Dutch Baroque

The Dutch School

Dutch Baroque1610-1670

• Dutch Reform churches didn’t need art• The usual patrons of the art – nobles and the

Church were absent• ** This led to a “democratization” of art in subject

matter and ownership• Still life• Landscape• Portraits• Family Scenes

Characteristics

Early• Used dramatic light/dark

contrasts• Design seemed to burst the

frame• Groups of figures• Based on physical action• Vigorous, melodramatic tone• Highly finished, detailed

technique

Late• Used golden-brown tones,

subtle shading• Static, brooding atmosphere• Scenes simplified with a

single subject• Implied psychological

reaction• Quiet, solemn mood• Painted with broad, thick

strokes

Baroque Art

• Religious – In Catholic countries• Dramatic• Emphasis on light and shadow• Monumental – the aristocracy, battle scenes

Rembrandt “The Night Watch, 1642

Rembrandt – “The Syndics of the Drapers Guild” - 1662

Ruisdael, “Windmill at Wijk-bij-Duurst-ede1665

Vermeer – The Girl with the Pearl Earing

Vermeer – The Geographer, 1668

Caravaggio,The

Conversion of St. Paul,

c. 1601(Italian)

Bernini, “The Ecstasy of St. Theresa,”

1645-52

Velazquez“Las

Meninas,”1656

William Hogarth “The Breakfast Scene”

(English) 1745

French Rococo

• Reflected the “frivolous” existence of the aristocracy(nobility)

• Playful, superficial, energetic, light, graceful, delicate

• White, silver, gold, light pinks, blues and greens

• Gilded woodwork, painted panels• Enormous wall mirrors

Jean-Honoré

Fragonard“The Swing”

Francois Boucher“Allegory of Painting”

Antoine WatteauThe Song of Love