Art of the Dutch and Spanish Masters

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Art of the Dutch and Spanish Masters
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Who Are They?

• El Greco (1541-1614)
• Velasquez (1599 -1660)
• Rubens (1577-1640)
• Rembrandt (1606-1669)
• Vermeer (1632-1675 )

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El Greco

• 1541-1614
• born on the island of Crete
• his real name was Domenikos Theotocopoulos
• painter, sculptor, and architect who settled in
  Spain and is regarded as the first great genius
  of the Spanish School
• Influenced by Venetian painters of late
  Renaissance Titian and Tintoretto

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Religious Paintings

• Via Crucis Pieta (1657)

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Scenes from Christs Life

• Adoration of the Shepherds Baptism
  of Christ

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Cult of the Saints

• St Francis(1597) St. Paul (1614)

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• Burial of the Count of Orgaz

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• Laocoon and His Sons (1610)

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Velasquez

• 1599-1660
• Spain's greatest painter was also one of the
  supreme artists of all time.
• A master of technique
• lived in Madrid as court painter
• paintings include landscapes, mythological and
  religious subjects, scenes from common life, and
  portraits of court notables

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Court Painter

• Self Portrait (1640) Infanta Margarita (1656)

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• Las Meninas (1656)

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Philip IV

• 1624 1632

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Genre Paintings

• Dwarf Old Woman Frying Eggs (1618)

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The Landscape of War

• Surrender at Breda 1635

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Spinning in Spain

• Las Hilanderas c. 1657

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Peter Paul Rubens

• 1577-1640
• Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation painter
• received his early training as an artist and a
  courtier
• 8 years in Italy Venice and Rome
• dominant artistic figure in the Spanish
  Netherlands
• Diplomatic duties (1625-29)

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Counter-Reformation Art

• Elevation of the Cross (1611) Descent from
  Cross(1614)

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Cult of the Saints

• Four Evangelists (1614) St. Sebastian (1618)

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Political Portraits

• Apotheosis of Henry IV and Declaration of Regency
  1610

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• The Arrival of Marie de Medici at Marseilles
  (1626)

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• The Three Graces (1640)

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Rembrandt van Rijn

• 1606-1669
• Dutch painter, draftsman, and etcher
• Portraits and self-portraits exhibit a profound
  penetration of character
• record of contemporary Amsterdam life
• master of light and shadow
• influenced by the work of Caravaggio

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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

• 1629

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As A Not So Young Man

• 1640 1660

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As A Dying Man
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Ordinary Dutch Life

• Conversation of Mennonite Minister and His Wife

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A Dutch Scholar 1631
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• Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicholas Tulp (1632)

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The Night Watch (1642)
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Abraham and Isaac (1634)
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Johannes Vermeer

• 1632-1675
• Lived in Delft all his life
• Only 35 paintings known
• Most portray figures in meticulously constructed
  interiors
• Genre paintings in which the principal figure is
  engaged in some everyday activity
• a master at depicting the way light illuminates
  objects

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Impact of the Voyages of Discovery

• The Astronomer (1668) The Geographer (1689)

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• The Milkmaid (1658-1660) Woman in Blue
  Reading
• a Letter (1662 1664)

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• Girl With A Pearl Earring (1665-1666)

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• Woman Holding A Balance

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• Detail

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