Chapter 16 Part 5

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Chapter 16Part 5

• Just a little more Baroque
• See Chapter 14 as well

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Baroque Architecture

• Versailles
• El Escorial
• The Winter Palace
• The Schonbrunn
• The Belvedere

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VersaillesLouis XIV France
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El Escorial Philip II Spain
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The Winter PalacePeter the GreatRussia
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The SchonbrunnVienna
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The BelvedereSavoy
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Remember

• Emotion
• Movement
• The Big Idea
• Appeals to the senses
• Started with the Catholic Reformation

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Remember The Ecstasy of St. Teresa by Bernini
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Carvaggio

• Roman
• Much contrast light and dark
• Highly emotional
• BUT criticized for using ordinary people as
  models for Biblical scenes

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CarvaggioSelf Portrait as Bacchus
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Peter Paul ReubensFlemish

• At the Hapsburg Court in Brussels
• Emphasized color and sensuality
• Sensual nudes

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Rubens The Judgment of Paris
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Diego VelazquezSpanishThe Maids of Honor
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Artemisia GentileschiThe Judith Series
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The Dutch Style

• Did not try to overwhelm the viewer
• Reflected the wealth of the Dutch Republic
• Secular subjects portrayed toleration
• Many works commissioned by merchants or
  government organizations

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Rembrandt van Rijn

• One of the greatest of all of the Baroque artists
• BUT does not fit neatly into any one category
• An enormous range of scenes throughout his career
• Used the extreme light and dark of the Baroque
  style
• More intimate and psychological than most
• Used classical restraint

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Rembrandt Samson and Delilah
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Jan Vermeer

• Portrayed ordinary people doing ordinary things

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Jan Vermeer The Milkmaid
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French Classicism

• Late 17th century artists and writers made a
  deliberate effort to imitate classical style
• Subject matter and style of classical iniquity
• Used discipline, balance, restraint
• Similar to that of Italian Renaissance
• Was the official style of Louis XIVs court

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French Classicism

• Subject matter often an incident in Roman History
• Or ideal representations of people, horses, etc
• Buildings were exact models of Roman structures

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French Classicism

• Nicholas Poussin is the best example of an artist
  in this genre
• But Racine, the dramatist, copied the style,
  themes of the ancients in his plays

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Poussin Rape of the Sabine Women
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Baroque Music

• Belief that text should dominate
• Lyrics most important
• The moderns system of major/minor tonality
  developed here
• Much more dissonance than the Renaissance

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Baroque Music

• Monteverdi developed the Opera and modern
  orchestra
• Orfeo was his masterpiece
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• Bach the greatest of the Baroque composers
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• Handel The Messiah
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