1. Baroque Art Late 1600’s to Early 1700’s in Europe and Italy

2. Counter Reformation Effort by the Catholic Church to lure people back and regain their power Art played a major role A new style emerged with dramatic flair and dynamic movement

3. Baroque Art Style characterized by movement, vivid contrast and emotional intensity Elaborate figures and colored marble was seen in art

4. Gianlorenzo Bernini 1598-1680 David Theme is movement Twisting body, preparing to hurl a stone at Goliath Dramatic action suggests that Goliath is in front of David

5. David

6. The Three Davids DonatelloBerniniMichelangelo

7. St. Peter’s Collonade It was Bernini who was commissioned to created St. Peter’s Collonade. It is said that Bernini intended the colonnade to symbolize the arms of the Church, reaching out to embrace the world In the view shown here, one can see, looking from colonnade down into the city:

8. Peter Paul Rubens 1577-1640 Most completely captured the dynamic spirit of the Baroque style

9. Peter Paul Rubens Daniel in the Lion’s Den. 1613.

10. Dutch Art 1648- Treaty with Spain divided low countries into two parts: 1.Flanders in South (Catholic and Spain territory) 2.Holland in North (Protestant and independent from Spain) The Baroque style was limited to Catholic- Counter Reformation

11. Dutch Genre Artwork portrayed homes and profitable businesses People, places, city squares and streets, country sides and the sea Genre- scenes from daily life

12. Rembrandt van Rijn 1606-1669 Greatest Dutch painter of his era

13. The Night Watch

14. Originally titled-The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq Officer in charge giving instruction light in centered on major figures Rembrandt skills- light for dramatic events Frozen time period

15. Jan Vermeer 1632-1675 All but forgotten Fewer than 40 paintings exist He is best known as a painter of interiors Vermeer was a painter of light. In his study of optics he undoubtedly used a camera obscura, or “darkened chamber,” the ancestor of the modern photographic camera. This scientific device employed an adjustable lens and mirrors to capture reflected light and project the scene onto a viewing screen in its lid. Vermeer analyzed the resulting images carefully because they duplicate the selective focus of the human eye. Only objects at a certain distance from the camera or the eye are in sharp focus. This is exactly the optical effect Vermeer has generated here. Precise white highlights glisten from the writing box, pearl earrings, satin hair ribbons, and the chair’s brass tacks— all of which lie equally in the middle distance. The near tablecloth is purposely blurred, and the painting on the far wall is hazy. This is just as they would look to someone concentrating specifically on the woman. Because she directly faces the viewer with an open gaze, the painting may be a portrait.

16. Jan Vermeer 1632-1675 The Girl with the Red Hat Woman Holding a Balance

17. Jan Vermeer 1632-1675 A Lady Writing, c. 1665 oil on canvas, 45 x 39.9 cm (17 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)

18. Jan Vermeer. Girl With the Pearl Earring.