BAROQUE AND ROCOCO
mannerism Reflected the anxiety, uncertainty, and yearning for a spiritual experience that marked the end of the Renaissance… A deliberate attempt to break down the Renaissance principles of harmony, balance and moderation Deliberate distortion of the rules of proportion… Elongated figures Suffering Strong emotional atmosphere
Michelangelo’s Last Judgement
mannerism…El Greco’s Laocoon
The original…in the Vatican Museum
View of Toledo
Andrea Palladio: Villa Andrea Palladio: Villa Rotondo, Vincenza 1550…scholarly classicism
Giacomo Vignola Il Gesù, Rome 1568 Mannerism to Baroque… Direct, dramatic, emotional… Mother church of the Jesuits
What is BAROQUE? Began in Italy in the last quarter of the 16 th century Most popular with the Catholics Eventually spread to all of Europe and Latin America A merging of the classical ideals of the Renaissance with 16 th century religious revival Dramatic effects designed to provoke emotion Reflected the search for power
Peter Paul Rubens The Landing of Marie de Medici at Marseilles
The Three Graces… Peter Paul Rubens… “Rubenesque”!!!
“ The Fall of Phaeton” by Rubens
Bernini and St. Peter’s…
The Baldachin in St. Peter’s
Baroque painting… a summing up of the previous two centuries Ideas and discoveries that ended the Middle Ages had lost their newness Ideas and discoveries that ended the Middle Ages had lost their newness Colonists followed explorers Colonists followed explorers Scientists laid the foundation for today’s technologies Scientists laid the foundation for today’s technologies
Elements of Style Renaissance Restrained, orderly Symmetrically balanced Calm and rational Michelangelo RaphaelBoticelliBaroque Dramatic use of lighting Use of movement, action Glorification of subject Gian Lorenzo Bernini Michelangelo da Caravaggio
Renaissance: Calm and composed David by Michelangelo
Gian Lorenzo Bernini The Ecstasy of St. Theresa of Avila p. 476
Renaissance: Symmetrically Balanced Christ Giving the Keys to Peter by Perugino
Baroque Style: Dramatization Entombment of Christ by Caravaggio
Caravaggio: Supper at Emmaus 1598
Caravaggio: The Cardsharps 1596
Artemisia Gentileschi “Judith Beheading Holofernes” p. 477
Dutch Painting… Realism Vermeer: The Milkmaid
Vermeer: The Astronomer
Rembrandt-Anatomy Lesson
Judith Leister: Self Portrait p. 478
Rembrandt: Syndics of the Cloth Guild p. 478
Rembrandt “Aristotle contemplating the bust of Homer” 1653
Pieter de Hooch..”The Mother”
Pieter de Hooch…”The Linen Cupboard”
French Classicism
King Louis XIV ( ) …patron of the arts …Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture …Palace of Versailles
Pousin: Apollo and Daphne
Dance to the Music of Time
Rococo Similar to Baroque, tends to be more graceful
Rococo