Baroque Art and Music

Study Baroque using Online Video

With this topic, you'll relive the grandeur of the Baroque, one of Western civilization's most dynamic and fruitful artistic periods. Use our 2 online educational video titles to relive the grandeur of the Baroque--one of Western civilization's most dynamic and fruitful artistic periods. View the brilliant paintings of Bernini, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, and Rubens. Listen to excerpts from renowned musical compositions by Bach, Corelli, Frescobaldi, Handel, Monteverdi, and Purcell--plus an excerpt from the inspiring 'Hallelujah' chorus in Handel's Messiah.

Learning Objectives:

• Experience the grandeur of the Baroque, an era that witnessed the debut of the operatic aria, the development of instrumental works and landscape painting, and the portrayal of religious figures in states of heightened emotion.
• Gain insight to the sensual and theatrical qualities of the themes, forms, and techniques that interrelate Baroque art and music, such as the artistic balance of opposing forces and the compositional interplay of light and shadow.
• See artistic masterpieces by Bernini, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, and Rubens Listen to excerpts from compositions by Bach, Corelli, Frescobaldi, Monteverdi, Purcell, and Handel, including an excerpt from the "Hallelujah" chorus in Handel's Messiah.

• Music > Art And Music > The Baroque
• Birth of the Baroque Arts (Runtime: 19:05)
• Baroque Arts and Northern Europe (Runtime: 18:47)