SpainDates and Places: • 1600 to 1700• Iberian peninsula and the
Americas
People:• Catholic nation • War leaves economy in
decline• Absolute monarchs
DIEGO VELÁZQUEZ, Water Carrier of Seville, ca. 1619. Fig. 10-15.
SpainThemes : • Martyrs • Genre• Portraits
Forms :• Realism• Tenebrism• Dramatic chiaroscuro
DIEGO VELÁZQUEZ, Water Carrier of Seville, ca. 1619. Fig. 10-15.
Spain
FRANCISCO DE ZURBARÁN, Saint
Serapion, 1628. Fig. 10-14.
SpainExample: • Brutal realism • Dramatic chiaroscuro• Tenebrism• Martyr• Attention focused on
tragic death• Common-looking saint
FRANCISCO DE ZURBARÁN, Saint Serapion, 1628. Fig. 10-14.
Spain
DIEGO VELÁZQUEZ, Las Meninas, 1656. Fig. 10-
16.
SpainExample: • Royal portrait• Enigmatic image of
absolute monarchy• Artist’s status in creating
king’s image• Vision, space, reflection• Spanish realism• Art of painting as
subjectDIEGO VELÁZQUEZ, Las Meninas, 1656. Fig.
10-16.
FlandersDates and Places: • 1600 to 1700• Belgium
People:• Part of Spanish Empire• Catholic • Connections to other
European courts
ANTHONY VAN DYCK, Charles I Dismounted, ca. 1635. Fig. 10-19.
FlandersThemes : • Life of Christ • Portraits
Forms :• Dynamic and exuberant• Theatrical treatment of
space and figures• Rich color and painterly
techniqueANTHONY VAN DYCK, Charles I Dismounted,
ca. 1635. Fig. 10-19.
Flanders
PETER PAUL RUBENS, Elevation of the Cross, 1610. Fig. 10-17.
FlandersExample: • Combines
Michelangelo, Titian, and contemporaries
• Composition with strong diagonal
• Herculean figures twist and strain
• Rich color, chiaroscuro PETER PAUL RUBENS, Elevation of the Cross, 1610.
Fig. 10-17.
Flanders
PETER PAUL RUBENS, Arrival of Marie de’ Medici at Marseilles,
1622–1625. Fig. 10-18.
FlandersExample: • Series of Life of Queen of
France• Propaganda• Dramatic allegories of
her right to rule• Lavish spectacle• Decorative splendor• Vigorous, monumental
figuresPETER PAUL RUBENS, Arrival of Marie de’
Medici at Marseilles, 1622–1625. Fig. 10-18.
Dutch RepublicDates and Places: • 1600 to 1700• Holland
People:• Free from Spanish rule• Protestant • Merchant and middle
class• Civic groups• Wealth from trade,
agricultureREMBRANDT VAN RIJN, Self-Portrait, ca.
1659–1660. Fig. 10-23.
Dutch RepublicThemes : • Portraits• Landscape• Genre scenes• Still life
Forms :• Realistic treatment of
form and surface • Convincing illusionism• Obsessive description RACHEL RUYSCH, Flower Still Life, after 1700.
Fig. 10-28.
Dutch Republic
JUDITH LEYSTER, Self-Portrait, ca. 1630.
Fig. 10-21.
Dutch RepublicExample: • Portraits of middle class• Convey personality,
character• Spontaneity • Calvinist austerity but
social status visible• Self-portrait of woman
artist• Emphasizes act of painting JUDITH LEYSTER, Self-Portrait, ca. 1630.
Fig. 10-21.