Art baroque

Painting of an extremely surprised man, styled after Caravaggio's old master Baroque oil paintings.

Painted Hall at Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich returned to former glory in £8.5m project

Hubert Robert : Le Bassin ( détail )

Are you confused about the difference between Rococo and Baroque art? This article breaks down the key characteristics of each style to help you understand.

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Peter Paul Rubens, a painter and draftsman from Antwerp, was the most important and celebrated 17-century artist from Northern Europe. His influence was particularly strong. From 1620 onwards the so-called ‘high baroque’ (maniera grande) was introduced in his work. “The Fall of the Damned” is such a highly dramatic and monumental religious painting. It features a jumble of the bodies of the damned, hurled into abyss by archangel Michael and accompanying angels. The sketch of The Fall of the…

In the spring of 1959, a twenty-one-year-old Australian named Robert Hughes made his first visit to Rome. The young student of architecture, as it turned out, had a gift for writing as well as a ravenous, penetrating eye. Though he gained in sophistication, he never lost his initial brashness, and that is why, in the end, he has such an original, persuasive take on the Eternal City. The reasons for Rome's staying power, Hughes argues, have to do with the city's eternal embrace of crassness…

Create a classical and realistic portrayal of a Renaissance man expressing charity, inspired by antique baroque paintings.