Baroque music, art, and architecture emerged as the Catholic response to the protestant revolt and invincible ignorance. Baroque is elegant and intricate, classical and bright, visual and cerebral. The artists received the patronage of the Catholic Church and Catholic royalty. The significant event inaugurating it all was the Council of Trent 1545-1563.
Perhaps, something like Baroque will emerge from the current attempt in the Vatican and a parallel attempt in the Western world to destroy truth, beauty, and goodness. Sadly, many Catholics are unaware and want to stay dumb, and they could be described as ostriches (see the entry on Strauss). There is hope that exceptional Catholics will emerge (see the entry on new Catholic schools).
Listen to Vivaldi (1678-1741) while you view pictures by Baroque painters: Caravaggio, Peter Paul Rubens, Diego Velázquez, Nicolas Poussin, and Rembrandt van Rijn. (I went to school with a boy named Peter van Rijn in complete ignorance of his famous last name.)
Note: Vivaldi was violin master at an orphanage called the Pio Ospedale della Pietà, Devout Hospital of Mercy, in Venice. He taught music to the girls and did most of his composing there. In 1709, the board of directors dismissed him, but he returned the following year. Remember, all of history is present to God the Father. It does not come and go as we do.
Perhaps, something like Baroque will emerge from the current attempt in the Vatican and a parallel attempt in the Western world to destroy truth, beauty, and goodness. Sadly, many Catholics are unaware and want to stay dumb, and they could be described as ostriches (see the entry on Strauss). There is hope that exceptional Catholics will emerge (see the entry on new Catholic schools).
Listen to Vivaldi (1678-1741) while you view pictures by Baroque painters: Caravaggio, Peter Paul Rubens, Diego Velázquez, Nicolas Poussin, and Rembrandt van Rijn. (I went to school with a boy named Peter van Rijn in complete ignorance of his famous last name.)
Note: Vivaldi was violin master at an orphanage called the Pio Ospedale della Pietà, Devout Hospital of Mercy, in Venice. He taught music to the girls and did most of his composing there. In 1709, the board of directors dismissed him, but he returned the following year. Remember, all of history is present to God the Father. It does not come and go as we do.
1595-6 Basket of Fruit, oil on canvas, Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan, Caravaggio - Own work, user:Lafit86, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10478675
1613-4 Venus at the Mirror, Peter Paul Rubens - Liechtenstein Museum, Wenen, particuliere collectie Vorst van Liechtenstein, Vaduz
1618 Vieja friendo huevos (1618, English: Old Woman Frying Eggs). National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, Diego Velázquez - Google Art Project: Home – pic Maximum resolution
1640 A Dance to the Music of Time, Nicolas Poussin, Wallace Collection, London
1660 Titus as a Monk, Rembrandt van Rijn, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The artist portrayed his 19-year-old son Titus, with whom he had an especially close relationship, as a Franciscan monk.
The artist portrayed his 19-year-old son Titus, with whom he had an especially close relationship, as a Franciscan monk.
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