The use of intense lighting and use of figure to portray dramatic scenes full of movement and strong emotion.

The Baroque period is probably my favorite movement in all of the history of art movements. The importance of the figure and the colors, OH THE COLORS, are just breath taking to me. Baroque puts an emphasis on the human body and how it moves, something that I really strive to achieve and emulate. You can show so much emotion just on the positions of the arms and legs, and even the minute details of the position of the fingers. It's a feeling I cannot truly describe. The colors, THE COLORS OH MY GOD, THE EARTH TONES, THE ORANGE AND YELLOW RAYS OF LIGHT AS THEY SHOW THE SILHOUETTE OF SOME EUROPEAN ROYAL, LKNFLASDKFLASDKN;;;!!!

During its time, after the Italian Renaissance, it and the Rococo movement where the dominating styles, and while I very do much like Rococo architecture and design, Baroque will always stand out. I'm sad to see that not many people are aware of the various movements occurring in the art world after the Italian Renaissance. People tend to lump it all together and jump from that, to Impressionism (another subject, for a future journal)

Some very great artists from this time:
.Caravaggio
.Rembrandt van Rijn
.Anthony van Dyck
.the Sculptor, Gian Brenini

Some artists, not from that time period, but use Baroque styles (and are very good):
.the later works of Francisco Goya
.Odd Nerdrum
.and the big B-Man himself, *jumps in the air, does a double back-flip, lands on the ground and dramatically points,,, Beksinski

Look up all of these artists, they've all inspired me, and I hope they inspire y'all