ARTS 1301 Ch. 17

Baroque Differences

- emotional intensity - a moment in time - dynamism - diagonals - energy/movement - involving/close - real/not idealized - interrupted contours

Hall of Mirrors

240 feet long and lined with large reflective glass mirrors.

Rococo Style Artists

Cuvilles the Elder, Watteau, and Fragonard.

Rococo

French word meaning "rocks" and "shells". development and extension of Baroque style. aristocratic, ornate style. pastel colors and lighthearted secular subjects that are smaller in scale represent this period.

Rembrandt

a Dutch painter; his work The Night Watch represents the Dutch interest in social organizations and community. his innovation was to paint individual portraits within the context of a larger activity. use of lighting.

Rubens

a Flemish (Dutch) painter; The Raising of the Cross is typically Baroque in its use of an S-curve of Christ's body and the overall sense of movement. Most sought after artist of his time. Ambassador, diplomat, and court painter. Used: - sculptural qualities in figure - dramatic chiaroscuro - color and texture like the Venetians - theatrical presentation like the Italian Baroque - dynamic energy and unleashed passion of the Baroque.

Poussin

a French painter; his work The Ashes of Phokain represents the French's more restrained and classical style of Baroque.

Velasquez

a Spanish court painter; his masterpiece Las Meninas used light to create drama and emphasis, and help organize a complex composition.

Caravaggio

an Italian painter; he influenced many other Baroque artists with his use of dramatic lighting. Entombment of Christ is one example of his technique. Perspective was used to control the eye level of the viewer.

Gentileschi

an Italian painter; her work of art, Judith and Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes combined dramatic lighting with rich primary colors to enhance the visual experience.

Bernini

an Italian sculptor and architect; his Cornaro Chapel combined architecture, painting, sculpture, and lighting to create a theatrical experience.

Cuvillies the Elder

an architect; Mirror Room is visually elaborate and profuse with its twisting, almost visibly growing decorative forms.

Neoclassicim

became the official style of the French Revolution. Jacques-Louise David was its official artist John Singleton Copley - America; would paint famous revolutionaries like Paul Revere.

Watteau and Fragonard

both these French painters expressed through their work the dreamlike aristocratic qualities that appealed to the wealthy during the 18th century.

Baroque Art

full of emotion, energy, and movement. colors are more vivid and contrasting than in Renaissance art. there's a strong presence of light in much of the artwork. is Portuguese for "irregularly shaped pearl" over-the-top, very beautiful but very different favored rich and complex ornamentation. has been called dynamic and theatrical.

Secularism

in art is a nonreligious or the exclusion of religious subject matter in the works of art.

Baroque Style

is characterized by the work of the following artists: Bernini, Gentileschi, Caravaggio, Rubens, Poussin, Velasquez, & Rembrandt

Versailles

occupies about 200 acres and more than a quarter mile wide; it includes extensive formal gardens and grand chateaux

Genre Painting

painting that focused on scenes of everyday life.

Palace at Versailles

redesigned and enlarged by King Louis XIV, the exterior of the palace reflects the classical tendencies of French Baroque. the interior reflects the rich ornamentation of fully baroque architecture.

Rococo Style

sophisticated. originated in France but was soon exported to other European countries.