Read Janson’s History of Art Portable Edition Book 3: The Renaissance through the Rococo, (pages 661-783). If needed, use other sources and cite them in your paper.
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Reading Assignment
• Write at least 3-page paper (1200 words) covering the following themes:
1. Define the style of Baroque.
2. Analyze Caravaggio’s painting “The Conversion of St. Paul” and explain why it is a Baroque painting.
3. Analyze Bernini’s sculpture “The Ecstasy of St. Teresa.”
4. Write a short biography on Rembrandt.
5. Analyze Rembrandt’s painting “The Night Watch.”
6. Analyze Watteau’s painting “A Pilgrimage to Cythera” and explain why it is a Rococo painting.
7. Write a short biography on Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.
8. Analyze Tiepolo’s fresco at the Kaieseraal in Wurzburg.
View the following video clip on Artemisia Gentileschi: https://youtu.be/S5qSwf-GTfs
Post your opinion on Baroque as a reflection of a political battle between Catholicism and the Reformation