San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
Rome
Francesco Borromini
Baroque
1638-1641
Meaning the Little Church of St. Charles at the 4 Fountains. Church fee waived as Trinitarians were Borromini's first commission. Outside has flowing, angular surface while balancing convex and concave. Inside is
Palace of Versailles
Versailles, France
Jules Hardouin-Mansart and Charles Le Brun
Baroque
1680
A quarter mile long building with 123 windows in each story. Louis XIV (9) forced all members of the nobility to live in Versailles' 700 rooms each trying to be closer to the king.
St. Paul's Cathedral
London
Christopher Wren
Baroque
1675-1710
Western Facade is most notable for its combination of the baroque and classical. Greek temple front components like pediment with facade and Doric columns. Church is London's Church as it is used by most of London
Church of the Invalides
Paris
Jules Hardouin-Mansart
Baroque
1676-1706
Golden Dome is great landmark of Paris
Constructed as hospital for wounded soldiers with church in center
Today houses Napoleon's tomb
Dome has 3 layers: innermost open to the one above
Hotel de Soubise
Paris
Germain Boffrand
Rococo
1737-1740
Outside is classic Baroque
Walls and ceilings are decorated in paintings and reliefs all covered in gold leaf
Large windows and mirrors create light and space with large chandeliers illuminating rooms at night
Furni
Descent from the Cross
Pontormo
Mannerism
1525-1528
Typical of the mannerism style. Everybody is wearing pink or a pastel color. There is no central focal point. the scene is complex and confusing (too much action at a glance). Disconnection of body to limbs and heads. Jarring
Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time
Bronzino
Mannerism
1546
Cupid is pictured pinching his mother's breast (Venus's breast)
Folly has a handful of rose peddles
Time the large man pulling back the curtain (privacy)
Envy is pulling her own hair out (destructive)
Moral: Love is folly
Tone: unc
Portrait of the Artist's Sister and Brother
Anguissola
Mannerism
1555
Not a classic Mannerism piece with no exaggerated extremities, opulent clothing and affected poses.
Combination of genre painting and portraiture
Female painter and heavily monitored
Knight, Death and the Devil
Durer
Northern European Renaissance
1514
1/3 master engravings with thematic relationships: this one's being the active life.
Mastery evident in shading and details of vegetation
Allegorical image: quotation from Epistles
Knight riding stoically through f
the French Ambassadors
Hans Holbein
Northern European Renaissance
1514
Depicts French ambassadors in England at a time of religious controversy with Henry VIII
Objects on top shelf refer to the observation of the heavens and stars, objects on the bottom shelf refer to earthly b
David (Baroque)
Gianlorenzo Bernini
Baroque
1623
Pictured just before slaughtering Goliath
Tightly wound spiral going from the bottom of the statue
Facial expression of determination-can see Goliath (phycalogical window)
Commissioned by Cardinal Borghese
Forceful diagona
Cornaro Chapel
Bernini
Baroque
1645-1652
Commissioned by Cardinal Cornaro
Bernini designed the whole chapel within the Santa Maria della Vittoria.
Central figure has effect of whole installation.
Depicts St. Teresa having a vision of an Angle jamming an arrow though her
Calling of St. Matthew
Caravaggio
Baroque
1599-1600
Levi a tax collector is chosen by Christ as one of his apostles
Levi is surprised that Christ chose him
Shadow hides Christ's figure but light illuminates his hand and st. Matthew
Slight omage to celling of sisten chapel in ha
Judith Slaying Holofernes
Artemesia Gentileschi
Baroque
1614-1620
Artemesia was the first female painter admitted into the Florentine Academy
Cleverness and determination of Judith in expression
Judith more physically able than most depictions
Judith is a self-portrait of Artemesi
Las Meninas
Diego Velazquez
Baroque
1656
Central figures are king and queen in background
Viewer is represented as royalty
Scene of royal daughter and friends
Velazquez included left shown above king and queen as more important due to special talent (arrogant)
Uses l
Arrival of Marie de'Medici
Peter Paul Rubens
Baroque
1622-1625
Commissioned by Marie de Medici as propaganda to support her reign after the assassination of Henry IV.
Greeted by allegorical figures of France
Surrounded by Neptune and Nereids
Reinforces divine right using God's appr
The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq (Night Watch)
Rembrandt van Rijn
Dutch Realism
1642
Mood: frenetic activity, high spirits, excitement
Dramatic lighting highlights each face while making two figures in the foreground most prominent
Pyramidal composition figures are stepping into our space: gives the p
Self-Portrait (Judith Leyster)
Judith Leyster
Dutch Realism
1630
Mid action: looking back at work as if viewer had just entered.
Theatrical quality: elegant dress, fine chair are symbols of success.
Painting is deliberately her most famous.
Subject of second painting: Man playing a vio
Allegory of the Art of Painting
Jan Vermeer
Baroque/Dutch Realism
1670-1675
Painting attempts to capture the nature of artistic inspiration as an allegorical image
Model is a reference to the muse of history (Clio), holding trumpet and book.
Map in background shows age of exploration: h
Still Life with Oysters, Rum Glass and Silver Cup
Willem Claesz Heda
Baroque/ Dutch Realism
Unknown Date
Classic Dutch still life style
Dual purpose: show off wealth and prosperity of owners but also as memento mori (reminder).
Broken glass, half-peeled orange and tipped over goblet suggest someone has l
Et in Arcadia Ego
Nicolas Poussin
Baroque
1655
Translation: "I too once dwelt in Arcadia"
Arcadia: pastoral landscape of harmony
Inscription in stone may be a message from one expelled from Arcadia and reminder of man's morality.
Poussin codified classical style of next 25
Return from Cythera
Antoine Watteau
Rococo
1717-1719
Called both the return from cythera and pilgrimage to cythera
Fetes Galantes: paintings of well dressed ladies ad gentlemen conserving, dancing and flirting in idyllic landscapes.
Painting shows a group of lovers who are e