RICKMANSWORTH U3A ART APPRECIATION GROUP The Period 1600 - 1725

March 2018 Baroque Classicism

A specific style of baroque art that draws heavily on classical influences.' (Papertrell) Artists such as: Charles Lebrun, Claude Lorrain, , Francois Perrier

Claude Lorrain 1604/5? – 1682 Landscape with the Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah ('The Mill’) 1648 Oil on canvas 152 x 201 cm National Gallery

Chosen by Della Mascarenhus Nicolas Poussin 1594 - 1665 Et in Arcadia ego The Arcadian Shepherds 1637-8 Oil on canvas 87 x 120 cm Musee du

Chosen by Della Mascarenhus Acis and Galatea, 1629 by Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) Oil on Canvas, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin

Chosen by Alan Ruston Pastoral Landscape with a Mill 1634 by Claude Lorrain (1604/5-1682) Oil on Canvas, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Chosen by Alan Ruston Harbour Scene at Sunset 1643 by Claude Lorrain (1604/5-1682) Oil on Canvas, , Windsor Castle

Chosen by Alan Ruston Adoration of the Golden Calf 1642 by François Perrier (1594–1649) Oil on Canvas Capitoline Museums, Rome

Chosen by Alan Ruston Venus Clipping ’s Wings, ca. 1655, by (1619-1690) Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico

Chosen by Alan Ruston Ceiling with martial glorification of Louis XIV 1681-84 by Charles Le Brun (1619-1690) ,

Chosen by Alan Ruston Pietism

'A form of religious devotion in which the artwork itself plays a central role'. (...isms Understanding Art) Artists such as: Gianlorenzo Bernini, Claudio Coello, Pietra Da Cotona, Giovanni Battista Gaulli, Luca Giordano, El Greco etc.

March 2018 Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1617 - 1682) The Apparition of the Virgin to Saint Ildefonso C 1655. Oil on canvas, 31 x 26 cm Prado Madrid

El Greco (1541 – 1614) St Ildefonso 1603-05 Oil on canvas, 1 9 x 10 cm Hospital de la Caridad, Illescas

Chosen by Jean Dodds Bartolome Esteban Murillo The Apparition of the Virgin to Saint Ildefons Prado Madrid Chosen by Jean Dodds . Filippino Lippi 1457-1504 The Madonna appears to St Bernard of Clairveau 1486 Oil on panel 210 x 195cm Florence

Chosen by Bob Wallace engraving The Lactation of Saint Bernard. The Virgin Mary is shooting milk into the eye of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux from her right breast which allegedly miraculously cured an eye affliction.

Chosen by Bob Wallace Francesco Ribalta Christ Embracing St Bernard 1625 -27 Oil on canvas 158 x 113cm Madrid

Chosen by Bob Wallace Edwin Landseer 1802-1873 Alpine dogs reanimating a distressed traveller 1820 Oil on canvas Private Collection

Chosen by Bob Wallace

Saint Bernard de Menthon Allegoricism

'The subject of the artwork .... is used to symbolize a deeper moral or spiritual meaning.' (Tate Gallery)

Artists such as: Claude Lorrain, Nicolas Poussin, Jan Vermeer, Simon Vouet, Simon Vouet 1590-1649 Self-portrait 1626-7 Oil on canvas Musee des Beaux-Arts Lyon Chosen by Paddy Padget Simon Vouet 1590-1649 The Crucifiction 1622 38 x 22 cm Oil on canvas

The ill-matched couple (Vanitas), c. 1621, Chosen by Paddy Padget National Museum, Simon Vouet 1590-1649 Overcome by Love, Hope and Beauty 1627 Oil on canvas

Chosen by Paddy Padget Simon Vouet 1590-1649 La Vierge au Rameau de Chene The Madonna with an oak branch 1626-7 Oil on canvas Musee des Beaux-Arts Lyon

Chosen by Paddy Padget Simon Vouet 1590-1649 La Richesse The Allegory of Wealth 1640 Oil on canvas The Louvre

Chosen by Paddy Padget Simon Vouet 1590-1649 The Allegory of Prudence 1645 117 x 91 cm Oil on canvas Musee Fabre, Montpellier

Chosen by Paddy Padget Beatelund

Chosen by Pamela Saunders