At Hutchinson Public Library

The Baroque period is known for it’s intense emotion and theatrical art focused on contrast, movement, depth. Michelangelo Merisi Da Caravaggio, is considered to have helped usher in the Baroque period with his intense theatrical paintings using real people as reference models. Much to the horror of his critics and rivals, he often used ordinary working people without “perfect” characteristics as models for his saints and put them in noticeably contemporary settings. Caravaggio himself was as controversial as his art. He was known as arrogant, rebellious, and a murderer. We will dive into all of that and the influence his work had on young artists of the time period during this Art Talk.

Students from Hutchinson Community College will lead our discussion with a presentation followed by a short art workshop, giving you an immersive experience of the Baroque period. This program is open to the public.

Prepare to be inspired!