17th and 18th Century Art in Europe
- "Age of Kings"
- "Age of Colonial Settlers
Baroque Era
- evoke intense and immediate responses
- dramatic lighting
- theatrical/ dynamic compositions
- engagement of viewer
- multimedia at times
- tenebrism
- chiaroscuro
tenebrism
- single light source
- make space feel natural
chiaroscuro
light and dark variations
Italy in Baroque Era
- Protestant Reformation
- Counter-Reformation
- streets widened
- naives enlarged
- churches expanded
- St. Peter's gets new facade
Baldacchino
- Bernini
- Baroque
- tomb of St. Peter
- tribute to Pope Urban VIII and family
- family emblems - honeybees and suns
- corner columns - union of Christian and Jewish tradition
- vine of Eucharist - Temple of Solomon
Ecstasy of St. Theresa
- Bernini
- Baroque
- Cornaro Chapel
- niche
- sculpture lit from behind by window
- vision of being visited by an angel
- set like a stage
Apollo and Daphne
- Bernini
- Baroque
- movement
- Daphne transform into laurel tree as Apollo chases her
David
- Bernini
- Baroque
- modest
- dynamic - middle of the action
- expressive face
- frozen in time
- older/ more masculine
- effects of light
Facade of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
- Borromini
- Baroque
- convex and concave curves
- oval
- angels protrude forward
- buildup of interest in center portion
- sense of plasticity
Artemisia Gentileschi
- worked for Cosimo II de Medici (Florence)
- attended Florentine Academy of Design
- masterpiece at 17
- depict stories of women in power
- tenebrism
Judith Beheading Holofornes
- Gentileschi
- Baroque
- moment of execution
- danger committed in dark of night
- biblical story
Susannah and the Elders
- Gentileschi
- Baroque
- sexual harrassment
- loos like High Renaissance - light, triangle, steps as stabilizing structure
Caravaggio
- painted for small circle associated with art patron Cardinal de Monte
- invented dramatic way with light and dark
'Bacchus
- Caravaggio
- Baroque
- naturalism - paints what he sees
- farmers tan
- dirt under fingernails
- folds of cloth
- ripples of wine
- rotting fruit
Calling of St. Matthew
- Caravaggio
- Baroque
- tenebroso (murky)
- counter reformational
- Church trying to call back congregation
- biblical scene with everyday scene
- chiaroscuro
Conversion of St. Paul
- Caravaggio
- Baroque
- tenebrism
- foreshortened
- crowded (tension)
- Saul to Paul
Entombment of Christ
- Caravaggio
- Baroque
- crucified Christ lowered into grave
- diagonal
- light enhance drama
- slab project forward into viewers space
- frozen in moment of anguish
- directed focus
Raising of the Cross
- Rubens
- Baroque
- diagonal composition
- dramatic lighting
- movement and energy
- action continues beyond painting
- musculature
- triptych
Baroque in France
- restrained
- classical
- order/ balance of Renaissance retained
- infused with theatricality and grandeur
The Ashed of Phokion
- Poussin
- Baroque
- represent noble and serious human actions
- Phokion's widow gives him proper burial
- stoic philosophy
- calm horizontals/ verticals
- light manipulation
- spotlight on widow
View of the Palace at Versailles from the Parade Ground n 1722
- Pierre-Denis Martin
- Baroque
- Louis XIV made France artistic, literary, political center of Europe
- loved Palace of Versailles
- immense structure
- final addition was Chapel
- Classical style
Hall of Mirrors
- Palace of Versailles
- Mansart and Le Brun
- Baroque interior
- architecture, sculpture, painting united
- large relective glasses
- used for most elaborate state occasions
- pomp and pageantry
Maids of Honor
- Velazquez - court painter for King Phillip IV
- Baroque in Spain
- formal occasion with everyday quality
- spotlights create organization and unity
- triangular light source
- moment in time (candid)
- painting of painting being made
The Dutch Baroque
- Protestantism
- home and family
- business and social organizations
- community
Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicholaes Tulp
- Rembrandt
- Baroque
- circular border
- theatrical presentation
- humanism
Sortie of Captain Banning Cocq's Company of the Civic Gurard
- Rembrandt
- Baroque
- private elite militia
- paint individual portraits with greater context
- naturalistic lighting
Carousing Couple
- Judith Leyster - works falsely attributed to Dutch painter, Frans Hals
- Baroque
- genre painting
- "merry company"
- energetic
- playful
- candid
View of Ootmarsum
- Van Ruisdael
- Baroque
- landscape
- grandeur of nature in flatness
- contrast land and sky
Woman Holding a Balance
- Johannes Vermeer - innkeeper/ secret painter
- photo-like
- religious reference above woman
Rococo
- first half of 18th C
- the extravagance of aristocracy
- baroque qualities
- smaller scale
- pastels
Mirror Room
- Cuvillies the Elder
- Rococo
- elaborate and profuse
- illusion of sky
- sophisticated
- lavish lifestyle
- playful design
The Pursuit
- Fragonard
- Rococo
- light-hearted imagery
- chase a girl who captured his heart
- a game
The Swing
- Fragonard
- pinks
- fanciful
- gardens soft and inviting
- sculptural cherubs keep a secret
- love triangle
Neoclassicism
extoll antique virtues of stoicism, masculinity, and patriotism (Roman Republic)
Oath of the Horatii
- Jacques-Louis David
- Neoclassicism
- commissioned by Louis XVI
- 3 brothers swear to fight to the death
- patriotism/ pathos
- no winning outcome
- honor/ virtue
- bright reds
- dramatic lighting
Marie-Antoinette and her Children
- Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun
- simplicity and naturalness
- depict her as loving mother
- aware of her position
Death of Marat
- Jacques-Louis David
- stabbed by Charlotte b/c of politics
- looks like Christ being laid in tombstone
- negative space highlights drama/ tragedy
- satan to sainted hero
Paul Revere
- John Singleton Copley - American history painter
- silversmith trade
- neoclassical style
Watson and the Shark
- John Singleton Copley
- fall out boat and attacked by shark
- heroism
- action