Art UIL { Baroque Art Baroque Era 1600-1750 • Religion was not as an important focus in art. • The Netherlands became an important center for art. • The Dutch began to buy original works of art for their homes. • They began to paint in the open market. • Landscapes became as important as people. • Baroque art has a great sense of movement and emotion. • You will usually see a strong contrast between light and dark. • Towards the end of the period, the more delicate Rococo style became popular with the wealthy. • Rococo art was graceful, decorative, fancy and frilly.”

• This is the first painting we will study in the Baroque period. • It was oil on wood. • Early still life artists wanted to create an image so lifelike that viewers would feel as though they were seeing real objects. • He did this painting by looking at previous sketches of individual flowers . • Paintings like this cost less than the rare flowers they portrayed. • Beert was one of the earliest still life painters in the city on Antwerp.

• A sibyl is a woman with the ability to foretell future events. • Scholars believe Gentileschi’s daughter posed for the painting. • Notice the popular light and dark theme of the Baroque era. • Tiny details and highlights bring this piece to life.

• This artist’s original name was Claude Gelee. • He was most usually called Claude. • He sold his paintings all over Europe. • Claude was fascinated with the beauty of the countryside of Rome. • Ancient ruins like the small temple on the top of the rock are common features in his work.

• Ribera created religious pieces to serve the needs of the Catholic Church. • He often showed a single figure against a plain background. • He used very active brushwork to make his cloth look real, his wrinkles, hairs on his head etc. • Ribera was born in Spain and had the nickname “The Little Spaniard.”

• This Dutch piece shows the landscape of the Netherlands. • Notice the perspective of the ships that give depth. • Historians aren’t sure how de Verwer received his training as an artist. He was a cabinet maker originally. • He painted early views of Paris and created pen and ink drawings of French sea ports.

• Cuyp never traveled out of the Netherlands. • He was called “The Dutch Claude” after Claude Lorrain because of his warmly lit and peaceful landscapes. • There is great depth and perspective in this painting. Light and shadows, warm colors, details and soft edges create a very lifelike piece of art.

• Hunting with falcons or other birds of prey was a popular pastime for the Dutch nobility. • The light shining from the left gives a clear impression of bright daylight. • Pierson was educated to become a merchant. He was taught to paint by a friend. • People were often fooled by the illusions he created.

• The popularity of genre paintings began in the Netherlands quickly spread to other places. • This small image would have been good for a private residence. It is created on a sheet of copper 9 inches high by 6 inches wide. • Crespi’s sense of humor got him in trouble once. He had to leave town for a time after creating a cartoon showing an important man with a dead chicken.

• Ricci was born in a smaller town, but moved to Venice as a teenager to study painting. • He often worked with his nephew, Marco. For works they created together, Sebastiano painted the figures and Marco painted the architecture and landscapes.

• The Rococo style developed in France showed subjects that were usually wealthy and the amusements and recreations they enjoyed. • Lancret often used ballet or theater in his works. • He created more than 700 paintings for wealthy and royal patrons during his career. • Frederick the Great of Germany displayed 26 of Lancret’s paintings in his palace.