Chapter 3.6 Art of Renaissance and Europe PART 3 HISTORY AND CONTEXT The Baroque 1600-1730

▪ Artwork characteristics:

◆ Emphasis on light

◆ Diversity of approaches - genre painting

◆ Dramatic movement and theatrical compositions

◆ The emotional moment is captured

◆ Drama, action, the ultimate moment of an event

◆ Genre painting, portraiture

Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, M. Kathryn Shields Gianlorenzo Bernini, Apollo and Daphne, 1622–4. Carrara marble, 8’ high. Gallería Borghese, Rome, Italy Chapter 1.5 Time and Motion PART 1 FUNDAMENTALS Gianlorenzo Bernini, Apollo and Daphne

▪ Illustrates a story from ancient Greek mythology in which the sun god Apollo falls madly in love with the wood nymph Daphne ▪ To convey the action, Bernini uses diagonal lines in the flowing drapery, limbs, and hair. Everything follows that twisting, upwards movement, reinforcing it. ▪ Texture of leaves in hair and fingers, trunk enveloping torso and feet turning into roots ▪ At the pivotal moment in the story, the scene is suddenly frozen in time-the exact moment she is turning into a laurel tree to escape the pursuing Apollo

Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, M. Kathryn Shields ▪Bernini’s David ◆ Baroque ◆ Designed to be viewed in the round ◆ Dynamic energy of pose ◆ Even the muscles in his face are tensed ◆Motion, emotion, action are heightened to portray that ultimate moment

Gianlorenzo Bernini, David, 1623. Marble, 5’7” high. Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy Look at these three versions of David Caravaggio The Entombment 1600 (left) The Crucifixion of Saint Peter 1601 (right) Use of tenebrism for dramatic effect. Heightens the emotion and directs our attention to the focal point. The Martyrdom of Saint Serapion 1628 Fransisco Zubaran

He made two journeys for the ransom of captives, in 1240. The first was when he purchased the liberty of ninety-eight slaves: the second, in which he redeemed eighty-seven, but remained himself a hostage for the full payment of the money.[5][8] During the last captive exchange the ransom money took too long to reach Algiers and Serapion was killed. OR Captured in Scotland by English pirates, Serapion was bound by the hands and feet to two poles, and was then beaten, dismembered, and disemboweled. Finally, his neck was partly severed, leaving his head to dangle Diego Velasquez Las Meninas 1656 Court Painter to Philip II of Spain Portrait of the Infanta Maria Theresa 1653 Diego Velaquez The Northern Artists of the Baroque The Raising of the Cross Focus on Christ’s body Strong diagonal lines Bright light Muscular body Twisting movement Amplifies the action And direction Tenebrism

Peter Paul Rubens, center panel from The Raising of the Cross, 1610–11. Oil on canvas, 5’1⅛” × 11’1⅞”. Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp, Belgium The Disembarkation at Marseilles 1625 Peter Paul Rubenss The Marie de' Medici Cycle is a series of twenty- four paintings commissioned by Marie de Medici, widow of Henry IV of France. The project was to be completed within two years, coinciding with the marriage of Marie's daughter,. Twenty-one of the paintings depict Marie's own struggles and triumphs in life.

History painting used for self- grandisement van Rijn The Nightwatch 1642 Rembrandt van Rijn Return of the Prodigal Son 1663 Rembrandt van Rijn Aristotle with the Bust of Homer (detail) 1653 Rembrandt 1655,The Flayed Ox Genre painting or art with scenes depicting everyday life is becoming more important .Very popular in the Northern European painting tradition Young Woman with a Water Pitcher Jan(Johannes)Vermeer 1660

Jan (Johannes) Vermeer Woman Reading a Letter 1663 The Art of Painting Jan Vermeer 1666 Hyacinthe Rigaud Portrait of Louis XIV 1700 End of the Baroque and the beginning of the Rococo period in art The Palace at Versailles 1671-1715 Louis Le Vau, (interior) Andre Le Notre (landscape) The Queen’s Bedchamber The Gallery of Great Battles