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Victoria & Albert Museum
Cultural icons immortalized in statuary included composer George Frederick Handel. The sculpture of Handel was the first to be sculpted in the lifetime of the subject. The sculptor, Louis-Francois Roubiliac, carved the figure on commission from the owner of Vauxhall Gardens where performances of Handel's music were held. The life size statue is in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
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"History of Art" by H. W. Janson, third edition, revised and expanded by Anthony F. Janson [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], 1986, published by Harry N. Abrams, Incorporated, New York
Roubiliac's 1738 depiction of Handel is of the seated composer relaxed, composing on a lyre, with a putto (nude male child) at his feet, recording the music. Though Roubiliac was born in France, he captures Handel's Englishness in his dress and casual demeanor.
Sculpture returned to England after the destruction of the Reformation. Baroque sculpture was supported both by the Catholic Church and Protestants. England led the way in memorializing cultural as well as religious figures. With this re-emergence of sculpture came an emotional expression and energy not seen in sculpture to that point.
By 1600 the Catholic church had established renewal within the church by the Counter Reformation. However, support within the Catholic church for Baroque sculpture did not preclude it from taking hold in the Protestant north as well. Baroque art was not influenced solely by any one of the political, religious [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], or intellectual standards of the period, but, most likely, by them all.
England embraced Baroque sculpture in a revival of sculpture that lead Europe in recognizing cultural figures in addition to religious figures. Nicholas Stone, an English sculptor, worked in the 17thC, mainly in monuments to the departed. In addition to the Hercules statue shown here, Stone's Baroque sculptures include monuments to John Donne, and many lords, ladies, and knights.
Baroque art is often described as excessive. It can certainly be seen in the two David sculptures that Michelangelo's David is classically understated, while the Baroque David from Bernini is rich in details and in mood. Click the pictures below for larger images for comparison.
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How Baroque Sculpture Differs From Classical Sculpture
Baroque sculpture is distinct from the sculpture of the previous two centuries by an implied emotional state of the subject reacting to something that is not necessarily within the sculpture itself. When sculpting David in 1501, Michelangelo avoided any suggestion of emotion or the presence of Goliath, his David taking a more formal stance. Baroque sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini sculpted David in 1623 with a fierce expression in response to Goliath who isn't part of the work. As H. W. Janson states,"If we stand directly in front of this formidable fighter, our first impulse is to get out of the line of fire."
Baroque was the dominate art style between 1600 and 1750. There are legitimate arguments on both sides in deciding whether the Baroque period was the final manifestation of the Late Renaissance or an entirely separate period, separate from both the Renaissance and the Modern era that followed.
Baroque Sculpture in England
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