Baroque
92. Woman Holding a Balance. Johannes Vermeer. c. 1664 C.E. Oil on canvas, 15 5/8" x 14". National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
everyday life Camera obsura, dark room
91. Las Meninas. Diego Velázquez. c. 1656 C.E. Oil on canvas, 10'5" x 9' ½". Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.
king and queen in the mirror back there mostly about life and looking at things Established the importance of artist
95. The Virgin of Guadalupe (Virgen de Guadalupe). Miguel González. c. 1698 C.E. Based on original Virgin of Guadalupe. Basilica of Guadalupe, Mexico City. 16th century C.E. Oil on canvas on wood, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, 39" x 27 ½". Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California.
light radiating around figure Depicts image of Mary from the Book of Revelations she's not white-- celebration of indigenous people in Latin America
96. Fruit and Insects. Rachel Ruysch. 1711 C.E. Oil on wood, 1'4" x 1'9". Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy.
memento more (b/c of the fly)
87. Self-Portrait with Saskia. Rembrandt van Rijn. 1636 C.E. Etching, 3'4" x 3'1". Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England.
acid etching
97. Spaniard and Indian Produce a Mestizo. Attributed to Juan Rodríguez Juárez. c. 1715 C.E. Oil on canvas, 2'6" x 3'4". Breamore House, Hampshire, UK.
High status Spaniard and his wife, a high status indigenous woman slave is holding baby in middle family is happy, content -- ideal situation theory - purpose was to be sent to Mexico and Spain as a warning of interracial relationships
89. Ecstasy of Saint Teresa. Cornaro Chapel, Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria. Rome, Italy. Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c. 1647-1652 C.E. Marble (sculpture); stucco and gilt bronze (chapel). - height of the sculptural group 11'6".
Overly sensual Figures in box seats,
86. Henri IV Receives the Portrait of Marie de' Medici, from the Marie de' Medici Cycle. Peter Paul Rubens. 1621-1625 C.E. Oil on canvas, 12' 11 1/8" x 9' 8 1/8". Musee du Louvre, Paris.
one of 24 huge paintings of Marie de' Medici's "accomplishments"
Painting in Grisaille
painting someone only in black and white
85. Calling of Saint Matthew. Caravaggio. c. 1597-1601 C.E. Oil on canvas, 10'7 ½" x 11'2". Contarelli Chapel, church of San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome, Italy.
tenebrism
88. San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane. Rome, Italy. Francesco Borromini (architect). 1638-1646 C.E. Stone and stucco.
the only important wavy church This is like, the pinnacle of baroque Trinitarians gave him his first commission, and in return later he made the building for them for free, but he got to decide everything in the design Churches with oval dome-- a very baroque thing Really cool coffered ceiling Undulates