Religious conflict between the Catholics and the Protestants had a great effect on art. ... The emergence of an urban middle class with disposable income used art as an investment. ... The Baroque artist began to specialize even further, no longer the universal man of the Renaissance, but concentrating on a particular medium. ... Below is an example of Baroque art at its best in my opinion. ... Below is an example of what Romantic art encompassed. ...

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It is a picture of the Bridgeman Art Library while a show is being put on. ... Some stylistic characteristics of Baroque art is the deep color and intense light and dark shadows. The art typically was done by the Baroque artists at the moment the action was occurring, which is different from the Renaissance art, which usually showed the moment before an even took place. ...

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Choral Music of the Baroque Era The baroque style of music was different than its predecessor the renaissance period, because music during the renaissance period was sung in the a cappella choral style, while in the baroque era instruments played a huge role. ... Other Arts (Poets/artists) Baroque art used complex style to create emotions and tension that appealed to the senses. ... Caravaggio and Carracci brought three-dimensional art. ... The name "Baroque" became a name that is associated with strong emotional feelings, passion and tension, whether in music, art, or politics. ... Eve...

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Rubens was very much influenced by the artists of northern Europe of his time so he traveled to Italy where it happened to be the center of art at that period. ... There, for nine years, he did many originals and also copies of Renaissance paintings. A very important part of his life that developed his artistic being was an influence in the early baroque art of Anniblae Carracci and Caravaggio and also many humanist intellectuals. This brought Rubens into a new maturity level of art. ...

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