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01/17/2023

Depictions of Nature - A Pre-Raphaelite view

William Holman Hunt, The Hireling Shepherd, 1851, © Manchester Art Gallery Spring is just around the corner! What better way to celebrate this blooming season than to admire nature in art? Look no further… The Pre-Raphaelites, an artistic counter-movement born in England in the 19th century is famous for its beautiful representations of nature. But…

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12/23/2022

Contemporary African Art Scene - Birds eye view.

The concept of contemporary African art is often difficult to define. But for good reason; the continent consists of 54 countries, each with its own unique culture, tradition and social structure. Moreover, the large diaspora caused by colonialism further complicates this definition. For this reason, it is impossible to define a precise idea of contemporary African art. There are several key factors that we can look at to understand what has made the African art scene what it is today. The Baroque House will introduce you to the origins of contemporary African art, its journey to the mainstream and a bit of what the scene looks like today.

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12/21/2022

Russian Constructivist Art Movement

Russian Constructivism was a movement that changed art! It emphasizes simple forms and extends to many areas of art. At the same time as the Bolshevik revolution, it became the meaning of the new world. But what is Russian constructivism? With the Baroque House, we discover this great movement in the history of art.

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12/16/2022

Africains à connaître absolument ! - Top 10

Following the exhibition Les magiciens de la terre ("Magicians of the Earth") at the Center Pompidou in 1989, a long-deserved appreciation for African art and Western artists quickly developed. Indeed, since the early 1990s, Africa has experienced a period of fantastic growth as more and more global galleries open their doors to African exhibitions around the world. As the continent's art scene flourishes, art markets and organizations around the world are gradually increasing. Baroque House takes you on a virtual tour of this beautiful continent to discover 10 African artists, famous and emerging, who are truly taking the African modern art scene by storm.

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12/14/2022

10 Surrealist Paintings you should know - Baroque House Magazine

Surrealism was an creative motion born in the early 1900s that formed part of the total Modernist motion taking location throughout this time. It challenged standard and classical representations in art. Instead Surrealism drew on images inspired by dreams and the subconscious… Baroque House has rounded up the secret truths to provide you a brief history on this dreamy creative motion.
The Surrealist motion continues to motivate lotsof artists to this day. However now there is an included measurement from technological developments in the 21st century. Artists can experiment with 3D animation, modern-day movie making strategies and photography to produce visual eyeglasses and checkout concepts supplied by Surrealism. Artists who produce ‘surrealist’ paintings today might not be thoughtabout ‘Surrealists’ in their perfectionist type. However, it is indisputable that the echoes of this motion that broke with conventions can still be seen today.

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12/09/2022

Ecological Art - Origins and history

Art and nature have always found ways to intertwine, with the latter being a great source of inspiration for artists. It comes in many guises: rural and historic for classicists, grand and wild for romantics, or sensitive and poetic for impressionists. But only later did the artist realize the fragility of the environment. Art then became the chosen medium for its expression. Nature came to be described as more than pure aesthetics, as art and nature were at the center of this political struggle. In fact, the degradation of nature has greatly changed the relationship between artists and the landscape. The Baroque House invites you to discover how the union of art and nature became an environmental and ecological war in the 20th century.

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12/07/2022

Street art in the heart of contemporary urban landscape.

Urban spaces and art have been linked since the beginning of time, starting with the creation of cave drawings that express life stories and freeze stories in time forever. Our way of life is increasingly urban, with an unstoppable rush for professional advancement and access to public transportation culminating in the inevitable decision for many young adults: moving to a big city. With changing attitudes to work comes a change in the way we live and think about life. The shape of today's city corresponds to this.
Street art has long been prevalent in cities such as London and Paris, and has now become one of the most popular art styles sold at Baroque House. The shift from what was previously considered a socio-political statement, often depicting anarchic and anti-establishment messages, to a well-charged style reflects the evolution of social thought as well as the recognition of the rebellious nature of our history.

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12/02/2022

A Brief History of Landscape Art - Renaissance to Modern into Contemporary

Just as the landscape of our world has completely changed, the nature of landscape art has evolved significantly over the centuries. Landscape painting is more than just a pretty picture, from not being recognized as a genre to being the underlying subject of some of the world's most famous paintings. Travel through time with the Baroque House and discover important points in the history of landscaping.

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11/30/2022

The non-verbal loud art movement - Dance.

Dance is a non-verbal form of representation and expression. In the center is the subjective, aesthetic phase of the body and the formation of movement in space and time.
Dance as a symbol of modern life has been taken up by many artists since the end of the 19th century, whose interest is primarily focused on the study of movement. The formations of modern dance are not only described, but there is much evidence that their principals come into active interaction with visual artists. Dance is the center of human expression. As such, it is an extremely popular subject in the fine arts.

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11/25/2022

Velázquez’s Iconic Las Meninas Painting - in Depth

Las Meninas (1656) was painted several hundred years ago, during the prosperity of Spain under the ruling Habsburgs. Centuries later, this masterpiece by Diego Velázquez remains a mystery to intellectual art historians trying to unravel its mystery. The Baroque House invites you to immerse yourself in this famous and mysterious work of the great Spanish master!

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11/23/2022

The reverberations of Jazz in Art

Jazz had an influence not only on the development of music, but also on the visual arts of the 20th century. Which artists were inspired by jazz? This dynamic world and its reception in art are explored here using 3 examples.
Around 1900, jazz originated in the southern states of the United States of America. From there, it didn't change the world at first, as the growing spread and popularity of jazz led first to jazz criticism and then to the study of jazz research. It is thanks to this research that jazz is appreciated not only as light music, but also as a cultural achievement. The influence of jazz on the visual arts can be seen in many different ways. There is iconographic evidence of the involvement of jazz artists.

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11/18/2022

Fashion and Art: Iconic Photography

Fashion has largely existed on the periphery of the 'art world' - or else disappeared from it entirely - for centuries. Fashion, previously assigned to the fields of "design" or "craft", has only in the last decade entered the halls of museums at market exhibitions as true works of art in their own right. Instrumental in the development of this overlap between art and fashion is the contribution of a host of talented fashion photographers whose sense of composition, innovation and avant-garde helped bring fashion into the realm of fine art. Meeting five of these iconic fashion photographers, Barokní dům highlights how fashion and art came together.

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