Baroque exam 2

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" Self Portrait ", 1623 by Peter Paul Rubens
" The Elevation of the Cross", 1610/11 by Rubens ------------------------------------------------------------------- -Fury in brush strokes - Painted on a panel triptych - Ruben's ultimate Baroque statement - Caravaggio's influence is shown in the use of chiaroscuro.
" Arrival of Marie de Medici at Marseilles ", 1622-25 Peter Paul Rubens -------------------------------------------------------------------- - He supervised the installation of this in Luxenburg - He combines heroic nudes and figures in contemporary costume - Integrates human composition/design/life sized canons/- Rubens starred at this. - Not all figures are in uniform quality.
" Henri IV Receiving the Portrait of Marie de Medici" 1622-25 Peter Paul Rubens -------------------------------------------------------------------- - the peacock is a symbol of Juno ( marriage )
"Andromeda", 1638-40 by Peter Paul Rubens ------------------------------------------------------------------ * 3 possible themes of Ruben's 1) Movement 2) Muscles 3) Mamories - color/sparkling figures
"Venus and Adonis", 1635 Peter Paul Rubens ------------------------------------------------------------------ -Space flows - Gives atmosphere - Venus fears Adonis's life, he goes out to bore hunt and dies.
" Saint Sebastian ", Peter Paul Rubens ------------------------------------------------------------------- - depicts innate nothern realism with italian master's style - statuesque figure -style and subject come together perfectly
"Promethus", 1612 Peter Paul Rubens ----------------------------------------------------------------- - symbolizes baroque art at it's purest
"Angelica and the Hermit", 1625-28 Rubens ------------------------------------------------------------------- - Mother of pearl skin tone -Reminiscent of Rembrandt - Color/ thickness of paint pulled from Titian
" Adam and Eve" Peter Paul Rubens
" Three Graces", 1638-40 Peter Paul Rubens ------------------------------------------------------------------- - Coloristic style of Rubens at his best. - Full figures meant wealth
" Judgment of Paris ", 1638 Peter Paul Rubens
" The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus", 1617 Peter Paul Rubens ----------------------------------------------------------------- - The divine twins perfect balance in composition - Horses add an animalistic force - Margaret Carol (art historian) devoted herself to the subject of Rape in 17th century- studied this piece. Says it isn't about rape, but about King of France and Spain showing their union and bond of two mighty nations. Many art historians do not agree.
" Sampson and Delilah", 1609 Rubens ------------------------------------------------------------------- - 31 when he painted this -she exhausts him with sex, they cut his hair, soldiers gouged out his eyes. Old woman is added to show the contrast between Delilah's youth and beauty.
" The Martyrdom of S. Lieven", 1633 RUBENS ------------------------------------------------------------------- - May be most violent murder in art. - Bandits cut out his tongue and feed it to the dogs.
"Drunken Selinus" Peter Paul Rubens ------------------------------------------------------------------- Ruben's kept this painting in his house.
" Suzana Fourment", 1626 Peter Paul Rubens ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Known as 'straw hat' although it is felt - suggests that this might be a marriage portrait - sensual painting for a close friend of Ruben's
" Portrait of Rubens, His wife ( Helena Fourment, and their son ( Peter Paul )", 1626 RUBENS -------------------------------------------------------------------- Relates his marriage to the theme of the Garden of Love.
"Helena Fourment as Aphrodite" RUBENS ------------------------------------------------------------------- - Better known as ' Venus with a fur wrap' - Modeled after sculpture of Venus
" Self Portrait with Isabella under a honey suckle" RUBENS ------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rubens paints himself with his 1st wife
" Garden of Love", 1638 Peter Paul Rubens ------------------------------------------------------------------- - Painted for himself, no commision - Late work - Vibrant, fresh, a sparkle and joy for life - A glowing tribute to his life, family, home, himself
" Triumph of Divine Love", 1626 Peter Paul Rubens -------------------------------------------------------------------
" Landscape with Rainbow", 1635 Rubens ------------------------------------------------------------------ - 1/3 sky in Ruben's landscapes, where dutch usually show 2/3rds.
" Landscape with Castle Steen", 1636 Rubens ------------------------------------------------------------------ - he enjoys painting his own estates to show pride or " A world view"- like Flemish, Peter Rugel"
" The Tiger Hunt", 1620s Peter Paul Rubens ------------------------------------------------------------------ - ' A tour de force' - says Dr. Martin - Triad of colors= blue, yellow, red - Rubens at his best- says Dr. Martin - exotic theme
" Saint Catherine", 1620 Peter Paul Rubens ------------------------------------------------------------------- - counter proof - only etching he did - *perhaps the most important etching produced during this time in the Flemish School
" The Drunken Silenus", 1640 Rubens ------------------------------------------------------------------ - * Last great woodcut for almost 200 yrs.
" Iconography", 1544-95 Anthony Van Dyck -------------------------------------------------------------------- sold prints of etchings/sketches of famous men - 84 prints
" Portrait of Charles I in Hunting Dress", 1635 Anthony Van Dyck ------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Most impressive of all portraits of the 17th century
" James Stuart, Duke of Richmond", Anthony Van Dyke -------------------------------------------------------------------- elongates body to head ratio in order to make him appear more elegant
" Portrait of Marches, Elna Grimaldi", 1625 Anthony Van Dyck -------------------------------------------------------------------
" Queen Henrietta Maria with her Dwarf ", 1633 Anthony Van Dyck
" The Mocking of Christ" Anthony Van Dyck
" Rinaldo and Armida", 1629 Anthony Von Dyck ------------------------------------------------------------------- -mythological love scene - source of many operas and paintings
" Deposition" 1634 Anthony Van Dyck
" Jupiter and Antiope", 1630 Anthony Van Dyck -------------------------------------------------------------------- displays his talent as a figure painter
" Satyr as Guest at Farmer's Table", 1645 Jacob Jordaens -------------------------------------------------------------------- Based on Asop fable - did 3 of these paintings
" Homage to Pomona" 1623 Jacob Jordaens --------------------------------------------------------------------- Pomona is goddess of fruit trees- Roman
" Landscape with Christ and his Deciples" Jan Wildens
" Market Stall", 1614 Frans Snyders --------------------------------------------------------------------- Painted for Ruben's still life, meat, fruit, markets.
Flowers by jan Broughel ( the elder) --------------------------------------------------------------------- painted Ruben's flowers
" Allegory of Earth" 1618 Jan Broughel ( the elder ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------Adam and Eve in distance - painted on copper plates- gave off jewel like surface- nick named ' The Velvet Broughel '.
" Entry of the Animals into Noah's Ark" 1613 Jan Broughel ( the elder)
" The Smokers" 1635 Adriaen Brouwer
" Picture Gallery of the Archduke Leopold" 1650 David Teniers
" Feast of St. Nicholas" 1660 Jan Steen
" The world upside down", 1665 Jan Steen
" Slaughtered Swine", 1678 Adriaen van Ostade
" The Super Party", 1620 Gerard Van Honthorst -------------------------------------------------------------------
" The Flute Player", 1621 Hendrick Ter Brugghen
" The Calling of S. Matthew", 1621 Hendrick Ter Brugghen -------------------------------------------------------------------- compare to carravaggio's - this shows evidence of his long stay in Rome and Itatlian influence - typical Dutch habit to illustrate reality
" Boy with a Pipe" Hendrick Ter Brugghen" -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub-theme= use of tobacco/pipe. - Tobacco smoking started in Holland.
" Self Portrait" Judith Leyster
"The Young Flute Player", 1630-35 Judith Leyster
" The Married Couple", Frans Hals
" The Jolly Topper" Frans Hals
" Bohemian/Gypsy Girl ", Frans Hals 1625
" The Witch of Harlem" Frans Hals -------------------------------------------------------------------- shows spontaneity - actually had a pet owl - foreshadows 19th century paintings - limited pallet ( element of melancholy ).
" Catherina Hooft",1620 Frans Hals -------------------------------------------------------------------- take notice of Hal's style change - this records the baby's wealth
" Assembly of the Guard", 1635 Frans Hals -------------------------------------------------------------------- Each figure must be painted with individual care, because each figure payed to be in the painting. - Breaths life into the painting
" The Mossy Tree", 1620 Segher Hercules
" The Lamentation", 1620 Hercules Seghers
" Rocky Landscape with Ship's Riggings", 1620 Seghers, Hercules
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), Portrait of Isabella Brant, ca. 1621-22
" Night Watch" 1642 Rembrandt -------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally rejected - height of his career - paints himself in the portrait - 28 adults 3 children -men are preparing for a parade - edges were once cut off to fit inside a building ( edges forever lost)
" The Jewish Bride", 1666 Rembrandt -------------------------------------------------------------------- we do not know who these figures are - gold leaf employed into the sleeve
" Danae", 1636 Rembrandt --------------------------------------------------------------------- a major 19th century methodology - once was attacked with acid
" The Anatomy Lesson", 1632 Rembrandt --------------------------------------------------------------------- Corpse is at a diagonal to highlight space - Creates a mood that reminds us of our own inevitable destiny.
" The Blinding of Sampson", Rembrandt --------------------------------------------------------------------- triangular composition - most violent of all his work - done at height of his career
" Self Portrait on a Stone Still" 1639, Rembrandt
" The Three Trees", 1643 Rembrandt --------------------------------------------------------------------- Turned to Nature during this time for comfort ( during the 1640's his wife died and his finances became an issue, along with his career) - brings great emotion to this picture - takes an intimate/ ordinary theme and makes it a lasting song of beauty - *ORDINARY SUBJECT TURNED INTO PURE ARTISTIC EXPRESSION- CHARACTERISTIC OF A GENIUS, AND A GENIUS HE WAS.
" Dr. Faustus in his Study", 1652 Rembrandt --------------------------------------------------------------------
" The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds", 1634 Rembrandt --------------------------------------------------------------------- all linear - etching is a linear process NOT TONAL
" Woman with an Arrow", 1661 Rembrandt --------------------------------------------------------------------- not an arrow, actually a bed curtain cord - she is not alone ( notice man's face in background )
" Jupiter and Antiope", 1659 Rembrandt
" The Lace Maker" Rembrandt ****