ITALIAN FLEMISH DUTCH

ENGLISH SPANISH

Mix of Renaissance style and MannerismMore emotion less rationalCatholic baroque – More religiousProtestant baroque more reserved—looked like pilgrims

Caravaggio

Supper at Emmaus-1601

Italian Baroque (1571-1610)-More ornate -Works light and shadows-Secularized religious art-Led a following of artist that became known as Caravaggists

Judith Slaying Holofernes (1614-20)

ARTEMISIAITALIAN BAROQUE

-Violent paintings (possibly because of life experience)-One of the first female artists to paint historical and religious subjects-First female member of the “Accademia di Arte del Disengo in Florence-Caravaggist-One of the most accomplished artists of the generation

The Raising of the Cross 1610-1611

PETER PAUL RUBENS

FLEMISH BAROQUE-FULL BODY NUDES-HIGHLY RELIGIOUS-CATHOLIC BAROQUE-EXUDES WEALTH

““The Scholar”The Scholar”Rembrandt , 1631 - DutchRembrandt , 1631 - Dutch

Baroque PaintingBaroque Painting Known for his group and Known for his group and

individual portraitsindividual portraits Almost financially ruined Almost financially ruined

until he rebounded and his until he rebounded and his baroque portraits and baroque portraits and religious themes became religious themes became popular.popular.

Protestant themes Protestant themes More austere (look more More austere (look more

like Pilgrims)like Pilgrims)

““The The Nightwatch”Nightwatch”

Rembrandt, 1642 - DutchRembrandt, 1642 - Dutch

““The Company of The Company of Frans Banning Frans Banning Cock Preparing to Cock Preparing to March Out”March Out”

Dutch PaintersDutch Painters• depicted everyday depicted everyday

life - servants, life - servants, furniture and other furniture and other household goods household goods and petsand pets

Women on Dutch Women on Dutch canvases appear canvases appear more equal to men more equal to men then they were in then they were in realityreality

Women were legally Women were legally subordinate to their subordinate to their husbandshusbands• could sign contractscould sign contracts• many operated many operated

businesses after their businesses after their husbands death.husbands death.

The Blue BoyThe Blue BoyGainsborough, 1770 - EnglandGainsborough, 1770 - England

Founding member of Founding member of the Royal Academythe Royal Academy

Elongated figures to Elongated figures to make them seem make them seem regalregal

Posed them to make Posed them to make them seem alivethem seem alive

Didn’t use Didn’t use assistants assistants

Easy going, Easy going, spontaneousspontaneous

““Beer Street”Beer Street”William Hogarth, 1697-1764 - EnglandWilliam Hogarth, 1697-1764 - England

Everyday life in London Everyday life in London with affection and satirewith affection and satire

Invented the comic stripInvented the comic strip Poked fun at the Poked fun at the

indulgences of society - indulgences of society - led the government to led the government to raise the tax on raise the tax on inexpensive liquor.inexpensive liquor.

Uncompromising Uncompromising honesty tinged with honesty tinged with humorhumor

Hogarth himself died Hogarth himself died after eating a huge steakafter eating a huge steak

““Portrait of Mrs. Siddons as Portrait of Mrs. Siddons as the Tragic Muse”the Tragic Muse”

Reynolds, 1784 - EnglandReynolds, 1784 - England

1768 - “the Royal 1768 - “the Royal Academy of Arts” Academy of Arts” was institutedwas instituted

Reynolds was Reynolds was elected president elected president and knightedand knighted

““His portraits form His portraits form an epitome of an epitome of London society of London society of his day.”his day.”

WHAT DO YOU SEE IN THESE TWO PAINTINGS

““Experiment with an Experiment with an Air Pump”Air Pump”

Joseph Wright, 1768 - EnglandJoseph Wright, 1768 - England Experiment’s Experiment’s

success is success is evidenced by the evidenced by the dead bird inside a dead bird inside a closed glass bowl closed glass bowl from which the air from which the air has been pumpedhas been pumped

Form and content Form and content symbolize the symbolize the EnlightenmentEnlightenment

““Experiment with an Experiment with an Air Pump”Air Pump”

Joseph Wright, 1768 - EnglandJoseph Wright, 1768 - England Small source of Small source of

light is sufficient to light is sufficient to enlighten humanity enlighten humanity and reveal the laws and reveal the laws of natureof nature

Science - not just Science - not just for specialists but for specialists but something something amateurs can amateurs can understand and understand and practicepractice

““Experiment with an Experiment with an Air Pump”Air Pump”

Joseph Wright, 1768 - EnglandJoseph Wright, 1768 - England British led in British led in

developing useful developing useful machines and were machines and were identified as identified as having a more having a more pragmatic pragmatic approach to approach to science and ideasscience and ideas

““Experiment with an Experiment with an Air Pump”Air Pump”

Joseph Wright, 1768 - EnglandJoseph Wright, 1768 - England

Reveals - Reveals - customary images customary images of the sexesof the sexes

Experimenter Experimenter boldly forging on boldly forging on while to his left a while to his left a friend or associate friend or associate calmly explains calmly explains what is happening what is happening to a woman and to a woman and her daughterher daughter

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez Spanish Baroque

Las Meninas (1656, English: The Maids of Honour ) ☻Royal portrait of Princess

Margarita ☻Considered by many the world greatest painting☻Creates forms through color and light as opposed to lines☻Masterpieces of visual realism

Madame Geoffrin’s Madame Geoffrin’s SalonSalon

(One of the most popular salons)(One of the most popular salons)

Women’s main role Women’s main role was to turn their was to turn their living rooms into living rooms into salons salons

provided an provided an environment for environment for the interchange of the interchange of ideas and ideas and philosophiesphilosophies

Madame Geoffrin’s Madame Geoffrin’s SalonSalon

(One of the most popular salons)(One of the most popular salons)

In Paris and In Paris and elsewhere in France, elsewhere in France, ambitious, intelligent ambitious, intelligent and often rich women and often rich women held formal held formal gatherings in their gatherings in their drawing rooms, or drawing rooms, or salons, at which salons, at which writers, musicians, writers, musicians, painters, and painters, and philosophes philosophes presented their work presented their work and exchanged ideas.and exchanged ideas.

““Tycho Brahe”Tycho Brahe”Eduard Ender, 1855Eduard Ender, 1855

Shows Tycho Shows Tycho demonstrating a demonstrating a celestial globe to celestial globe to the Emperor the Emperor Rudolph II in Rudolph II in PraguePrague

Watteau (French Watteau (French Painter) - Painter) - influenced an influenced an artistic move away artistic move away from religious from religious themes to secular themes to secular themes - more themes - more realistic style then realistic style then baroque.baroque.

““The Reader”The Reader”Fragonard, 1770-72 - FranceFragonard, 1770-72 - France

““The Reader”The Reader”Fragonard, 1770-72 - FranceFragonard, 1770-72 - France

Rococo style - Rococo style - reflects frivolity reflects frivolity and and voluptuousness of voluptuousness of the periodthe period

Court painter of Court painter of portraits and portraits and landscapeslandscapes

Louis XV style Louis XV style (Rococo)(Rococo)

Rococo - emphasis Rococo - emphasis on smallness of on smallness of scale, as well as scale, as well as elegance and elegance and frivolityfrivolity

Scenes of nature Scenes of nature and everyday life and everyday life also became also became popularpopular

““The Reader”The Reader”Fragonard, 1770-72 - FranceFragonard, 1770-72 - France

““The Inspiration”The Inspiration”Fragonard, 1769 - FranceFragonard, 1769 - France

Shift in French art Shift in French art from serious and from serious and grandiose to fun grandiose to fun and superficialand superficial

More light hearted More light hearted

Discussion Discussion QuestionsQuestions

What do you see about life in the What do you see about life in the paintings?paintings?

How can you see the How can you see the philosophes, scientists, etc. in philosophes, scientists, etc. in these paintings?these paintings?

What can you see in the What can you see in the paintings about change?paintings about change?