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Baroque Art
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Baroque Art – 1600-1750 Begins in Rome
-Renaissance artists did everything “perfectly”, so it was a time to change… -Reaction to Mannerism
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Baroque Art – 1600-1750 Begins in Rome
-Renaissance artists did everything “perfectly”, so it was a time to change… -Reaction to Mannerism 2. Every country that develops it, adds its own “spin” 3. Most common element = Use of light to achieve maximum emotional impact.
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Baroque Art – 1600-1750 Begins in Rome
-Renaissance artists did everything “perfectly”, so it was a time to change… -Reaction to Mannerism 2. Every country that develops it, adds its own “spin” 3. Most common element = Use of light to achieve maximum emotional impact. 4. Patrons = wealthy & burghers looking for home improvements for living rooms… 5. Emphasis on emotion + dynamism rather than rationality + stasis
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Two distinct “schools” of Baroque Art:
Catholic Countries: Italy, Flanders (Flemish), Spain, France Protestant Countries: England & Holland (Dutch)
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Baroque Art – Catholic Countries: Italy, Flanders (Flemish), Spain, France Common Traits that reflect the values of the time: -Gigantic religious works to display their faith’s triumph and to over-whelm and attract new worshippers. -Massive displays of wealth by absolute monarchs to enchant and impress visitors.
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Baroque Art – Catholic Countries: Italy, Flanders (Flemish), Spain, France What to look for: -Use of light – harsh light from single source to concentrate your eye (chiaroscuro but for focal point…). -Saints and miracles looking like ordinary people and events -dynamic explosion of energy – images captured at height of action -VERY fat female nudes -portraits – posed to show refinement but looked “real”
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Caravaggio Italian This is a test Conversion of St. Paul
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Caravaggio Italian The Supper at Emmaus
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Bernini Italian David
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David
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Bernini Italian The Ecstasy of St. Theresa
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Bernini Italian Baldachin of St. Peter’s Cathedral
This supreme example of Baroque art was the first masterpiece that the twenty-six year old genius, Gianlorenzo Bernini made for St. Peter's Basilica. It is impossible not to admire this fantastic, sumptuous bronze canopy supported by four spiral columns, richly decorated with gold, as it majestically rises upward. It is the largest known bronze artwork. He sent most of his life working on St. Peter’s Cathedral
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Rubens Flemish The Descent from the Cross
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Rubens Flemish The Hippopotamus Hunt
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Rubens Flemish Marie Arrives at Marseilles
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Rubens Flemish The Three Graces
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Van Dyck Flemish Charles I at the Hunt
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Van Dyck Flemish Count of Ossuna
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Velazquez Spanish Portrait of Pope Innocent X
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Velazquez Spanish This painting was voted in 1985 as “the greatest work of art by a human being.” Las Meninas
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In the seventeenth century, France was the most powerful country in the world and Louis XIV tapped the finest talents to glorify his monarchy. France replaced Rome as the center of European art (a distinction it held until WWII) even though its art was modeled on Roman relics… Poussin was the most famous French artist. Painted antiquity – French Baroque art is often referred to as “Classicism” because it was copied so often during the next 200 years.
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Poussin French Burial of Phocion
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Poussin French Autumn or The Grapes brought from the Promised Land.
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The classic example of Baroque art/style
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Baroque Art – Protestant Countries: Holland (Dutch) & England Common Traits that reflect the values of the time: -Still lifes -Landscapes -Portraits -Very little to no religious imagery
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Ruisdael Dutch The Sunbeam
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Ruisdael Dutch The Sunbeam
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Hals Dutch The Jolly Toper Jester with a Lute
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Hals Dutch The Laughing Cavalier
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Rembrandt Dutch
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Rembrandt Dutch Night Watch
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Rembrandt Dutch The Masters of the Cloth Guild
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Vermeer Dutch The Geographer
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Vermeer Dutch The Milkmaid
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Vermeer Dutch Girl with a Pearl Earring
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Vermeer Dutch The Artist’s Studio
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Hogarth English Breakfast Scene from Marriage a la Mode
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Hogarth English Gin Lane
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Gainsborough English Reynolds English
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