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  • St. Francis in the Desert

    St. Francis in the Desert

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    Long before the drama and emotion of the Baroque, Giovanni Bellini’s St. Francis in the Desert laid the groundwork for a new way of seeing the sacred. Painted around 1480, Bellini fills the landscape with radiant light that seems to transform the entire natural world into a vehicle for divine revelation. St. Francis does not…

  • Ingres’ Louise at the Frick Collection

    Ingres’ Louise at the Frick Collection

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    Louise, Princesse de Broglie, Jean‑Auguste‑Dominique Ingres (c.1851–1853). This portrait isn’t Baroque; it’s Neoclassical, polished, and impossibly refined. But look closely and you can feel the Baroque echo: the luxurious fabrics, the glowing skin tones, the quiet drama of her gaze. Sometimes the best way to grasp what Baroque art truly is by seeing how later…

  • Fragonard’s Progress of Love at the Frick Collection

    Fragonard’s Progress of Love at the Frick Collection

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    The Progress of Love: Love Letters, Jean‑Honoré Fragonard (c.1771–1772)Fragonard’s world is all soft color, flirtation, and decorative fantasy; a far cry from the emotional weight and spiritual urgency of Baroque art. In fact, looking at Rococo works like this is one of the easiest ways to understand Baroque: by seeing what it isn’t.