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44 Cards in this Set
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Judith Beheading Holofernes, Caravaggio
-Judith looks like she is prissy and isn’t really into it; like she was put up to it instead of actually wanting to kill him |
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Judith Beheading Holofernes, Gentileschi
= * The first woman artist noticed in the book * Story is from the Old Testament |
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Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes
* Moment of tension * The journey isn’t done; they still have to get out of enemy camp * Southern Burrock because of the diagonals, movement, drama, strong light source, candles, rich colors, yellow, white, blues, reds, etc., figures in foreground; up close to the viewers * Located in the Detroit Art Institute |
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Valazques, The Maids of Honor
* Scenes of everyday life; turn of Northern Burrock Period * Focused on texture and detail * Valezques is in the painting, he’s the guy, obviously * Some of the composition is taken up by a canvas * King and Queen are in the mirror; they are supposed to be where we are looking * Guy is framed by the door * Door is echoed throughout the painting through other paintings; frames and rectangular shapes |
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Francisco de Zurbaran, St. Serapion
* Dark background * Close to the picture plane * Strong light source * Diagonals throughout the composition, his arms, x-shaped composition * Motion and drama in face |
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Peter Paul Rubens, The Raising of the Cross
* His family converted from Catholicism and Protestant and then back to Catholicism when his father died * Educated man; diplomat for the Netherlands, author, etc. * Tryptic for alter in Belgium * One image split into three paintings * Strong diagonals, light source, Christ is the center of the image and is also the lightest; most contrast * Dramatic * He isn’t dead yet; which is different from all of the other scenes * 35 foot tall painting * Northern Influence; background isn’t just black, there’s a lot of fabric, lots of hair, plant matter; individual leaves and branches, still close to the picture plane * Influenced by Michelangelo |
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Rubens. Henry IV Receiving the Portrait of Marie de’ Medici
* Shows Henry IV falling in love with Marie; but it’s ironic because they were already married before they met * Hera and Zeus; king and queen of the Gods above * Ares is by Henry IV |
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Rubens, Marie de Medici, Queen of France, Marseilles
* Life is overseen by angelic and godly figures * Marie getting off of the boat * Personification of France who is greeting her as she gets off the boat * Code of Arms is on the boat; Medici * Poseidon's daughters are at the bottom of the picture plane |
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Anthony van Dyck |
* Worked at Ruben’s studio; Ruben influenced his painting style * Traveled throughout Europe painting for people * Didn’t want to compete with Ruben * Ruben is painting portraits * Known for the fabric that he paints in his compositions |
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Anthony van Dyck, Charles I Hunting
* Charles was executed after this painting was finished; was worried he was going to destroy the parliament; married a Catholic; Protestant country, which didn’t fly with everyone else * Picture of him as a ruler; obviously * Servants are there to take care of the animals * Connecting Charles I to great rulers of the past * Putting rulers on horses; horse is bowing * Free, modern, naturalistic; loose, vegetation * Lightness of touch and brushwork that van Dyck does |
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Rembrandt van Rijn, Self Portrait * Can see the brushwork; profound and real way * Rembrandt is an innovative genius; no tight, controlled, brush work |
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Rembrandt van Rijn, Self Portrait * Can see the brushwork; profound and real way * Rembrandt is an innovative genius; no tight, controlled, brush work |
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Rembrandt van Rijn, Bathsheba with King David's Letter
-An intense use of lights and darks; light source -Light focuses on the central nude figure; skin glowing, clearly the focus of the painting -Diagonal composition; there isn't a lot of emotion or drama (which is a distinguishing characteristic of the Southern Baroque) -Bible story; King David and Bathsheba had an affair while she was married, she got pregnant, miscarriage; punishment for having an affair, David sent her husband to the front of the line, he died, this letter was a letter from King David that stated that her husband died -thought of as relating to a time in Rembrandt's life when his mistress was pregnant and could never marry because of inherent issues |
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Rembrandt, The Night Watch of The Company of Frans Banning Cocq.
-Group portrait of the Civic Guard, happening in the Netherlands -Prestigious group of people, revolution in composition, "changing the world of composition" -Moved the figures outside; instead of just sitting at a table, dark painting, but it shouldn't be because it varnished over time -Rembrandt is in the background, behind the central figure in the composition -little girl; camp follower, older woman; help with sexual needs and cooking, has a chicken hanging from her waist; could be there to include a symbol into the painting instead of just a shield in the bottom right |
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Rembrandt, The Hundred Guilder Print
-Guilder is Dutch Money -Scenes from the 19th chapter of the book of Mathew, stories about Jesus and healing miracles -Made out of flint -Glowing central figure; the people around him are sick and need him to heal them; figure next to Christ is Peter - Pharisees are in the background and gossiping about what Christ is doing; healing the poor and the women -Drypoint and etching; combining techniques of print making |
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Genre Scenes |
-Pieces of artwork that are in specific genres; able to be afforded by the middle class -TYPE OF GENRE is a Genre; everyday life, drinking, women having babies, doctor's office, landscape, etc. -Church interiors; from different viewpoints, way to have a devotional image |
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Jan Steen, Feast of St. Nicholas
-Dutch Genre Imagery; whether they have another meaning to the paintings or not -Some children are happy; girl with a doll, the boy who is smiling, there are other children who are crying and yelling
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Jacob van Ruisdael, View of Haarlem with Bleaching Grounds
-Area in the Northern Netherlands, flat fields and the fields have to be drained because they are below sea level - 2/3 is a painting of the sky -Main church in the background -People are trading cloth and linen; bleaching the whites outside to make them clean -The perspective is from a real place that you could stand on and look out toward the fields |
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Jan Vermeer, Woman Holding a Balance
-Classic Genre Scenes -Image is 16" x 14" -Domestic domain of women; interior spaces, and light coming in from the upper left hand corner; often something in the foreground that is blocking the image from the viewer -She is weighing jewelry and she's pregnant; the painting in the background is The Last Judgement -There is a connection to the painting and The Last Judgement; the scale in the scene is related to the weighing of souls -Vermeer is Catholic, accurate materials of life in the painting; all Dutch interiors have square, checkerboard-type tile floor for perspective lines; but there has been evidence that the Dutch floors were never like that |
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Vermeer, View of Delft
-Not really a characteristic of Vermeer; they aren't paintings of women light by a single light source on the left of the picture plane |
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Willem Claesz Haede, Still Life with Oysters
-Example of Northern Painting; Precision, Interested in Light, Textures, etc. -Shows that painters are still being realistic in the North
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Titan, The Venus of Urbino HIGH ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
-People either thought that this was supposed to be a representation on how wives should act or it was the goddess; she is holding flowers, which is a sign of purity, but she is also naked and doing inappropriate things; giving you the "come hither" look -Venus could also be the name of a prostitute |
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Pontormo, Entombment or Pieta MANNERISM
-Scene where they're putting Jesus in the tomb -Christ is dead and the figure on the left -Mary is the figure in the middle -The colors are washed out, acid-y, and flat |
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Michelangelo and Bartolommeo Ammanati, Laurentian Library MANNERISM PIETRA SERENA BROKEN PEDIMENT
-Stairs are the entrance to the library -The stairs are inside -There are repeated figures; arches, columns, and windows -Scroll Brackets don't hold anything -Climenth VII commissioned the library -Columns are scooted into the wall instead of jutting out and supporting the building |
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Cellini, Saltcellar of King Francis I MANNERISM NEPTUNE
-Made to enliven the conversation; conversation starter -Salt shakers to King Francis I -Important because they are one of the only gold objects that lasted through time because people would recycle them -Destabilized composition, mannerism because it's Roman Only work of Cellini still in existence |
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Michelangelo, The Last Judgment, Sistine Chapel, Vatican MANNERISM
-Scene during Dooms Day -Christ is in the middle condemning people to hell; Mary is on his right -Saints on his left; people are being thrown off of the clouds and suffocated by snakes and demons -There is a picture of the priest who ridiculed him in the painting and he's on his way to hell; second circle of hell; circle is lust -Saints are carrying what killed them; guy is carrying his own skin -Commissioned by Paul III -Had to remove the frescos and paint over them -Mary is looking helpless; doesn't want to intervene; Mary has no power |
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Parmagianino, Madonna of the Long Neck MANNERISM
-Based on Michelangelo's Pieta because woman is looking down at baby -Distorted, heavy, and the fingers are super long |
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Matthias Grunewald, Isenheim Altarpiece, closed (St. Sebastian, The Crucifixion, The Lamentation, St. Anthony Abbot) HIGH NORTHERN RENAISSANCE
-Four different scenes; Saint Sabastian; people prayed to him to stop the plague, torturing -Disease makes people look sickly -St. Anthony is on the right; revered as a healer -Predella; the Lamentation of Christ |
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Matthias Grunewald, Isenheim Altarpiece, The Annunciation, Madonna and Child with Angels, and the Resurrection HIGH NORTHERN RENAISSANCE
-Hyper attention to detail -Only put it out during Easter -All joyful events; opposite of the St. Sebastian, The Crucifixion, The Lamentation, St. Anthony Abbot -Resurrection on the right is important because of the composition; Christ is moving |
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Durer, Adam and Eve HIGH NORTHERN RENAISSANCE FOUR HUMORS
-Animals in the picture symbolize different sins -Mice that Adam is about to release symbolizes the devil -Cat is Choleric; quick to anger, ox; phlegmatic, lethargic and slow, elk; melancholic, sand and serious, rabbit; energetic and sensual |
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Durer, Self-Portrait HIGH NORTHERN RENAISSANCE
-Trained as an goldsmith and a wood printer -Traveled between North and South; Italy when having the Renaissance -South: painting; parameters are centralized; looks a lot like Jesus -North: hair and fur emphasized, black background is a characteristic of the north |
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Durer, The Four Apostles HIGH NORTHERN RENAISSANCE
-St. John is in front of peter on the left -Paul is in front of Mart on the right -Shows that Durer supported Luther and Lutherism because Peter is the first pope; in background; Paul wrote letters; in the front of Mark |
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Return of the Hunters HIGH NORTHERN RENAISSANCE
-Genre painting; pictures of everyday life -Like the Limbourg Brothers; like the calendar
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Caravaggion, The Calling of St. Matthew, Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome SOUTHERN BAROQUE
-Different; ornate, ellabrate, buildings and sculptures, diagonal poles, asymmetrical composition, loose, free technique, wasn't very structured, rich colors, dramatic chiaro scuro -Marriage of architecture and sculpture -Role of the viewer changes; observer is expected to be involved; intellectual reaction, clarity of the context
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Caravaggio, The Conversion of St. Paul, Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome SOUTHERN BAROQUE
-Oil -Tenebrism - dramatic lights and darks -Color scheme is rich -Close to the picture plane -X Figure in the painting |
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Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes SOUTHERN BAROQUE
-Biblical story; Judith goes into the general's tent and tried to seduce him; he wanted to have sex with her; she gets him too drunk and then chops off his head -Influenced by Carravagio -Dramatic lights and tension in the picture -First woman painter to be introduced -Had been raped during her life which is why she paints these scenes -Sacrifice for the nation; underdog is winning |
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Artemisia Gentilleschi, Judith Slaying Holofernes SOUTHERN BAROQUE
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Aerial view of St. Peter's, Rome, colonnade by Gianlorenzo Bernini SOUTHERN BAROQUE
-Meant to look like the church is spreading their arms; welcoming its followers -Rood of side columns are tapered in a way that the dome and the building under the dome is supposed to be closer -One fountain originally but added another to have symmetry |
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Bernin, Baldacchino, St. Peter's, Rome CHAIR OF ST. PETER is in the background POPE URBAN VIII
-Interior Needed a Focal Point -Baldacchino means The Canopy -Made out of Bronze and Gold -Took Bronze from ancient Roman Sculpture to make this structure -Super heavy and super expensive -Urban VIII commissioned; from Barberini family; code of arms which is bees; naked babies are called Pooti -Above the grave of St. Peter -Vines symbolize wine which is the blood of Christ -Laurel and suns also part of Urban's code of arms |
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Francesco Borromini, San Carlo alle Quattro Fontante, Rome
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Francesco Borromini, Plan of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome SOUTHERN BAROQUE
-Important because of its convex and concave surfaces -There are a lot of different shapes -Doesn't seem possible that that many shapes could exist in one space -Merged sculpture and architecture |
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Dome of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome SOUTHERN BAROQUE
-Natural light is coming from the top of the dome, but Borromini hid this light; many windows |
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Bernini, David SOUTHERN BAROQUE
-Height 5'7" -Marble, important because it forced the viewer to be part of the story -Only David that's in movement; not standing still |
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Bernini, The Ecstasy of St. Teresa (Full Chapel View), Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome SOUTHERN BAROQUE
-Church just needed a sculpture so they asked Bernini; sculpture was controversial -12' tall -Has hidden windows behind the pedament -When the light shines down, it looks like the sun's rays; natural light -Super sensual -Shoved Catholicism back into the art field because it showed that Catholic religion has emotion; not all servitude; can get pleasure -Showed that Saints and Angels were important to the religion as well |