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The Baroque 3 Emotionalism and
Absolutism
RICKMANSWORTH U3A ART APPRECIATION
Monday October 22nd 2018
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Next Year’s Programme
Continue as we are: the ‘ISMs’, interspersed with other topics, visits to Art venues etc?
Any other suggestions?
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Emotionalismmanipulating the viewers' emotions using various
techniques to minimise the literal and psychological distance between the art work and the viewer.
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Emotionalism theory is an aesthetic and critical theory of art which is mainly concerned with the expressive qualities of art work. According to the theory, the most important thing about a work of art is the vivid communication of moods, feelings, and ideas.
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Darwin’s list of emotions
• Suffering and weeping
• Low spirits, anxiety, grief, dejection, despair
• Joy, high spirits, love, tender feelings, devotion
• Reflection, meditation, ill-temper, sulkiness, determination
• Hatred and anger
• Disdain, contempt, disgust, guilt, pride, helplessness, patience, affirmation and negation
• Surprise, astonishment, fear, horror
• Self-attention, shame, shyness, modesty, blushing.
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Boy Bitten by a Lizard 1593–1594by Caravaggio (1571 – 1610)Oil on canvas66 cm × 49.5 cm)National Gallery, London
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Boy with a Dog c.1650 byBartolome Esteban Murillo (1617 – 1682) Oil on canvas 78 x 62 cmHermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Bartolomé Esteban Murillo and studio1617 - 1682The Immaculate Conception of the Virgin17th centuryOil on canvas211 x 126 cmDetropit Institute of Arts
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Chosen by David Green
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Francisco de ZurburanAgnus Dei38 x 62 cm
Oil on canvas1635-40
Museo del Prado, Madrid
Chosen by Jean Dodds
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Absolutism
Definition:
‘Absolutism is a political system in which one ruler or leader
has complete power and authority over a country’.
www.collinsdictionary.com
Derived from the older feudal doctrine of the Divine Right of Kings
Baroque period the high point of this Absolutism
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Three 17c monarchs who practised Absolutism
Louise XIV
1638 – 1715 of France,
Charles 1st
1600 – 1645 of England, Scotland and Ireland
Philip 1V
1605- 1665 of Spain
Used artists to promote their absolutism message
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Louise XIV 1638 – 1715 of France
‘Le roi gouverne par lui-même’,
ceiling painting in the
Hall of Mirrors Versailles ca. 1680 ,
Charles le Brun (1619–1690
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Charles 1st 1600 – 1645 of England, Scotland and Ireland
Charles I and Henrietta Maria with their
two eldest children,
Prince Charles and Princess Mary
1631-32
Sir Antony van Dyck
Oil on Canvas
Queen's Ballroom, Windsor Castle
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Philip 1V 1605- 1665 of Spain
Equestrian Portrait of Philip IV
c 1635-7
Diego Rodríguez Velázquez
Oil on canvas Prado Madrid
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Charles Le Brun1619-1690
Alexander Entering Babylon, or The
Triumph of Alexander1664
The Louvre, Paris
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Charles le BrunThe Resolution of Louis XIV to Make War on the Dutch Republic Oil on Canvas72 x 96 cm1671Musee des Beaux Arts Auxerre
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Adam Frans van der Meulen(1632-1690)
Arrival of Louis IV preceded by his guards
at the old Palace of Versailles1669
57 x 57 cmChateau de Versailles
Chosen by Jean Dodds
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Anthony van Dyck1599-1641
Charles I on horseback1637-38
0il on canvas367 x 292 cm
National Gallery,London
Chosen by Pam Stephens
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Anthony van DyckCharles V
Uffizi Gallery Florence
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Banqueting ChamberWhitehall Palace
Present day
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Banqueting ChamberWhitehall Palace 17C
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Banqueting ChamberWhitehall Palace
Interior
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Sir Peter Paul Rubens and studio1577-1640
The Apotheosis of James I1632-34
Oil on canvas, adhered to canvas laid down on laminated support
975 x 625 cmBanqueting Chamber
Whitehall Palace
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Banqueting ChamberWhitehall Palace
German engraving, published in 1649.
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