1. DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ARTS BETWEEN 1450 AND 1750

2. Western Europe Baroque Period
France
Palace of Versailles
Opera
Ballet
Comedies
Chief purpose of art was to glorify the king and promote values that supported Louis’s absolute rule

5. Dutch Republic Merchant Patrons, emphasis on different content
Focused on landscapes, portraits, and still-life’s
“Golden Age” of Dutch Art
Rembrandt – “psychology of light”
Etchings
Landscapes – land reclamation………….

8. England
Architecture
Christopher Wren

9. Ottoman Empire Constantinople / Istanbul
Hagia Sophia converted to one of the grandest mosques in the Islamic world
Domes & half-domes dominated
Dome of the Rock
Art-obsession with tulips
Isnik tiles
Tugras – calligraphy use, developing a design into imperial ciphers

11. Isnik Tiles

12. Mughal Empire Merger of Persian & Hindu styles and themes
Miniature painting
Architecture: Pearl Mosque and Taj Mahal
By rule of Jahangir, Europeans are also influencing Mughal art

13. Mughal Art: Blend of Persian and Indian (Hindu)

16. Russia
Merger of Russian styles (onion dome) and Italian motifs and stonework to produce new Russian architectural style and form
Cathedral of St. Basil, Church of the Trinity
Merger of artistic styles of Italy and Byzantine Empire to produce peak period of icon painting

17. Church of the Trinity –Moscow –1630s

19. Ming China
Construction of the Forbidden City in the capital of Beijing – further isolating the Emperor from his subjects
Gardens
Porcelain
Dong Qichang – “1st modernist painter”

24. Tokugawa Japan Kabuki – new style of musical drama
Haiku – 17 syllable poems
Banraku – plays performed by large-scale puppets

27. The Americas
Aztec
Codex
Architecture
Inca
Stonework
Textiles