David
Bernini
Italian Baroque
1623
Marble
Rome
Made for nephew of Pope Paul V
The Calling of St. Matthew
Caravaggio
Italian Baroque
1599-1600
Oil on canvas
Private Contarelli Chapel in Rome
Jesus chooses tax collector Levi to be apostle
Tenebrism
The Incredulity of St. Thomas
Caravaggio
Italian Baroque
1601-2
Tenebrism
Judith and Her Mad Servant with Head of Holofernes
Gentileschi
Italian Baroque
1625
Inspired by Caravaggio, used tenebrism
Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor)
Velazquez
Spanish Baroque
1656
Oil on canvas
POV from King and Queen seen in mirror
The Esquilache Immaculate Conception
Murillo
Spanish Baroque
1645-50
Oil on canvas
Virgin Mary and putti
The Raising of the Cross
Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish Baroque
1610-1
Oil on canvas
Antwerp, Belgium
Action extends through large triptych
Captain Frans Banning Cocq Mustering His Company (The Night Watch)
Rembrandt
Dutch Baroque
Oil on canvas
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Self Portraiture
Rembrandt
Dutch Baroque
1658
Oil on canvas
Self Portrait
Judish Leyster
Dutch Baroque
1635
Oil on canvas
WOman Holding a Balance
Vermeer
Dutch Baroque
1664
Oil on canvas
Genre painting
View of Haarlem From the Dunes at Overveen
van Ruisdael
Dutch Baroque
Oil on canvas
Pastoral scene
Louis XIV
Riguad
French Baroque
1701
Oil on canvas
Louvre, Paris
Intended for grandson, future Philip V of Spain
Landscape with St. John on Patmos
Poussin
French Baroque
1640
Oil on canvas
Shows balance and order of nature
Counter-Reformation
the reaction of the Roman Catholic Church to the Reformation reaffirming the veneration of saints and the authority of the Pope (to which Protestants objected)
Genre painting
painting in which scenes of everyday life are depicted
Still life
a painting of inanimate objects such as fruit or flowers
Tenebrism
The use of strong chiaroscuro and artificially illuminated areas to create a dramatic contrast of light and dark in a painting.