BAROQUE ART

Baroque, Treaty of Westphalia, mercantilism, Popes: Sixtus V, Paul V,

Urban VIII, Innocent X, Alexander VII, piazza, baldacchino, tenebrism,

"Caravaggista“, Thirty Years' War, Spanish Kings Philip III and Philip

IV, Order of Santiago, eclecticism, group portrait, still life, camera

obscura, vanitas paintings, French King Louis XIV

VOCABULARY

• How does the Baroque differ from the styles of the High

Renaissance and Mannerism?

• What religious events created the Baroque?

• What socio-political events created the Baroque?

• Why is the Baroque considered a regional phenomenon?

• What might explain the grand, theatrical, and dynamic qualities of

the Baroque?

• What new forms of art are introduced in the 17th century?

• List in chronological order 8 -12 important artists of the Baroque.

Explain WHY you consider each to be important.

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

MANNERISM

THE DEPOSITION FROM

THE CROSS, OR THE

ENTOMBMENT

JACOPO PONTORMO

1525 - 1528 CE

OIL ON WOOD

313 X 192 CM

SANTA FELICITA, CAPPONI

CHAPEL, FLORENCE

.

AGENDA I

Italian Baroque Art

St. Peter’s Basilica

facade by Carlo MADERNO

completed 1612

Vatican City, Rome, IT

St. Peter’s Basilica

aerial view

Vatican City,

Rome, IT

Sistine Chapel

Michelangelo’s dome

Maderno’s facade

Bernini’s collonades

St. Peter’s Basilica

Vatican City, Rome, IT

Self-Portrait

Gian Lorenzo BERNINI

c. 1630-35

oil on canvas

53 x 43 cm

Galleria Borghese, Rome

colonnade of St. Peter’s Basilica

BERNINI

built between 1656 -1667

Vatican City, Rome, IT

baldacchino in St. Peter’s Basilica

BERNINI

1633

bronze

100’ or 46 m. or about 8 stories tall

Vatican City, Rome, IT

Scala Regia

BERNINI

built between 1663 - 1666

Vatican City, Rome, IT

David

BERNINI

1623 - 24

Carerra marble

life-size

Galleria Borghese, Rome

Apollo and Daphne

BERNINI

1622 - 25

Carerra marble

about 8’

Galleria Borghese, Rome

Ecstasy of St. Theresa

at the Cornaro Chapel

BERNINI

1647 - 52

marble

height 11’ 6”

Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome

Ecstasy of St. Theresa

at the Cornaro Chapel

BERNINI

1647 - 52

marble

height 11’ 6”

Santa Maria

della Vittoria, Rome

The Rape of Proserpine

BERNINI

1621 - 22

marble

Borghese Galleria, Rome

detail from

The Rape of Proserpine

BERNINI

1621 - 22

marble

Borghese Galleria, Rome

The Fountain of the Four Rivers

BERNINI

1648 – 51, travertine & marble

Piazza Navona, Rome

AGENDA II

San Carlo Quattro Fontane

BORROMINI

built between in 1638 - 41

Rome, IT

Text

Plan of San Carlo Quattro Fontane

dome of San Carlo Quattro Fontane

BORROMINI

begun in 1665

Rome, IT

Santo Ivo Della Sapienza

BORROMINI

built between in 1642 - 60

Rome, IT

S. Agnese in Agone

BORROMINI

built between in 1653 - 66

Piazza Navona, Rome, IT

David with the Head of Goliath, CARAVAGGIO

1597 – 98, oil on canvas, Prado Museum, Madrid

Judith Beheading Holofernes, CARAVAGGIO

1599, oil on canvas, 145 x 195 cm

National Gallery of Art, Rome, IT

The Crucifixion of St. Peter

CARAVAGGIO

1600 - 1601

oil on canvas

90 1/2” x 70”

Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria

del Popola, Rome

The Entombment of Christ

CARAVAGGIO

1602 - 1603

oil on canvas

300 x 203 cm

Vatican Museum , Vatican City

The Sacrifice of Isaac, CARAVAGGIO

1603, oil on canvas

104 x 135 cm, Uffizi Gallery, Florence, IT

The Conversion of St. Paul

CARAVAGGIO

1600 - 1601

oil on canvas

90 1/2” x 70”

Cerasi Chapel,

S. Maria del Popolo, Rome, IT

The Calling of St. Matthew

CARAVAGGIO

1599 - 1600

oil on canvas

322 x 340 cm

Contarelli Chapel,

San Luigi dei Francesi,

Rome

Judith Beheading Holofernes

Artemisia GENTILESCHI

c. 1620

oil on canvas

199 x 163 cm

Ufizzi Gallery, Florence, IT

AGENDA III

Self-Portrait of the Artist as Artist

Artemisia GENTILESCHI

c. 1630

oil on canvas

97 x 74 cm

The Royal Collection,

Kensington Palace, London

Loves of the Gods

Annibale CARRACCI

1597 - 1601

ceiling frescoes in the gallery,

Palazzo Farnese, Rome, IT

Aurora, Guido RENI

1613 – 14, ceiling fresco

in the Casino Rospigliosi, Rome, IT

Triumph of the Barberini

Pietro Da CORTONA

1633 - 39

fresco in the Gran Salone,

Palazzo Barberini, Rome, IT

Spanish Baroque Art

Martydom of St. Bartholomew

Jose de Ribera

1639

Oil on canvas

Prado, Madrid, Spain

Water Carrier of Seville

Diego Velasquez

1619

Oil on canvas

Albert Museum, London

AGENDA IV

Surrender of Brera

Diego Velasquez

1634-35

Oil on canvas

Prado, Madrid, Spain

King Philip IV of Spain

Diego Velasquez

1619

Oil on canvas

The Frick, New York

Las Meninas

Diego Velasquez

1656

Oil on canvas

Prado, Madrid, Spain

Schedule

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Flemish Baroque Art

Elevation of the Cross

Peter Paul Rubens

1610

Oil on panel

Antwerp Cathedral

Antwerp, Belgium

Arrival of Marie de’Medici

Peter Paul Rubens

1622-25

Oil on panel

Louvre, Paris, France

Allegory of the Outbreak of the War

Peter Paul Rubens

1638

Oil on canvas, Pitti Gallery, Florence

AGENDA V

Dutch Baroque Art

Archers of Saint Hadrian

Franz Hals

1633

Oil on canvas, Franzhalsmuseum, Haarlam

Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp

Rembrandt van Rijn

1638

Oil on canvas, The Hague

The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq (The Night Watch)

Rembrandt van Rijn

1642

Oil on canvas, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Return of the Prodigal Son

Rembrandt van Rijn

1665

Oil on canvas,

Hermitage Museum

Saint Petersburg

Self Portrait

Rembrandt van Rijn

1659-1660

Oil on canvas,

Kenwood House, London

Christ Receiving the Sick Around Him

Rembrandt van Rijn

1649

Etching, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York

The Letter

Jan Vermeer

1666

Oil on canvas,

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Allegory of the Art of Painting

Jan Vermeer

1670-1675

Oil on canvas,

Kunsthistorisches Museum

Vienna

View of Haarlem from the Dunes at Overveen

Jacob van Ruisdael

1670

Oil on canvas, The Hague

Vanitas Still Life

Pieter Claesz

1630s

Oil on panel, Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

Flower Still Life

Rachel Ruysch

After 1700

Oil on canvas,

Toledo Museum of Art

Toledo

AGENDA VI

French & English Baroque Art

Et in Arcadia Ego

Nicolas Poussin

1655

Oil on panel, Louvre, Paris

Adoration of the Shephards

Georges de la Tour

1645-1650

Oil on panel, Louvre, Paris

Louis XIV

Hyacinthe Rigaud

1701

Oil on canvas,

Louvre, Paris

Versailles Palace, Hall of Mirrors

Charles Le Brun, Jules Hardouin-Mansart

1680

Versailles, France

St. Paul’s Cathedral

Christopher Wren

1675-1710

London, England

The Apotheosis of the Pisani Family

Giambattista Tiepolo

1761-1762

Ceiling fresco in the Villa Pisani

Italy

KEY CONCEPTS