How does Hyacinthe Rigaud represent the figure of the king? How is this typically Baroque?
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Essay responses should include these points:
The king wears a large and luscious robe with the gold fleurs-de-lis and lined with white ermine.
He wears high-heeled shoes to show off his calves and compensate for his height.
The canopy above him looks like red satin with gold-lined trim.
The setting is lavish with dramatic lighting and pompous pose.
However, Louis XIV stares directly at the viewer and shows his age.
Baroque art deliberately evokes intense emotional responses with dramatically lit, theatrical compositions, harmonious colors, idealized figures, and diagonal movement in space.
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a. True b. False