Art History study guide for Vance test; Chapters 24-28
What was Carracci best known for?
"classical" landscape settings that take precedence over the narrative of his painting
What was the enlightenment?
A major factor in the political, social, and economic changes was the intellectual movement.
Fans Hals
Archers of Saint Hadrian
Who was the leading female painter of this time and where did she draw influence from?
Artemisia Gentileschi. Caravaggio.
Guido Reni
Aurora, Casino Rospigliosi
Caravaggio
Calling of Saint Matthew
How Did Caravaggio get his start? How did he break with traditions? How did critics respond to his work?
Caravaggio developed a distinctive personal style that had a tremendous influence throughout Europe. Caravaggio was criticized for the "imitation of common and vulgar things" for destroying the authority of antiquity and Raphael.
Bernini
David
Peter Paul Rubens
Elevation of the Cross
Carracci
Flight into Egypt
How is Jacques-Louis David's Death of Marat related to the French Revolution?
He wanted it to serve not only as a record of important events during the french revolution and to provide inspiration and encouragement to the French Revolution.
Who made still-life an important genre in 17th century Spain? What did he call his paintings?
Juan Sanchez Cotan. "offerings to the virgin"
Artemisisa Gentileschi
Judith slaying Holofernes
Jose de Ribera
Martyrdom of Saint Phillip
What role did still-life paintings play in the art of 17th century Flanders?
Most 17th century artist specialized in still-life painting.
What is Fete Galante, and who is responsible for creating this genre of painting?
Paintings depicted the outdoor entertainment or amusements of French high society. Antoine Watteau.
Who was the greatest 17th century Flemish painter? Who was he influenced by?
Peter Paul Rubens. Michelangelo and Caravaggio
Who painted nearly 70 self-portraits?
Rembrandt Van Rijn
Pan-European Style
Rubens built on the innovations of the Italian Renaissance and Baroque masters
What role did portraiture play?
Self-Portraits
How does Bernini's David differ from others we have seen?
Showing David in the heat of combat.
Cotan
Still Life with Game Fowl
When and where did the Rococo style first appear? What are the characteristics of Rococo?
The 18th century in Paris. New softer style.
Rembrandt
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
Who was the leading patron of art in the 17th century Italy and what was their goal?
The catholic church. Their goal was to restore Roman Catholicism's predominance
How did 17th century artworks influence later theater and photographic arts?
The painter's use of light to reveal subtleties of mood and character.
Tenebrism
The use of dark settings in Caravaggio's paintings.
Pietro De Cortona
Triumph of the Barberini
Pieter Claesz
Vanitas Still Life
Vermeer
View of delft; woman holding a balance; allegory of the art of painting
camera obscura
a darkened enclosure in which images of outside objects are projected through a small aperture or lens onto a facing surface
still life
a picture depicting an arrangement of inanimate objects
Vanitas
a theme in still life painting that stresses the brevity of life and the folly of human vanity
classical landscape
ordered, idealized landscape
Clara Peters
still life with flowers
