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This mini piano concert demonstrates how Baroque music can be like Bernini for your ears.
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Rubens painted mythic battles, Catholic miracles, bloody hunts, and “Rubenesque” women.
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Gritty realism, stark lighting, and drama gave Caravaggio’s art an emotional punch.
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The roots of Baroque go back to the 1500s when it told the story of the religious wars.
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Giotto covered Scrovegni Chapel with frescoes telling Bible stories with a new realism.
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At the Basilica of St. Francis, Gothic frescoes capture realism and powerful emotions.
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We’ll visit three great Gothic churches filled with 800-year-old stained-glass windows.
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Oil paints freed artists like Jan van Eyck, Raphael, and Leonardo to raise the bar.
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Grand city halls, luxurious-for-the-day castles and palaces, and finely woven tapestries.
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In ancient Rome, grand statues and imposing buildings were built with cheap or free labor.
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For two centuries, the Renaissance was an explosion of secular learning, art, and culture.
