Baroque Art History – Flashcards
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Love Conquers all
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Caravaggio; Italian Baroque
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Calling of St. Matthew
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Caravaggio; Italian Baroque; tenebrist
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Conversion of Paul
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Caravaggio; Italian Baroque
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Supper at Emmaus
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Caravaggio; Italian Baroque
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Characteristics of Caravaggio
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-original tenebrist -extreme jestures -violent -realist -foreshadowing -shallow pictorial space -important elements on edge of painting -unusual vantage points
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George La Tour
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-depicts actual light source -large areas difficult to read -restrained and solemn -thin edge
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St. Sebastian
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George La Tour; French Baroque
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Mary Magdalem
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George La Tour; French Baroque
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Artemisia Gentileschi; themes; paintings
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Themes: Women in peril and Women Getting revenge on Men Paintings: Susana and Elders; Judith and Holofernes
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Characteristics of Bernini
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-great complexity -twisted -emotional -viewed from all sides -greater sense of movement -theatrical -lots of details
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Rape of Persephone
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Bernini; Italian Baroque
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Ecstasy of St. Teresa; location
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Bernini; Italian Baroque; Carnaro Chapel
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St Peter's Cathedral; main players; main attractions
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Players: 1. Julius II with Bromanti 2. Leo X with Bromanti 3. Paul III with Michelangelo 4. Urban VIII with Bernini Baldachino-over grave of St. Peter's; Tomb of Urban VIII
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Venus and Adonis; Characteristics
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Rubens; Flemish Baroque; -specific ideal for men and women -long diagonals
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Marie de Medici Cycle; history
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-married to Henry IV and rules for Louis XIII -Commissioned paintings after retired
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Garden of Love
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Rubens; Flemish Baroque; based on courtship of Elena Forment -puti
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Portrait of Susanah Forment
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Rubens; Flemish Baroque
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Las Meninas; themes
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Velazquez; Spanish Baroque Themes: 1. mirrors and looking 2. relationship in court
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The Rokeby Venus
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Velazquez; Spanish Baroque
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Portrait of Innocent X; Characteristics
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Velazquez; Spanish Baroque; - loose brushwork -realistic
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Dutch Golden Age Characteristics
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-commercial society -1st to have popular government -1st famine resistant society -most advanced farming -more religiously tolerant -creative
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Saenredam
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Calvanist church paintings
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Dutch Golden Age Characteristics
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Stilllifes- indicate abundance and momento more Landscapes- Avenue at Mittehaus: Hobberna; Whitefield: Jacob Ruisdael
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Dutch Courtyard
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Peter Deputch; Dutch baroque; Genre painting
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Shrovestide reveller
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Hals; Dutch Baroque
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Jonker Ramp and His Sweetheart
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Hals; Dutch baroque
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Characteristics of Hals
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-loose brushwork, not blended together -portrait or genre painting -reference to alcohol -transient facial expressions and gestures -realist
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Baba Malle
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Hals; Dutch Baroque
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The Prodical in the Far Country
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Rembrant; Dutch Baroque
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Jeremiah Contemplating the Destruction of Jerusalem
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-emotional -narrative -layered paint -depiction of aging flesh -tenebrist -rich golden browns -spotlight -realist
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Rembrant Characteristics
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-physiological pivot -rich golden browns -depiction of aging flesh -few details -simple -biblical narratives -spotlight -realist -self portraits
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Three Crosses; type
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Rembrant; Dutch Baroque; Etching
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View of Amsterdam
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-Etching -landscape
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Militia Company of Captain Franz Banning Cocque
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Rembrant; Dutch Baroque
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Bethsheba
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Rembrant; Dutch Baroque
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The Return of the Prodical
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Rembrant; Dutch Baroque
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View of Delft
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Veemer; Dutch Baroque
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Allegory of History; Characteristics
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Veemer; Dutch Baroque; -naturalistic -camera obscura -clio is being painted
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Women weighing Gold Coins
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Veemer; Dutch baroque; northern light
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Veemer Characteristics
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-quiet domestic scenes of people working -light from Northern upper left hand side -naturalistic -fabric leading into painting -interior -detail -beaded light
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Girl with the Pearl Earring
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Veemer;Dutch Baroque
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Italian Comedians
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Watteau; Rococo
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Departure from Cythea
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Watteau; Rococo
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Diana at her Bath
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Boucher; Rococo; -random fabric -more likely to do nudes -mythological
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Madamoiselle O'Murphy
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Boucher; Rococo; Louis XV's mistress
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The Happy Hazard of the Swing
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Fragonard; -exaggerated foliage -delicate figures
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Rococo Characteristics
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-extremely elaborate -decorative and pretty -exaggerated foliage -subjects pertaining to pleasure, sensuality, especially gallant -subject fete gallant
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St. Pauls; architect
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Christopher Wren; black and white; basilican plan -double dome -gothic tower -largest traditional protestant church
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St. Martin in the Field
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1. Greek Pediment 2. a tower
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Characteristics of Hogarth
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-modern moral subjects -genre paintings that bring spotlgith to moral issues -social citicism
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Marriae a La Mode
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Hogarth; British Baroque; with Alderman, Lord Squanderfield; counselor silverton
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Beer Street and Gin Lane
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Hogarth; British Baroque
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Mr. and Mrs. Andrew; innovations
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Gainsborough; british baroque; not formal poses -depicted in country landscape -using advanced methods
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Oath of Horatio
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In Roman Empire with importance of virtue; -stark simplicity -shallow pictorial space -each arch highlights a group
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Neo-Classical Characteristics
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-serious subjects derived from mythology and current events -highly naturalistic -extremely smooth brushwork -shallow pictorial space -look like reliefs -simple -sharp-edged, clean lines -idealized
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Death of Marat
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JL David; French Neo-Classical
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Napoleon Crossing the Alps
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JL David; French Neo-Classical; -idealized -shallow pictorial -naturalistic
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Napoleon in his Studio
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JL David; French Neo-Classical
