A | B |
The Baroque Period | 1600-1750 |
Flamboyant lifestylebmit | Baroque Period Style |
Baroque style | “fills the space” |
Visual Art | Implies motion, Fills space, and Church used emotion and |
Busy, emotional, and attractive | Visual Art |
Baroque Architecture | ELaborate and ornate |
Reflects triumph of Catholic church and absolutism | Baroque Architecture |
Change in approach to science | Experiment-based, inventions and improvements, Newton, and Galileo |
Two main composers | George F. Handel andJohann Sebastian Bach |
3 phases of Baroque Periodl | Early 1600-1640, Middle 1640 to 1690, and Late 1690 to 1750 (most known) |
Opera | Drama sung to orchestral accompaniment and from Italy |
Early Baroque Period | Most revolutionary |
Favored homophonic texture over polyphony | True |
Middle Period | Spread from Italy to everywhere in Europe |
Late period | Emphasis on harmony-emphasized polyphony, not homophony |