“The Scholar” Rembrandt, Dutch b Baroque Painting b Known for his group and individual portraits b Almost financially ruined until he rebounded and his baroque portraits and religious themes became popular.
“The Nightwatch” Rembrandt, Dutch b “The Company of Frans Banning Cock Preparing to March Out” b Dutch Painters depicted everyday life - servants, furniture and other household goods and petsdepicted everyday life - servants, furniture and other household goods and pets
b Women on Dutch canvases appear more equal to men then they were in reality b Women were legally subordinate to their husbands could sign contractscould sign contracts many operated businesses after their husbands death.many operated businesses after their husbands death.
“The Reader” Fragonard, France b Rococo style - reflects frivolity and voluptuousness of the period b Court painter of portraits and landscapes b Louis XV style (Rococo)
b Rococo - emphasis on smallness of scale, as well as elegance and frivolity b Scenes of nature and everyday life also became popular “The Reader” Fragonard, France
b Watteau (French Painter) - influenced an artistic move away from religious themes to secular themes - more realistic style then baroque. “The Reader” Fragonard, France
The Blue Boy Gainsborough, England b Founding member of the Royal Academy
“Beer Street” William Hogarth, England b Everyday life in London with affection and satire b Poked fun at the indulgences of society - led the government to raise the tax on inexpensive liquor. b Hogarth himself died after eating a huge steak
“Portrait of Mrs. Siddons as the Tragic Muse” Reynolds, England b “the Royal Academy of Arts” was instituted b Reynolds was elected president and knighted b “His portraits form an epitome of London society of his day.”
“The Inspiration” Fragonard, France
“Experiment with an Air Pump” Joseph Wright, England b Experiment’s success is evidenced by the dead bird inside a closed glass bowl from which the air has been pumped b Form and content symbolize the Enlightenment
“Experiment with an Air Pump” Joseph Wright, England b Small source of light is sufficient to enlighten humanity and reveal the laws of nature b Science - not just for specialists but something amateurs can understand and practice
“Experiment with an Air Pump” Joseph Wright, England b British led in developing useful machines and were identified as having a more pragmatic approach to science and ideas
“Experiment with an Air Pump” Joseph Wright, England b Reveals - customary images of the sexes b Experimenter boldly forging on while to his left a friend or associate calmly explains what is happening to a woman and her daughter
Madame Geoffrin’s Salon (One of the most popular salons) b Women’s main role was to turn their living rooms into salons b provided an environment for the interchange of ideas and philosophies
Madame Geoffrin’s Salon (One of the most popular salons) b In Paris and elsewhere in France, ambitious, intelligent and often rich women held formal gatherings in their drawing rooms, or salons, at which writers, musicians, painters, and philosophes presented their work and exchanged ideas.
“Tycho Brahe” Eduard Ender, 1855 b Shows Tycho demonstrating a celestial globe to the Emperor Rudolph II in Prague
Discussion Questions bWbWbWbWhat do you see about life in the paintings? bHbHbHbHow can you see the philosophes, scientists, etc. in these paintings? bWbWbWbWhat can you see in the paintings about change?