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Baroque | second period of art history-1600-1750.
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Catholic Church | no longer as powerful as it once had been.
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Many people changed religion from Catholic to | Protestants.
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Artists who painted for the Church created dramatic and emotional works to | inspire people to continue to believe in the Catholic faith.
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Galileo and Isaac Newton were | scientists that made important discoveries during the Baroque period of art history.
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The Netherlands was one of the most important centers of art | during the Baroque period.
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The Netherlands became a | Protestant society.
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The members of the Protestant faith | did not believe that churches should be decorated with fine art.
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Dutch artists had to develop new | kinds of paintings that would appeal to private, Protestant collectors.
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Art became so popular that even | ordinary citizens began to buy original paintings to decorate their homes and businesses.
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Many artists began to paint for the open market instead of for | individual patrons.
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Still lifes like Beert_______became popular. | Basket of Flowers
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Landscapes like Claude's__________________, became important as subjects for fine art and not just as backgrounds. | Landscape of a Rock Arch and River
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Artists also began to paint scenes of everyday life, known as _______paintings,. | Genre
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As in Renaissance paintings, the composition of Baroque paintings is very | formal.
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They have solid forms and tiny details of | scenes or costumes.
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Baroque art has a great sense of | movement and emotion.
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Often, painters use diagonal lines in their compositions that add to that sense of | movement or tension.
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In many Baroque paintings, you will see strong contrast between | light and dark areas of the canvas.
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Near the end of the Baroque period, in the early 1700's, Rococo style developed in | France.
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Rococo art is graceful and decorative, often very | fancy and "frilly".
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The Rococo style emphasized curved lines and | light-hearted moods.
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The subjects of Rococo paintings were usually wealthy people, | often engaged in activities of recreation or amusement.
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Artists who painted in the Rococo style often preferred | lighter colors and flowing brush strokes.
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Lancret's___________________ is a Rococo genre scene. | La Camargo Dancing
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