1. Baroque Art

2. The Ornate Age
Varied from area to area, but most common element was a sensitivity to and absolute mastery of light to achieve maximum emotional impact
Poussin, “The Holy Family on the Steps”

3. The beginnings Began in Rome around 1600
Attempt during the Counter Reformation to bring worshipers back to the Catholic Church
Spread to France
In Catholic countries like Flanders, religious art flourished
In Protestant lands, religious imagery was forbidden (portraits, still lifes, landscapes, and scenes from daily life)

4. Caravaggio
Made saints and miracles look like ordinary people and everyday events
Advocated “direct painting” from nature
Use of perspective brings viewer into the action

5. The Calling of St. Matthew

8. Artemisia Gentileschi
Student of Caravaggio
First female artist to be widely known and appreciated
Raped at age 19
Subjected to humiliating trial where she was tortured with thumbscrews to recant

9. Bernini Sculpture in motion
Masterpiece is “The Ecstasy of St. Theresa”
in Rome

10. Flemish(S. Netherlands) Baroque
Remained Catholic
Religious paintings
Peter Paul Rubens main character here
Rubens painted more than 2,000 paintings
“The Descent from the Cross”
Used Full-figured women

11. The Adoration of the Magi

12. Dutch Baroque Northern Netherlands Religious art forbidden
Realistic style
Still life began in post-Reformation Netherlands
Landscapes also were used

14. Rembrandt Etching Paintings Created nearly 100 self-portraits
Painting style divided into two periods

15. Early Style ( )
Late style ( )
Used dramatic light/dark contrasts
Used golden-brown tones, subtle shading
Design seemed to burst frame
Static, brooding atmosphere
Scenes featured groups of figures
Scenes simplified with single subject
Based on physical action
Implied psychological reaction
Vigorous, melodramatic tone
Quiet, solemn mood
Highly finished, detailed technique
Painted with broad, thick strokes

16. Vermeer
Died bankrupt at the age of 43, leaving a widow and 11 children
Often applied paint in dabs and pricks so that the raised surface reflected more light
Typical painting had a neat, spare room lit from a window on the left, figure doing domestic task