art in the era of absolutism baroque art: 17th century art of the monarchs, late reformation and...
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Art in the Era of Absolutism
Baroque Art: 17th Century• Art of the Monarchs, late Reformation and Counter
Reformation• Religious in Italy, Spain and France• More Secular in the North, England
Rococo Art: 1730’s-1770’s• Most popular in France and Germany• Emphasize grace and gentle movement
• What do you notice about the music? Can you connect to the historic time period?
Baroque Art• 1600 – 1750.• From Portuguese: “barocca,” meaning “a pearl of irregular shape.”• Implies strangeness, irregularity, & extravagance.• The more dramatic, the better• Strong diagonals and use of light.• Colors were brighter than bright; darks were darker than dark.• Counter-Reformation art.• Paintings & sculptures in church contexts should speak to the illiterate rather than the well-informed.• Ecclesiastical art; appeal to emotions.
Counter Reformation BaroqueItaly: 1590-1680 religious works; church patron; drama,
intensity, movement
• Caravaggio
• Atremesia Gentileschi
• Bernini
Spain: 1625-1660 court portraits; monarch patron; realistic, dignity
• Velazquez
Belgium/Flemish: 1600-1640 altarpieces; church and monarch patrons; florid style; sensuality
• Rubens
• Van Dyck
The Conversion of St Paul
Ecstasy of St. Teresa
Bernini1647
Comparing Renaissance and Baroque- Michelangelo’s David and Bernini’s
David
David Michaelangelo 1504 David Bernini 1623
The Landing of Marie de Medici at Marsailles
Rubens1623
Charles I, King of England at the
Hunt
Anthony van Dyck1635
Dutch Golden Age1630-1670 people are patrons; visual accuracy; studies of light
Still Life’s• Claesz• Heda• Heem
Landscape• Ruisdael• Cuyp
Genre and Portrait• Hals• Rembrandt• Maes• Vermeer• Steen
The Nightwatch
(detail)
Rembrandt1642
Rembrandt - The Sampling Officials of the Drapers Guild 1662
1660 Self Portraits 1669
The Milkmaid
Vermeer1658
France Baroque into Rococo
Baroque 1670-1715 classical landscapes; decorative architecture; monarch patron; pretentious style; order and ornament
• Claude Lorrain• George La Tour• Pierre PugetRococo 1725-1775 ornate, shell-like, playful, sinuous; ornate
architecture and palaces; monarchy and nobility; • Watteau• Chardin• Boucher• Fragonard
Pilgrimage to Cythera Watteau 1717