Baroque
painting: Italy (cont.)
- style: “Dynamic” tendency (a.k.a. “High Baroque”)
- perspective: architectural
- technique: pictorial illusionism (e.g., painted framework)
- intense light & color
- composition: strong diagonals
- figures: idealized & vigorous in action
- principal artists:
- Guercino (1591-1666)
- Cortona (1596-1669)