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Judith Beheading Holofernes Galleria Degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy Time Line • Sack of Rome (1527) • Renaissance (16th- Early 17th) • Council of Trent (1545–63) • Brief Style - Mannerism • Baroque (Late 17th- Early 18th) • Rococco (1700-1760 aka 1800’s) Middle Ages Madonna Enthroned Madonna Enthroned Early Italian Renaissance Early Italian Renaissance egg tempera painting egg tempera painting 1310 1280 by Giotto by Cimabue Renaissance (Rebirth) §Triangular Composition §Atmosphere §Linear Perspective §Emotion §Primary Color Palette Holy Trinity Italian Renaissance §Religious/Patrons fresco 1425 by Masaccio Italian Renaissance Leonardo Da Vinci Virgin on the Rocks.1495-1508 Raphael. School Of Athens 1510-11. Fresco Oil on Panel, 189.5 x 120 cm Stanza della Segnatura, Palazzi Pontifici, Vatican National Gallery, London Italian Renaissance Northern Renaissance Arnolfini Wedding Portrait David oil on wood marble sculpture 1434 1501-4 by Jan Van Eyck by Michelangelo Mannerism Parmigianino Pontormo Virgin with the Long Neck (1535) Entombment (1525-8). Baroque Portugese- a pearl of irregular shape •Primary colors •Compositions – Complex and Contradictory – Dynamic and Diagonal – This creates a sense of tension and movement • Lighting- Intense Shadows and Shading (Chiaroscuro) • Content (Middle of the action/emotional) –Italian: Mainly Catholic Countries/subject matter Religious themes with some Greek and roman inspired work - Northern: Not as religious, although Vanitas (life-cycle still lives), eventually leads to Rococo Artists • Italy • The North: - Painters: • Claesz •Rembrandt • Caravaggio • Rubens • Artemísia Gentileschi • Carracci (There are 3) - Sculptors: • Bernini • Giambologna Italian Baroque Caravaggio The Supper at Emmaus by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, 1601 Oil on canvas. National Gallery, London Carravaggio Carravaggio The Conversion of St. Paul The Sacrifice of Isaac Caravaggio. Bacchus. c.1597. Oil on canvas. Judith Beheading Holofernes Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. c. 1598; Oil on canvas, 56 3/4 x 76 3/4 in; Galleria Nazionale dell'Arte Antica, Rome This is a painting of Caravaggio by Ottavio Leoni. Artemísia Gentileschi Artemisia Gentileschi - Self-Portrait as a Lute Player Mary Magdalene Pitti Caravaggio Judith Beheading Holofernes, oil on canvas Artemisia Gentileschi Judith Beheading Holofernes, oil on canvas Artemisia Gentileschi Condottiero Bologna Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes, oil on canvas Title: 'Esther Before Ahasuerus' Painter: Artemisia Gentileschi Year: 1628-35 Carracci (There are 3) Annibale Carracci Paesaggio con la fuga in Egitto"1604 Galleria Doria Pamphilij Roma. Annibale Carracci L'Assunta (S.Maria del Popolo a Roma) Pieta Painting by Annibale Carracci Annibale Carracci Assumption of the Virgin Christ Appearing to St. Peter on the Appian Way (St. Peter) The Coronation of the Virgin, after 1595, Annibale Carracci (Italian, Bolognese), Oil on canvas (1971.155) Annibale Carracci The Dead Christ Mourned ('The Three Maries') Lodovico Carracci about 1604, Bargellini Madonna (1588) Oil on canvas, 282 x 188 cm Bernini Bernini. Ecstasy of St. Theresa Cornaro Chapel. The short version… The god Apollo slights Eros, the god of love, who gets revenge by shooting arrows at Apollo and a girl, Daphne. Apollo falls in love while Daphne hates him. Daphne's father, pressures her to get married and bear him grandchildren but she refuses. Finally, to escape Apollo she begs and pleads for her father to save her, he does…by turning her into a tree. Bernini, Apollo and Daphne, Marble,1622-1625 As the story goes…. Persephone had grown into a beautiful young woman, with a smile for everyone. One day, while picking flowers in the fields, Hades, her uncle, the god of the underworld, noticed her. Hades was normally a gloomy fellow. But Persephone’s beauty had dazzled him. He fell in love instantly. Quickly, before anyone could interfere, he kidnapped Persephone and hurled his chariot down into the darkest depths of the underworld, taking Persephone with him. Locked in a room in the Hall of Hades, Persephone cried and cried. She refused to speak to Hades. And she refused to eat. Legend said if you ate anything in Hades, you could never leave. She did not know if the legend was true, but she did not want to risk it in case someone came to rescue her. Nearly a week went by. Finally, unable to bear her hunger, Persephone ate six pomegranate seeds. It seemed her fate was sealed. She would have to live in the Underworld forever. Meanwhile, back on earth, Zeus was worried about the crops. The people would die if the crops failed. If that happened, who would worship Zeus? He had to do something. Zeus did what he often did. He sent Hermes, his youngest son, the messenger, to crack a deal, this time with Hades. Even as a baby, Hermes was great at making deals. Everyone knew that. But this deal might be the challenge of his life. His uncle Hades, king of the underworld, was really in love. This was no passing fancy. When Hermes heard that Persephone had eaten six pomegranate seeds, he had to think quickly. The deal he made with Hades was that if Persephone would marry Hades, she would live as queen of the underworld for six months out of the year. However, each spring, Persephone would return and live on earth for the other six months of the year. Hades agreed. Zeus agreed. Persephone agreed. And finally, Demeter agreed. Each spring, Demeter makes sure all the flowers bloom in welcome when her daughter, Queen of the Underworld, returns to her. Each fall, when Persephone returns to Hades, Demeter cries, and lets all Bernini, The Rape of Persephone, Marble, 1621-1622 the crops die until spring, when the cycle starts again. http://greece.mrdonn.org/greekgods/demeter.html Bernini , David, Michelangelo , David Marble 1623 marble 1501-4 Giambologna Samson and Philistine Giovanni Bologna (Giambologna) (1529-1608). Italy, 1500-50, Marble Death of the Centaur (Hercules killing centaur) Northern Baroque Vanitas - The word is Latin, meaning "emptiness" and loosely translated corresponds to the meaninglessness of earthly life and the transient nature of vanity. Willem Claesz. Still Life, 1634, Oil on panel, 16 7/8 x 22 7/8 in., Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam Rembrandt Rembrandt The Night Watch, Oil on Canvas, 1642 Rembrandt,The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp, 1632 Rembrandt Descent from the Cross, 1634 Rembrandt, Supper at Emmaus, 1628 The Return of the Prodigal son, 1662 Rubens Peter Paul Rubens " The Fall of Phaeton" 1605 oil on canvas The National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C Rubens, Battle of the Amazons, 1618-1620 Rubens, The Last Judgement, 1617 Rubens, The Garden of Love, oil on canvas1630 32 Rococco 1700-1760 aka 1800’s • Little to no religion, Outdoor garden scenes, Pastoral • Lacy, Ornate, Feminine • Gold and Pastel color schemes • Asymmetrical • French Fragonard A Young Girl Reading, c. 1776, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. The Swing (French: L'escarpolette), 1767, Wallace Collection, London Jean-Honoré Fragonard The Meeting (Part of the Progress of Love series), 1771 Watteau Ceres (Summer), 1712 Fetes Venitiennes 1719 22.05 x 18.11 inches / 56 x 46 cm The National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh The Embarkation for Cythera, 1717 Love Song (c. 1717) Boucher The Rising of the Sun .1753 Oil on canvas François Boucher Portrait of the Marquise de 125.20 x 102.76 inches Portrait of woman with roses, Pompadour, 1756 Wallace Collection Rococo Architecture The Rococo Basilica at Ottobeuren (Bavaria) Resources • www.artchive.com • http://www.ibiblio.org • http://www.artlex.com • http://faculty.evansville.edu/rl29/art105/f01/art105-4.html • http://tollelege.wordpress.com/2006/04/26/the-supper-at-emmaus- by-caravaggio/.
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