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BAROQUE AND ROCOCO
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mannerism Reflected the anxiety, uncertainty, and yearning for a spiritual experience that marked the end of the Renaissance… A deliberate attempt to break down the Renaissance principles of harmony, balance and moderation Deliberate distortion of the rules of proportion… Elongated figures Suffering Strong emotional atmosphere
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Michelangelo’s Last Judgement
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mannerism…El Greco’s Laocoon
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The original…in the Vatican Museum
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View of Toledo
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Andrea Palladio: Villa Andrea Palladio: Villa Rotondo, Vincenza 1550…scholarly classicism
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Giacomo Vignola Il Gesù, Rome 1568 Mannerism to Baroque… Direct, dramatic, emotional… Mother church of the Jesuits
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What is BAROQUE? Began in Italy in the last quarter of the 16 th century Most popular with the Catholics Eventually spread to all of Europe and Latin America A merging of the classical ideals of the Renaissance with 16 th century religious revival Dramatic effects designed to provoke emotion Reflected the search for power
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Peter Paul Rubens The Landing of Marie de Medici at Marseilles
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The Three Graces… Peter Paul Rubens… “Rubenesque”!!!
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“ The Fall of Phaeton” by Rubens
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Bernini and St. Peter’s…
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The Baldachin in St. Peter’s
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Baroque painting… a summing up of the previous two centuries Ideas and discoveries that ended the Middle Ages had lost their newness Ideas and discoveries that ended the Middle Ages had lost their newness Colonists followed explorers Colonists followed explorers Scientists laid the foundation for today’s technologies Scientists laid the foundation for today’s technologies
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Elements of Style Renaissance Restrained, orderly Symmetrically balanced Calm and rational Michelangelo RaphaelBoticelliBaroque Dramatic use of lighting Use of movement, action Glorification of subject Gian Lorenzo Bernini Michelangelo da Caravaggio
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Renaissance: Calm and composed David by Michelangelo
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini The Ecstasy of St. Theresa of Avila p. 476
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Renaissance: Symmetrically Balanced Christ Giving the Keys to Peter by Perugino
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Baroque Style: Dramatization Entombment of Christ by Caravaggio
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Caravaggio: Supper at Emmaus 1598
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Caravaggio: The Cardsharps 1596
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Artemisia Gentileschi “Judith Beheading Holofernes” p. 477
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Dutch Painting… Realism Vermeer: The Milkmaid
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Vermeer: The Astronomer
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Rembrandt-Anatomy Lesson
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Judith Leister: Self Portrait p. 478
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Rembrandt: Syndics of the Cloth Guild p. 478
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Rembrandt “Aristotle contemplating the bust of Homer” 1653
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Pieter de Hooch..”The Mother”
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Pieter de Hooch…”The Linen Cupboard”
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French Classicism
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King Louis XIV (1638-1713) …patron of the arts …Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture …Palace of Versailles
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Pousin: Apollo and Daphne
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Dance to the Music of Time
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Rococo Similar to Baroque, tends to be more graceful
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Rococo
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