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Art Movements

G o t h i c Renaissance B a r o q u e Mannerism Rococo

1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800

Mannerist Art from 1525-1600

painted in the manner of the Renaissance artists, but exaggerated things (response to turmoil of the Reformation and after.

El Greco*, Assumption of the Virgin, 1577-6

• color• texture of clothing

Parmigianino, Madonna with Long Neck, 1534-40human body

El Greco--Laocoon

Art Movements

G o t h i c Renaissance B a r o q u e Mannerism Rococo

1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800

Baroque Art from 1600-1725

barroco = pearl (Portuguese)

Baroque Art

• The desire to evoke emotional states by appealing to the senses, often in dramatic ways, underlies Baroque Art.

• Catholic influence: Classic themes/ideas and spiritual feelings of the Catholic Reformation.

• Characteristics include grandeur, sensuous richness, drama, vitality, movement, tension, emotional exuberance, and often a natural background.

Art Movements

G o t h i c Renaissance B a r o q u e Mannerism Rococo

1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800

Baroque Art from 1600-1725

barroco = pearl (Portuguese)

Peter P aul Rubens*, Adoration of the Magi, 1624

after Council of Trent (1545), Church pushes toward more emotion in religious art

Peter Paul Rubens*, Adoration of the Magi, 1624

after Council of Trent (1545), Church pushes toward more emotion in religious art

Rubens, Landing of Marie de’Medici at Marseilles, 1622-6

• powerful monarchs admire the show of wealth

• 4x3 meters

• Style embraced by great dynasties (Habsburgs)

Rubens, Prometheus Bound, 1611-12emphasis on motion

*Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Ecstasy of St. Teresa, 1647-52*

• movement

• theatrics and emotion

• gilded raises behind statue

Thorne of St. Peter--Bernini

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Church of Gesu--first Baroque façade

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Chapel at Versailles

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Dutch Realism--realistic portrayal of secular life--

funded by the new capitalists

Rembrandt van Rijn--

Judith Leyster, Self-Portrait