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1 Art in the Era of Absolutism
Baroque Art: 17th Century Art of the Monarchs, late Reformation and Counter Reformation Religious in Italy, Spain and France More Secular in the North, England Rococo Art: 1730’s-1770’s Most popular in France and Germany Emphasize grace and gentle movement

2 What do you notice about the music
What do you notice about the music? Can you connect to the historic time period?

3 Baroque Art 1600 – 1750. From Portuguese: “barocca,” meaning “a pearl of irregular shape.” Implies strangeness, irregularity, & extravagance. The more dramatic, the better Strong diagonals and use of light. Colors were brighter than bright; darks were darker than dark. Counter-Reformation art. Paintings & sculptures in church contexts should speak to the illiterate rather than the well-informed. Ecclesiastical art; appeal to emotions.

4 Counter Reformation Baroque
Italy: religious works; church patron; drama, intensity, movement Caravaggio Atremesia Gentileschi Bernini Spain: court portraits; monarch patron; realistic, dignity Velazquez Belgium/Flemish: altarpieces; church and monarch patrons; florid style; sensuality Rubens Van Dyck

5 The Conversion of St Paul

6 Ecstasy of St. Teresa Bernini 1647

7 Comparing Renaissance and Baroque- Michelangelo’s David and Bernini’s David
David Michaelangelo David Bernini 1623

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9 The Landing of Marie de Medici at Marsailles Rubens 1623

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11 Charles I, King of England at the Hunt Anthony van Dyck 1635

12 Dutch Golden Age people are patrons; visual accuracy; studies of light Still Life’s Claesz Heda Heem Landscape Ruisdael Cuyp Genre and Portrait Hals Rembrandt Maes Vermeer Steen

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14 The Nightwatch (detail) Rembrandt 1642

15 Rembrandt - The Sampling Officials of the Drapers Guild 1662

16 Self Portraits

17 The Milkmaid Vermeer 1658

18 France Baroque into Rococo
Baroque classical landscapes; decorative architecture; monarch patron; pretentious style; order and ornament Claude Lorrain George La Tour Pierre Puget Rococo ornate, shell-like, playful, sinuous; ornate architecture and palaces; monarchy and nobility; Watteau Chardin Boucher Fragonard

19 Pilgrimage to Cythera Watteau 1717

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