European Art & Culture in the 17 th Century Unit One/Ch. 15 AP European History
Mannerism Break down of Renaissance principles (balance, harmony, moderation) Deliberate distortion Michelangelo, Pontormo, Parmigianino, El Greco
Jacopo Pontormo, Entombment, 1528 Santa Felicita Florence, Italy Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time by Bronzino, c. 1545; National Gallery, London. Giambologna, Rape of the Sabine Women, 1583, Florence, Italy
El Greco, Laocoon, 1614, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Baroque Began in Rome in late 16thC Catholic Reformation Classical ideals with spiritual feeling Peter Paul Rubens The Last Judgement 1617
Peter Paul Rubens (1577 – 1640) Peter Paul Rubens The Disembarkation at Marseilles 1625 Peter Paul Rubens The Lion Hunt 1621
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598 – 1680) The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa 1652 Santa Maria della Vittoria Rome, Italy Piazza San Pietro 1667 Vatican City
Baldacchino, St. Peter’s Basilica Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi, 1651 Piazza Navona Rome, Italy
Caravaggio (1572 – 1610) Conversion of Saint Paul, 1601, Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome. The Crucifixion of Saint Peter, Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome.
Trevi Fountain, 1762 Nicola Salvi Rome, Italy
French Classicism 17 th C – France replaced Italy as cultural leader of Europe Return to classical values of High Renaissance Louis XIV’s Style – Versailles Nicolas Poussin The Death of Germanicus 1628
Dutch Realism Coincided with Golden Age Realistic portrayal of everyday secular life Johannes Vermeer (1632 – 1675), Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 – 1669) Judith Leyster A Boy and the Girl with an Eel and at Cat
Rembrandt The Syndics of the Drapers Guild 1662 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam The Night Watch 1642 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Vermeer Girl with a Pearl Earing 1665 The Hague The Geographer 1669 Frankfurt, Germany
European Theatre Elizabethan England William Shakespeare Spain Lope de Vega France Racine, Moliere