1. Counter-Reformation Baroque Bourgeois Baroque Artistic Baroque
The Baroque Age
Counter-Reformation Baroque
Bourgeois Baroque
Artistic Baroque

2. Two-Dimensional Art *Rising middle class Realism replaces beauty
*Stable time period
*Rising middle class
Realism replaces beauty
Color and grandeur
Dramatic use of light and shade
Active compositions that emphasized feeling rather than form, emotion rather than the intellect.

3. Counter-Reformation Pursued objects of Roman Catholic Church after the Council of Trent
Used ordinary people in untraditional settings. This angered the church.
Caravaggio
His reckless life and trouble with the law caused him problems as well.

4. Manneristic style and untraditional approaches lost him commissions.
El Greco
Manneristic style and untraditional approaches lost him commissions.

5. Artistic Baroque Reflected the visions and power of the aristocracy.
Rubens
Rich color.
Realistic details.
Use of light for emphasis.

6. The Raising of the Cross
Daniel in the Lions Den
The Raising of the Cross

7. Pastoral paintings. Many done as commissions for the wealthy.
Poussin
Pastoral paintings. Many done as commissions for the wealthy.
Manneristic style.

8. Bourgeois Baroque Vision of the new and wealthy middle class.
Incredible use of light.
Refused to specialize in one type of painting.
Rembrandt
The greatest Dutch painter.
Best known for his self portraits (more than 90.) and his group portraits.

9. Well known scenic painter and illustrator.
Van Ruisdael
Well known scenic painter and illustrator.

10. Jan Steen
Painted only genre paintings for the homes of the fashionable.
Member of the group called Little Dutch Masters.

11. Jan Vermeer
The Girl with the Pearl Earring
The best of the genre painters. For over 200 years his works were forgotten.
Over 40 pictures known to have been painted by him – most in the same room.
Known as the painter of interiors.

12. Why do you suppose she might have signed her work with a mans name?
Judith Leyster
The Louvre discovered her work when they were cleaning a painting they thought was by another artist.
Why do you suppose she might have signed her work with a mans name?
Self portrait
Merry Company
Carousing Couple

13. Sculpture Followed the same ideas as painting.
Best examples are Bernini
Where is this??

14. Architecture Followed the same path as painting and sculpture but did it on a grand scale.
St. Pauls
in London
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15. Palace of Versailles

19. ROCOCO Style developed in France
Reflected the lifestyle of court life.
Focused on the carefree lifestyle not heroes or gods
Painting considered as decoration.
Pastoral painting was at it height.

20. Antoine Watteau
Court painter. Best known for his scenes of the theater.

21. JEAN-HONORE FRAGONARD
Court painter
Painted about love and romance

22. CHARDIN Rejected the court style.
Painted peasants doing everyday work.
Painted still lifes of everyday items