1. Baroque Art Summary 1600 - 1700

2. Baroque Summary (1600s) Religious and political conflict around Europe (Thirty Years’ War); Catholic Church responding to growth of Protestantism with Counter – Reformation. Catholic Church hiring best artists and architects to create “must-see attractions” that will inspire the faithful Italy, Spain, and Flanders (aka Spanish Netherlands) remained Catholic. Dutch Netherlands won its independence from Spain and was formally recognized by the Peace of Westphalia 1648 as the United Provinces of the Netherlands. The Dutch were Calvinists ( a type of Protestantism)

3. Baroque Differences Catholic (Italy, Spain, Flanders, France) Scenes of saints and famous events from the Bible and Apocrypha (Judith Beheading Holofernes) Portraits of kings, nobles, and popes Spectacular architecture with amazing ceiling frescoes of religious stories Protestant (Dutch Netherlands) GENRE SCENES of everyday life (middle- class), VANITAS STILL- LIFES – religious meaning, landscapes of Netherlands Portraits of middle- class Art is meant for the Dutch home or public buildings Plain churches – art should not be in churches where it will distract the faithful; it would be like creating idols

4. Great Baroque Artists – Catholic Countries Caravaggio (big influence on Velazquez, Rubens in Flanders, Rembrandt in Holland), Gentileschi, Bernini, Borromini, Caracci, Fra Andrea Pozzo – Italy Velazquez, Zubaran, Ribera – Spain, portraits of royal court and very religious paintings (saints, martyrs) Peter Paul Rubens and Sir Anthony Van Dyck – Flanders – Rubens (everything – portraits, mythology, religious), Van Dyck – royal portraits for King of England Poussin, Lorraine, Le Nain in France

5. Dutch Baroque Rembrandt (portraits, group portraits, self-portraits, biblical scenes, etching) Vermeer (quiet domestic scenes of young women) Frans Hals and Judith Leyster (portraits, group portraits) Steen (genre paintings) Van Ruisdael (landscapes) Steenwyck, Heda (vanitas still-life)

7. The Death of the Virgin Caravaggio

8. Judith Beheading Holofernes (1611-12) Artemesia Gentileschi

9. Self-portrait Artemesia Gentileschi

10. Apollo and Daphne Bernini

11. David Bernini

12. The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

17. Throne of St. Peter (Cathedra Petri)

19. Borromini, San Carlo Alle Quattro Fontane

20. Dome of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (This is not a distortion.)

21. Fra Andrea Pozzo’s Glorification of Saint Ignatius

22. Loves of the Gods – Annibale Caracci

23. The Waterseller of Seville Velazquez

24. His First painting of Philip IV

25. Surrender of Breda (Las Lances)

26. Juan de Pareja

28. Harmen Steenwyck The Vanities of Human Life

29. View of Haarle m with Bleachi ng Ground s

31. Regentesses of the Old Men’s Almshouse

33. Self-portrait Leaning on a Sill, 1640

36. Self-portrait Leaning on a Stone Sill, 1639

41. The Milkmaid