dutch baroque the dutch school. dutch baroque 1610-1670 dutch reform churches didnt need art the...
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Characteristics Early Used dramatic light/dark contrasts Design seemed to burst the frame Groups of figures Based on physical action Vigorous, melodramatic tone Highly finished, detailed technique Late Used golden-brown tones, subtle shading Static, brooding atmosphere Scenes simplified with a single subject Implied psychological reaction Quiet, solemn mood Painted with broad, thick strokesTRANSCRIPT
Dutch Baroque
The Dutch School
Dutch Baroque1610-1670
• Dutch Reform churches didn’t need art• The usual patrons of the art – nobles and the
Church were absent• ** This led to a “democratization” of art in subject
matter and ownership• Still life• Landscape• Portraits• Family Scenes
Characteristics
Early• Used dramatic light/dark
contrasts• Design seemed to burst the
frame• Groups of figures• Based on physical action• Vigorous, melodramatic tone• Highly finished, detailed
technique
Late• Used golden-brown tones,
subtle shading• Static, brooding atmosphere• Scenes simplified with a
single subject• Implied psychological
reaction• Quiet, solemn mood• Painted with broad, thick
strokes
Baroque Art
• Religious – In Catholic countries• Dramatic• Emphasis on light and shadow• Monumental – the aristocracy, battle scenes
Rembrandt “The Night Watch, 1642
Rembrandt – “The Syndics of the Drapers Guild” - 1662
Ruisdael, “Windmill at Wijk-bij-Duurst-ede1665
Vermeer – The Girl with the Pearl Earing
Vermeer – The Geographer, 1668
Caravaggio,The
Conversion of St. Paul,
c. 1601(Italian)
Bernini, “The Ecstasy of St. Theresa,”
1645-52
Velazquez“Las
Meninas,”1656
William Hogarth “The Breakfast Scene”
(English) 1745
French Rococo
• Reflected the “frivolous” existence of the aristocracy(nobility)
• Playful, superficial, energetic, light, graceful, delicate
• White, silver, gold, light pinks, blues and greens
• Gilded woodwork, painted panels• Enormous wall mirrors
Jean-Honoré
Fragonard“The Swing”
Francois Boucher“Allegory of Painting”
Antoine WatteauThe Song of Love