Two Aspects of Baroque Painting in Italy
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"The term "Baroque" -- almost invariably used to describe Italian painting of the seventeenth century -- brings to mind a grand, theatrical style, alive with movement and color, in a setting of almost overwhelming richness. Up to a point, this notion is accurate. Much Italian art of the seventeenth century does not, however, share the characteristics popularly associated with the Baroque. Since the term Baroque as a label for the period remains with us, we should think of the word in a broader, more inclusive sense, not as the definition of a single style, but rather one which includes "the predominant artistic trends of the period which is covered by the seventeenth century." Two paintings in the Museum of Art and Archaeology exhibit two markedly different aspects of the many-faceted period we call -- for want of a better name -- "Baroque."
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