The baroque period was characterized by a heroic, dramatic and emotional theme. With well know names like Rembrant, Bach, Pennini, Caravaggio, Bernini, Tintoretto, Velasques, Poussin, Handel, and Rubens, the period produced many popular pieces of music and art. The art of the period was filled with movement, light versus shadow, and the use of the whole surface. The composers incorporated new ideas into their music such as different major and minor scales, the use of …showed first 75 words of 1627 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1627 total…the phenomenal talents shared with us from the baroque period. Bibliography 1. George Frideric Handel First Edition Lang, Paul Henry, George McLeod Limited, Toronto, 1966 2. The New Grove Handel Dean, Wilton, Macmillan Publishers Ltd 1982 3. George Frideric Handel Second Edition Lang, Paul Henry, George McLeod Limited, Toronto, 1977 4. Baroque and Rococo Art Bazin, Germain, Frederick A. Praeger, Inc., Publishers, 1964 5. Rubens Selected Drawings volume 1 Held, Julius S., Phaidon Press Ltd., 1959 6. Rubens Selected Drawings volume 2 Held, Julius S., Phaidon Press Ltd., 1959