Baroque Art Characteristics Powerful use of chiaroscuro. Contrasting of light and shadow. They range from brilliant to deep gloom. Dramatic compositions with strong diagonals and swirling action. Genre scenes – scenes that told stories of everyday life.
Caravaggio An Italian artist who influenced the work of Rembrandt and Dutch artists. He was a master of light and shadow. He unified complex compositions with dramatic effects. Martyrdom of St. Matthew, 1600
Bruegal A Flemish artist. His painting can be seen as a parable, a story that contains a symbolic message. Concerned with detail.
Bruegal Tower of Babel, 1563
Bruegal Hunter in the Snow, 1565
Bruegal Peasant Wedding, 1568
Rembrandt Baroque artist from Holland. Dramatic use of light and shadow and strong contrast. Influenced by the spotlighting of the theater. Expressive portrait painter of groups and individuals. Work largely devoted to sacred subjects. Also painted mythological subjects.
Rembrandt The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp, 1632
Rembrandt Detail of Anatomy Lesson
Rembrandt Blinding of Samson, 1636
Rembrandt Self-portrait with Saskia, 1636 Etching
Rembrandt Self-portrait, 1640 Oil on canvas
Rembrandt The Night Watch, 1642 Corporate portraits-each person in painting paid to be in it.
Rembrandt Three Trees, 1643 Etching
Rembrandt Detail of Three Trees
Rembrandt Little children being brought to Jesus, Etching, dry point
Rembrandt The Mill, 1650 Oil on canvas
Rembrandt Lion Resting, , pen & ink
Rembrandt Aristotle contemplating the bust of Homer, 1653 Oil on canvas
Rembrandt Descent from the Cross, 1654 Dry point
Rembrandt Life Study of a Youth Pulling at a Rope, Pen & Ink
Rembrandt Self-portrait, 1660 Oil on canvas
Rubens Captured the dynamic spirit of the Baroque style. He used rich colors, dramatic design and powerful, twisting figures. Used light to illuminate the important parts of his paintings.
Rubens Daniel in the Lion Den, 1615
Rubens Dance of the Villagers, 1636
Rubens Self-portrait,
Comparison of Rembrandt and Rubens Descent from the Cross, Rembrandt Descent from the Cross, Rubens