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Baroque Art Characteristics Powerful use of chiaroscuro. Contrasting of light and shadow. They range from brilliant to deep gloom. Dramatic compositions.

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1 Baroque Art Characteristics Powerful use of chiaroscuro. Contrasting of light and shadow. They range from brilliant to deep gloom. Dramatic compositions with strong diagonals and swirling action. Genre scenes – scenes that told stories of everyday life.

2 Caravaggio 1573-1610 An Italian artist who influenced the work of Rembrandt and Dutch artists. He was a master of light and shadow. He unified complex compositions with dramatic effects. Martyrdom of St. Matthew, 1600

3 Bruegal 1525-1569 A Flemish artist. His painting can be seen as a parable, a story that contains a symbolic message. Concerned with detail.

4 Bruegal 1525-1569 Tower of Babel, 1563

5 Bruegal Hunter in the Snow, 1565

6 Bruegal Peasant Wedding, 1568

7 Rembrandt 1606-1669 Baroque artist from Holland. Dramatic use of light and shadow and strong contrast. Influenced by the spotlighting of the theater. Expressive portrait painter of groups and individuals. Work largely devoted to sacred subjects. Also painted mythological subjects.

8 Rembrandt The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp, 1632

9 Rembrandt Detail of Anatomy Lesson

10 Rembrandt Blinding of Samson, 1636

11 Rembrandt Self-portrait with Saskia, 1636 Etching

12 Rembrandt Self-portrait, 1640 Oil on canvas

13 Rembrandt The Night Watch, 1642 Corporate portraits-each person in painting paid to be in it.

14 Rembrandt Three Trees, 1643 Etching

15 Rembrandt Detail of Three Trees

16 Rembrandt Little children being brought to Jesus, 1647-49 Etching, dry point

17 Rembrandt The Mill, 1650 Oil on canvas

18 Rembrandt Lion Resting, 1650-52, pen & ink

19 Rembrandt Aristotle contemplating the bust of Homer, 1653 Oil on canvas

20 Rembrandt Descent from the Cross, 1654 Dry point

21 Rembrandt Life Study of a Youth Pulling at a Rope, 1656-58 Pen & Ink

22 Rembrandt Self-portrait, 1660 Oil on canvas

23 Rubens 1577-1640 Captured the dynamic spirit of the Baroque style. He used rich colors, dramatic design and powerful, twisting figures. Used light to illuminate the important parts of his paintings.

24 Rubens Daniel in the Lion Den, 1615

25 Rubens Dance of the Villagers, 1636

26 Rubens Self-portrait, 1638-40

27 Comparison of Rembrandt and Rubens Descent from the Cross, Rembrandt Descent from the Cross, Rubens 1611-141654

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