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French composers; Pages in category "French Baroque composers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 233 total. This list ...
French Baroque painters. Pages in category "French Baroque painters" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
Baroque music; List of classical music composers by era; List of composers by name; Women in Music; There is considerable overlap near the beginning and end of this era. See lists of composers for the previous and following eras: List of Renaissance composers; List of Classical era composers
François Couperin (French: [fʁɑ̃swa kupʁɛ̃]; 10 November 1668 – 11 September 1733 [1]) was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was known as Couperin le Grand ("Couperin the Great") to distinguish him from other members of the musically talented Couperin family.
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (French: [maʁk ɑ̃twan ʃaʁpɑ̃tje]; 1643 – 24 February 1704 [2]) was a French Baroque composer during the reign of Louis XIV.One of his most famous works is the main theme from the prelude of his Te Deum, Marche en rondeau.
Art from this period shows influences from both the north of Europe (Dutch and Flemish schools) and from Roman painters of the Counter-Reformation. Artists in France frequently debated the merits between Peter Paul Rubens (the Flemish Baroque, voluptuous lines and colors) and Nicolas Poussin (rational control, proportion, Roman classicism).
This is a list of French painters sorted alphabetically and by the century in which the painter was most active.
The following is a chronological list of French artists working in visual or plastic media (plus, for some artists of the 20th century, performance art). For alphabetical lists, see the various subcategories of Category:French artists. See other articles for information on French literature, French music, French cinema and French culture.