Renaissance and Baroque Art Midterm 1
Palazzo Pubblico Unknown artist Siena, Italy 1326
- originally built up from a pre-existing customs house - houses the Podesta and the Nove - also know the floor plan*
Madonna of Chancellor Rolin Jan van Eyck 1435 Oil on panel Autumn, France 66 x 62 cm
- Gabriel is crowning Mary as divine - Chancellor Rolin is in another world imagining this happening - Jesus has his hand up references to the heavens and is holding a scene of the crucifixion - atmospheric perspective with the people looking over the crenellations
The Annunciation Jan van Eyck 1434 Oil transferred from wood to canvas 93 x 37 cm Dijon, France
- Mary is dressed in her blue symbolic robes - the clerestory and stained glass window has an image of Jehovah and a seraphim - flowers symbolize purity - floor tiles have the story of Goliath - architecture and attempted perspective - possibly commissioned by Isabella of Spain and Philip of Burgundy
Allegory of Death: the end of worldly glory Juan de Valdes Leal 1672 Oil on canvas 220 x 216 cm Charity Hospital in Seville
- both a bishop and a soldier are dead - the scales in the back are balanced - a hand is holding the scales from above
School of Athens Raphael 1509-1511 Vatican, Rome Fresco 500 x 770 cm
- classical revival with the ancient philosophers - Aristotle pointing down and Plato pointing up - architecture and perspective - orthogonal architectural lines
Isenheim Altarpiece Matthias Grunewald 1515 Oil on wood 269 x 141 cm Hospital in Isenheim, Germany
- commissioned by the Order of the Antonines - figures of st. Sebastian and Anthony on either side - the back side has the story of Christ's life on it - there is a demon in the window by Anthony
Louis XIV Hyacinthe Rigaud c. 1700 Oil on canvas Paris 270 x 200 cm
- dress and pose leaning on sword is power - his face is visibly older than his body - red and gold drapery as power - fleur de lys all over
Dunescape with Trees and Wagon Pieter Molijn 1626 Netherlands Oil on panel 26 x 36 cm
- dull colors - mostly sky - animals and daily agricultural life
View of Haarlem from the Northwest, with the Bleaching Fields in the Foreground Jacob van Ruisdael 1670 Netherlands 62 x 52 cm Oil on panel
- emphasis is on the sky - homes in thee foreground and a church in the background - figures looking out over the town
City Under Good Government Ambrogio Lorenzetti Sala de Nove, Palazzo Pubblico 1337-1340 Fresco 25'
- everything is clean and well maintained - naturalism in that people are seen doing daily activities - the land is prosperous with trade, etc.
Last Judgement Altarpiece Rogier Van Der Weyden 1444-1451 Oil on panel 225 x 545 cm Hotel Diéu, France
- gates to heaven (church) and hell on either side - Gabriel is holding the scales - John the Baptist and Mary are on either side
Perseus Benvenuto Cellini 1545-1554 Bronze Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence 320 cm
- he is holding Medusa's head (Renaissance in its return to classical thought) - commissioned by the Medici when they came back to power - he is positioned looking over the piazza
Queen Elizabeth I Unknown artist c. 1600 Oil on panel 50 x 39 in England
- holding the crown, scepter, and robes show her power - possibly a recreation of a previous painting or sculpture - holds the cross as divine power - similar face
The Descent from the Cross Rogier van der Weyden 1435 Oil on panel 220 x 262 cm Chapel in Leuven, Belgium
- it was made for the chapel of the guild of archers in Leuven - skull on the ground - emotion on the faces - the blood from his body connects the red in all the figures
Allegory of Death: in the blink of an eye Juan de Valdes Leal 1672 Oil on canvas 220 x 216 cm Charity Hospital in Seville
- looks like the room was in use - skeleton holding a reaper and a tomb - standing on a globe
The Ambassadors Hans Holbein 1533 Oil on oak London 207 cm x 209 cm
- mix of heavenly and earthy worlds - the skull in the bottom is one of the first uses of anamorphic perspective - English ambassadors shown in wealth - George de Selves - Jean de Dinteville
Visitation Jacopo Pontormo 1528 Oil on wood Church of San Francesco e Michele, Carmignano, Italy 200 x 150 cm
- much more intimate view - bright, pastel colors - you can see the facial expressions and age differences better - still have halos
Saint John the Evangelist on the Island of Patmos Diego Velázquez 1618-1619 Oil on canvas Shod Carmelites, Seville 135 x 101 cm
- part of a dual painting series - he is looking up towards the virgin who is shining the light on him - he is often shown writing
Bad Government Ambrogio Lorenzetti Sala de Nove, Palazzo Pubblico 1337-1340 Fresco 25'
- personification of tyranny - city in chaos - latin inscription of the vices surrounding him
David Michelangelo 1501-1504 Marble 17 ft Florence
- renaissance in idealized human form - represented the republic of Florence defeating the Medici family - young David
The Rainbow Portrait Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger 1600-1602 Oil on canvas 50 x 39 in England
- she is holding a rainbow - her headpiece is like horns to reference Diana the goddess of hunting - her dress has eyes and ears on it like looking out for and listening to her people - snake on her sleeve to represent fertility
The Ditchley Portrait Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger 1592 London Oil on canvas 241 x 152 cm
- she is standing on a map of England - grand dress and idealized form show her power - there are inscriptions about her as the "prince of light"
Cosimo I in Armour Bronzino 1545 Tempera on Wood 71 x 57 Florence
- the armor is symbolic of the prince and his power - he was the duke of Florence - he isn't even looking at us, bc we are admiring his power
Last Judgement Giotto c. 1300 Fresco Scrovegni Chapel, Padua, Italy 1000 x 840 cm
- the mandorla around Christ allows us to focus on him - deciding between heave (left) and hell (right) - gruesome figures and demons pulling on those on the right - the cross here is being moved - the donor is shown presenting his chapel to the three Marys and being saved - the hanged figure represents Judas
Christ as the Man of Sorrows Pedro de Mena 1673 Sculpture from bark and cork tree and glass Convento de las descalzas reales, Madrid
- the polychrome sculpture was very lifelike with glass eyes inserted - he wears a crown of thorns and his hands are bound - the blood trickling down his arm and in the indentations where the ropes were supposed to be - his eyes are closing to show his pain and sorrow
The Visitation Domenico Ghirlandaio Fresco 1485-14890 Santa Maria Novella, Florence 170 x 165 cm
- the visitation is when Mary meets Elizabeth (John the Baptist's mother) - the wall on the left is symbolic of two realms and Mary's robe crosses into it - the women on the right are the rich of Florence - the men in the back are looking out into the city
Apotheosis of Venice Paolo Veronese Grand Council Hall, Venice 1585 Oil on canvas 900 x 580 cm
- the woman in the center is the allegory of Venice - the bottom has the winged lion of St. Mark - Solomonic columns
The Immaculate Conception Diego Velázquez 1618-1619 Oil on canvas Shod Carmelites, Seville 135 x 101 cm
- this is supposed to be the virgin that John was looking at - the clouds convey she is otherworldly - the half moon and crescent moon convey her immaculate conception - the fountain at the bottom is the purity and and virginity
The Madonna in the Church Jan van Eyck 1438 Berlin Oil on oak 31 x 14 cm
- this painting is super small - the scale of Mary vs the church makes her larger than life like a church herself - the crown is idealized and represents her divinity - she is holding Jesus
Good Government Ambrogio Lorenzetti Sala de Nove, Palazzo Pubblico 1337-1340 Fresco 25'
- this was above where the 9 would sit - personification of justice, common good and peace - also personification and inscription of many other virtues
Hall of Mirrors Jules Hardouin-Mansart (architecture) and Charles Le Brun (paintings) c. 1678 Versailles, France 239 x 35 x 40 ft Glass, oil, gold, etc.
- windows and light as reference to Sun God and Apollo - the paintings show Louis' military success - barrel vaults, arches, pillasters, etc.
