Week 3: Baroque Vienna

Fresco with trompe l'œil dome painted on low vaulting, Jesuit Church, Vienna, Austria

What is Baroque? What is Counter-Reformation?

a.) Introduction to the Baroque (Rubens and Rembrandt)

b.) Bernini, master architect and sculptor of the Baroque 

c.) A brief introduction to the Counter-Reformation 

The Turks besiege Vienna, 1683

Thanks to the gentleman in our class who recommend "The Enemy at the Gate" by Andrew Wheatcroft

Also- check out the view from the other side in  Jason Goodwin's "Lords of the Horizon: A History of the Ottoman Empire"

TV film on the Ottoman Turkish Siege of Vienna, 1683 (for some general background on key players and events)

Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5

Prince Eugene of Savoy

Baroque Vienna explored at "Vienna Unwrapped"

Prince Eugene of Savoy 

The Belvedere Palace of Prince Eugene (the two palaces known as the Belvedere now house a vast array of art from a number of time periods, including Klimt's "The Kiss")