Baroque
Baroque style is a new phenomenon in 17th century. The word “Baroque” was derived from the Italian word barocco, meaning bizarre or artificial; some also stated that the word was originated from Portuguese or Spanish, meaning irregular or oddly shaped pearl. Baroque art has the following characteristics: whether it is sculpture, architecture, painting arts and crafts; all of them have stressed sense of movement, space, luxury, passion, feeling, or even mystery.
There are several things that inspired the Baroque artist. Since the period was the man’s first modern age of art, there were certain freedom that the Baroque artists had in order to express themselves. They were able to express their emotions and realities. This particular period was a turning point for humanity as the world was expanding and scientific discoveries were influencing the art. People then started to gained interest in science and realized that there were more to the world than just the church and themselves.
Baroque is an artistic prevalent from the late 16th century to the early 18th century in Europe after the idealism of the Renaissance. It is most often defined as “the dominant style of art in Europe between the Mannerist and Rococo eras, a style
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Catholic Popes in Italy wanted the architecture to express the holy splendor and fulfill its propagandist role by using large scale work of public art such as enormous domes, swirling forms, huge spiraled columns and frescoes for the ceilings, multi colored marble, and lavished nurals. Saint Peter’s has a central plan design, the facade consists a number of typical Baroque elements such as double columns, layer columns, and broken pediments. The curved wall architecture began to influence many large buildings during the high