It addresses what is divine, and what is human and of the physical world.
They use a high contrast between light and shade, where light symbolizes the divine, and darkness as being more of the physical world.
Sometimes use a lot of realism to symbolize the physical world, and classical beauty to symbolize man's connection to the divine.
It continually juxstaposes what is divine, and what is physical.
Sin is symbolized by realism.
Its goal is to engage the audience, to make people become Catholic, and fight against people becoming Protestants.
It's counter protestant reformation art.
A big point in the Boroque Period, is to understand that everyone has sin, that all sins are equal, and that understanding this is why you should go to the Catholic Church.
Some pieces utilize diagonal lines to suggest dynamic action, which is combined with classical beauty, and realism in order to engage the audience.
The art wants to engage you, physically, and emotionally.
They hype up ideas, and portray religious events as very fantastic.
Some art even tries to represent itself as a miracle using smoke and mirrors.
St. Ignatius (Italian Boroque)
He was incredibly important in the Counter Protestant Reformation and completed spiritual exercises.
Excercise #1: Understand that you are insignificant compared to everyother person on the Earth.
Excercise #2: Understand that you are insignificant compared to all the angels in heaven.
Excercise #3: Understand that your relation to God, is that you are a pimple, compared to God. God loves you, but not because you deserve his love. Understanding that you are so insignificant, and proclaiming that you love God, means that you have a place in heaven.
Italian Boroque (Not on Final)
Ex.
- Caravaggio's Conversion of St. Paul 1601
Central Ideas and Beliefs
- Make people become Catholics Again
- Fight Against People Becoming Protestants
Political Concerns
How are Central Ideas and Beliefs Expressed Visually
- Intense colors to engage people
- Intense realism and contrast to engage people
Spanish Boroque Art
Christian Faith can be based on facts.
Strong focus on realism, never conveys its own existence as being a miracle.
Images of clouds, floating baby angels, and other mythical imagery are not in Spanish Boroque Art.
Religious images are portrayed as realistic events, and not as mythical events.
It is believed that the truth, the reality of a situation, can lead you to faith.
The main focus of realism, is no interpretation, just something being real.
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