1. Baroque 1600-1715 Humanities Mrs. Adkins

2. History/Background Began in Italy Catholic Church is still very powerful. Catholic Church (The Council of _______) stated that religious art needed to speak to both the literate and illiterate – Art can speak to the illiterate through emotion. Biggest patron of art was the _________ Church.

3. Characteristics _______________ and Passion Religious Movement and Energy Chiaroscuro = subtle contrast of light and ______ to show dimension (ex: to make an apple look round) Tenebrism = extreme contrast between light and __________. (looks like a flashlight is shining on a person/object) __________ colors with bright colors were used for contrast. More realistic than Renaissance

4. Peter Paul Rubens 1577-1640 ___________ A lot of energy – He would wake up by 4:00 a.m., paint while dictating a letter or talking to a visitor

5. The Elevation (Raising) of The Cross

6. The Descent from the Cross

7. Caravaggio 1572-1610 Bad __________ He ___________ a man in a dispute over a game of tennis. Often used poor people or bar drinkers for models Some people found his paintings shocking because he made holy people look ordinary. While on the run from authorities, he died at the age of 39 from a fever.

8. Supper at Emmaus This painting depicts the moment that Jesus’ ___________ recognize him (at this time he has risen from the dead). Prior to this, they thought he was just another traveler.

9. Crucifixion of Saint Peter The painting depicts the martyrdom of St. Peter by crucifixion, although Peter asked that his ___________ be inverted so as not to imitate his mentor, Christ.

10. Conversion on the Way to Damascus This painting depicts the moment when Saul, soon to be the apostle _______, fell on the road to Damascus. Jesus is speaking to him at this moment. Saul/Paul is blinded for __ days after this.

11. The Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist

12. Judith Beheading Holofernes Judith has gone to the tent of a general who has seized her town. She seduces him, gets him drunk, and then ________ off his head. Look at the next screen to see how Gustav Klimt, an artist from the late 19 th -early 20 th century painter depicts Judith.

13. THIS IS NOT A BAROQUE PAINTING!!! This is a painting of Judith holding the head of Holofernes. The artist is Gustav__________. It is done in a style known as symbolism.

14. Rembrandt Van Rijn After his wife died young, he had his nanny (lover) committed to an asylum when she tried to force him to marry her. He bid on his own art just to up the price. He lived beyond his means (= spent a lot of money)  went __________. Spent his last 13 years in poverty – buried in an unmarked grave.

15. Self-Portrait

16. Night Watch 143in X 172 in Part was cut off to fit the wall. The militia are preparing for a mission Everyone in the painting _________ to be in it. The people in the front paid more. Painting was attacked with a _________ by a mentally disturbed man in 1975