“David” by Michelangelo, 1504
“David” by Bernini, 1623
Baroque Style of Art & Architecture ► 1600 – 1750 ► The more dramatic, the better! ► The “style” of absolutism. ► Counter-Reformation art. ► Should speak to the illiterate rather than to the well-informed.
“The Calling of St. Matthew” by Caravaggio
“The Flagellation of Christ” by Caravaggio
“David and Goliath” by Caravaggio
“St. Francis in Ecstasy” Caravaggio, 1595
“Judith Slaying Holofernes” Gentileschi, 1620
“The Maids of Honor” Diego Velázquez
“The Ecstasy of St. Theresa” by Bernini
“Arrival of Marie de Medici at Marseilles” by Peter Paul Rubens
“Descent from the Cross” by Peter Paul Rubens 1612
“The Elevation of the Cross” by Peter Paul Rubens
“ Nightwatch” by Rembrandt
“ Self Portrait” by Rembrandt
“ Christ Preaching” etching by Rembrandt
“ Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp” by Rembrandt
“ Masters of the Cloth Drapers Guild” by Rembrandt
“ The Milkmaid” by Vermeer (1658)
“Arcadian Shepherds” by Nicolas Pussin (1655) “Arcadian Shepherds” by Nicolas Pussin (1655)
“Louis XVI” Hyacinthe Rigauld
“Cardinal Richelieu” Philippe de Champaigne [ ]
“Charles I at the Hunt” by Van Dyck