Bob Kessel has created a new art series called “GOING FOR BAROQUE”.
These pictures are based on paintings from the Baroque era. Baroque is the art movement of the Counter- Reformation in the 17th century. Although some features appear in Dutch art, the Baroque style was limited mainly to Catholic countries. A relevant part of works was made on religious themes, since the Church was the main customer.
The word BAROQUE derives probably from the ancient Portuguese noun “barroco” which is a pearl that is not round but of unpredictable and elaborate shape. Hence, in informal usage, the word baroque can simply mean that something is “elaborate”, with many details, without reference to the Baroque styles of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
In modern usage, the term Baroque may still be used, usually pejoratively, to describe works of art, craft, or design that are thought to have excessive ornamentation or complexity.
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A MOTHER’S DUTY by Bob Kessel
after De Hooch
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GIRL WITH HAIR by Bob Kessel
after La Tour
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DUTCH GIRL by Bob Kessel
after Vermeer
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PRODIGAL SON by Bob Kessel
after Rembrandt
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TEMPTATION by Bob Kessel
after Goltzius
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DANCE OF LIFE by Bob Kessel
after Poussin
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MAGLIGHT by Bob Kessel
after La Tour
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GIRL WITH PEARL EARRING by Bob Kessel
after Vermeer
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PROSERPINA by Bob Kessel
after Bernini
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VENUS AND ADONIS by Bob Kessel
after Titian
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GIRL WITH MIRROR by Bob Kessel
after Bellini
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PROCURESS by Bob Kessel
after Vermeer
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PAINTER by Bob Kessel
after Boucher
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Email: b.kessel@snet.net • Phone: (860)334-9438
