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The Baroque
Art as drama, c. 1600–1750: the Counter-Reformation's push for emotion, Caravaggio's light and violence, Bernini's marble theater, Artemisia Gentileschi, Rubens, Rembrandt, Vermeer and Velázquez, Versailles, and Baroque music from Vivaldi to Bach.
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Prereqs: The Renaissance. Next: Impressionism; Bach to Beethoven. Sources: Smarthistory's Baroque essays; Ernst Gombrich, *The Story of Art* ch. 19–21; the Uffizi, Prado and Rijksmuseum collections.Next: 1. Why the Baroque?