During your time in Munich, you saw Nymphenburg Palace, the Theatinerkirche, and the Asamkirche. Write an essay, based upon your own observations and notes as well as secondary sources from class, and explain why these structures reflect the general characteristics of Baroque art. You may write about one of them, two of them, or all three of them. Remember, Baroque art and architecture stressed the theatrical; it suggested dynamism, movement, and energy. In particular, it reflected the renewed vitality of the Catholic Church during the Catholic Counter-Reformation and the rise of powerful absolute monarchs in Europe. Baroque architecture often (but not always) employs sweeping oval shapes that project forward toward the viewer as well as recessed ceilings with paintings on them that give a sense of heaven opening above the viewer.
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Sources to consider for this essay:
Getlein, Mark. Gilbert’s Living With Art. 7th edition. Boston: McGraw Hill, 2005. pp 407-428.
Killing, Irmgard. Nymphenburg: Palace, Park and Pavilions. Freising, Germany: Sellier Druck, 2009. pp 47-56.
Lindemann, Gottfried. History of German Art: Painting Sculpture Architecture. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1971. pp 98-130.





