the Old Testament when an Israel woman Judith and her…

Precisely the Baroque era is the period of the introduction of instrumental music characterized by extravagant and bizarre textures and harmonies and depicting an extra-musical place, character, or idea. Music of the Baroque era has evident contrast between soft and loud and long flowing melodies. It is more unpredictable and freer than the music of…

The transition from baroque music to the classical period is marked by key cultural trends including the Romantic movement, revolutions in America and France, increasing scientific progress and the prevalence of logical ideas over religious dogma. The manifestation of Man, as the pride and joy of the Universes creation, influenced the popular taste in music.…

Table of Contents Introduction Composers Comparison of Musical examples Representation of the Baroque Era Conclusion Introduction This paper explores musical pieces of the Baroque era through the works of Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. Two musical pieces produced by the two authors will be compared to analyze their similarities and differences. These pieces…

The course of human history and the process of the development of human society may be schematically represented as the stairs, where each stair is a definite historical epoch. Such stairs or stages of the development are the Renaissance and Baroque. If the reasons for choice of these particular epochs are necessary, then it should…

Table of Contents Abstract Caravaggio, The Calling of Saint Matthew, 1599-1600 The Flight into Egypt by Annibale Carracci, 1603 Resurrection of Christ, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635-1639 Reference Abstract Baroque period is distinguished by the depiction of space and movement where expression was of great importance. Exaggeration and luxury are the major distinctions of that period…

Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion References Introduction Baroque is often used to describe the style of music which is composed during the era that coincides with the period of Baroque art. There are still a lot of arguments when it comes to the principles of baroque music especially its contribution to the Baroque period.…

Table of Contents Comparison of the Works Baroque: The Messiah by Georg Friederich Händel Classical: Piano Concerto in G Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Romantic: Madame Butterfly Romantic: New World Symphony by Antonin Dvorak Conclusions from Comparison My Reactions to New World Symphony References Over the centuries, the popular music changed, partly as cultures changed,…