First production of an operatic nature...

Eurydice by Peri and Caccini (1600)

First full-blown opera production...

L'Orfeo by Monteverdi, performed at Mantua in the year 1607 (Grande Opera)

Caravaggio painting

Calling of St. Matthews

Rembrandt

Night Watch

Rubens

...known for his nudes

Bernini sculptures

• Apollo and Daphne, David (marble)
• 94ft Baldacchino at St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome
• Decorations of St. Peter Plaza

Baroque music consisted of...

stressing motion, opulence and ornamentation

Rococo

Playful style of music

Opera, Oratorio, Cantata and instrumental music were...

...innovating forms of the Baroque era

Johann Sebastian Bach

• Born in (1685) Eisenach, Germany
• Composed over 200 cantatas at Leipzig, Weimar, and Cöthen
• Concerti Grossi
• Organ, violin, and harpsichord virtuoso
•  Efficient swordsman
• Music shows mathematical techniques
• 20 children and two wives
• Traveled throughout Germany

Händel 

• Born in (1685) Halle, Germany
• Oratorio and Grande Opera compositions
• The Messiah
• Harpsichord and violin

Type of art during Baroque

...two-dimensional art, Bourgeoisie class, counter-reformation, opulence, and ornateness.  Art and Music of the Baroque were larger than life.

Vivaldi

The Seasons

(L’hiver, Primavera, été, and L’autome)

A. Scarlatti and D. Scarlatti 

Known for their cantata compositions

Rinuncinni 

...known to write the libretto for Peri and Caccnin’s, Eurydice

Striggio

wrote the libretto for L’Orfeo

Bernini's David

...made of marble (5'7'')