The old way – a network of loyalties SUMMARY – BAROQUE ART
POLITICS:POLITICS: emergence emergence of of The The State State CITY CITY ART:ART:light,light, motion, motion, drama, drama,complex,complex, ornamented, ornamented, convoluted,convoluted,diagonaldiagonal CHURCHCHURCH still still an an active active patron patron with with the the energy energy of of the the CounterCounter--ReformationReformation CITY ROYALROYAL patronage patronage & & PRIVATE PRIVATE patronage patronage shape shape tastes tastes tootoo CITY IDEAS:IDEAS: scientific scientific method method Note: this summary IS different from the textbook’s
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p. 278-79 Baroque Artists
•• ChangeChange from from church church to to absolute absolute monarchymonarchy - El Greco - Spain •• ExemplifiedExemplified by by Louis Louis 14th 14th and and Versailles Versailles - Caravaggio - Italy •• anan insult insult --““grotesquegrotesque””-- appliedapplied to to - Bernini – Italy designdesign & & architecture architecture - Rubens - France •• comescomes to to mean: mean: light, light, energy, energy, motion, motion, - Rembrant – Holland dramadrama in in painting painting & & sculpture sculpture - Vermeer - Holland
El Greco, The Burial of Count Orgaz, 1586
p. 254 (Ch 9)
Baroque Detail, The Burial •• comescomes to to mean: mean: light, light, energy, energy, motion, motion, … dramadrama •• also:also: complex,complex, ornamented, ornamented, convolutedconvoluted Detail, The El Greco Burial… View of Toledo c. 1597 Oil on canvas 47 3/4 x 42 3/4 in.
2-faced woman El Greco Detail, Laocoon 1608-1614 The Burial… Oil on canvas 142 x 193 cm
El Greco
The Adoration of Detail, the The Burial… Shepherds
The Resurrection The Opening of FromFrom the the Renaissance Renaissance stability stability the Fifth Seal (The ofof the the triangle triangle Vision of St John) oror pyramid pyramid 1608-14 (the(the balance balance valued valued in in Classicism)Classicism) to to the the DRAMATICDRAMATIC DIAGONAL DIAGONAL ofof the the Baroque Baroque
Caravaggio The Calling of St. Matthew, c. 1600
KEY IMAGE p. 264
CaravaggioCaravaggio
••Murderous,Murderous, difficult difficult personality personality ••perhapsperhaps as as notorious notorious as as famous famous ••workedworked from from life life directly directly in in oil, oil, no no intervening intervening sketching sketching The diffuse ••controversialcontroversial style style––consideredconsidered sacrilegious sacrilegious by by some some soft, even light ••usedused contemporary contemporary peasants peasants & & common common settings settings for for of the BiblicalBiblical stories stories Renaissance ••followersfollowers called called““CaravaggistiCaravaggisti”” ••reputationreputation languished; languished; rehabilitated rehabilitated in in 20 20thth--CenturyCentury ••onlyonly about about 50 50 surviving surviving works works CARAVAGGIO Bacchus c. 1597 Oil on canvas 37 3/8 x 33 1/2 in
Supper at Emmaus, c.1601
Caravaggio Amor Vincit Omnia c. 1601-02 Oil on canvas 75 1/4 x 58 1/4 in
CARAVAGGIO The Crucifixion of Saint Peter 1600-1601 Oil on canvas 90 1/2 x 70 in Gentileschi, Judith Slaying Holofernes, 1620
FAMOUS FEMALE ARTIST; A CARAVAGGISTI
p. 265; on final!
Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel detail
Caravaggio, The Bernini, Conversion of Ecstasy of St. St. Paul, Teresa, 1600-1601 1647-52
KEY IMAGE pp. 260-261 Bernini, Bernini, Ecstasy of St. Baldacchino of St. Teresa, Peters 1647-52 1624-33 Gilt bronze, Height approx. 100 ft.
p. 258
Bernini, David, 1623-24
p. 257
Vatican p. 262
Bernini, Baldacchino of St. Peters 1624-33 Gilt bronze, Height approx. 100 ft.
p. 258 Velazquez, Las Meninas, 1656
p. 270
SUMMARY – BAROQUE ART
POLITICS:POLITICS: emergence emergence of of The The State State ART:ART:light,light, motion, motion, drama, drama,complex,complex, ornamented, ornamented, convoluted,convoluted,diagonaldiagonal CHURCHCHURCH still still an an active active patron patron with with the the energy energy of of the the CounterCounter--ReformationReformation ROYALROYAL patronage patronage & & PRIVATE PRIVATE patronage patronage shape shape tastes tastes tootoo IDEAS:IDEAS: scientific scientific method method