Art & Music of the Baroque: 1680-1750
Art and Music of the Baroque: From Ecstasy to Enlightenment, given by Victoria Martino, who also happens to be an art historian as well as Baroque violinist, will feature the Musica Pro Arte Ensemble, covering the years 1680-1750 in Europe. At the end of the 17th century and the beginning of the 18th century, Europe consolidated into a somewhat more peaceful and stable configuration. Consequently, the arts flourished as never before. The works of painters, Johann Quirin Asam, Antoine Watteau, Sebastiano and Marco Ricci, reflected in visual terms the musical discoveries of Georg Friedrich Händel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Domenico Scarlatti, and Antonio Vivaldi. Through the arts, one could experience the new self-assured image of humanity arising from the previous century, and creating the foundation for the coming Enlightenment.