Reformation Art

“Knight, Death, and the Devil”

1513 {Albrecht Dürer}

Silver Engraving

Leader of Christian Humanism

in Germany

Martin Luther Philipp Melanchthon

Lucas Cranach the Elder / 1543 / Oil on wood

Albrecht Dϋrer

(self portrait)

1500

Oil on panel

Dϋrer at age 28

Reformation Art

“St. Jerome in His

Study” 1514

Albrecht Dϋrer

Silver engraving

Reformation Art

“The Burial of Count

Orgaz”

1586 / El Greco

Church of San Tomé,

Toledo, Spain

Oil on canvas

Baroque Art

► 1600 – 1750

► From a Portuguese word “barocca”,

meaning “a pearl of irregular shape.”

► Implies strangeness, irregularity, and

extravagance.

► Dramatic & emotional!

Baroque Art

► Contrast of very bright and very dark

colors (heaven versus hell)

► Baroque art is associated with the

Counter Reformation.

► Art was to teach religion to the

illiterate, not the well-informed.

► Holland --> Real people were depicted

as the primary subjects. This showed

the economic success of the richest

area in all of Europe.

Reformation Art

“View of Toledo” 1600

El Greco {Domenicos

Theotokopoulos}

Oil on canvas

Use of light & dark

Toledo was the

spiritual capital of

Spain

Toledo, Spain today

Reformation Art

“The Triumph of the

Name of Jesus”

Giovanni Battista

Gaulli

Fresco 1674 – 1679

Ceiling of “il Gesύ”

Jesuit Cathedral in

Rome

Baroque Style

St. Peter’s

Basilica,

Vatican City

The

Baldacchino

1633

100’ tall

by Gialorenzo

Bernini

“The

Flagellation

of Christ”

by

Caravaggio

“The

Elevation of

the Cross”

by Peter

Paul

Reubens

1610-11

“David and Goliath” by Caravaggio

Church of Veltenberg Altar, Germany

“The Ecstasy of St. Theresa of Avila”

by Gianlorenzo

Bernini

1647-52