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Baroque questions

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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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