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Allegory with Venus and Cupid


Bronzino


Mannerism


mid-1540s

filled with allegorical figures


known for it's disturbing imagry


very strong critique of Catholic church

The Burial of Count Orgaz


El Greco


Mannerism


1586

Mannerist treatment of heaven


Unusual divide of heaven and earth


Vaginal imagery showing him birthed into heaven

Garden of Earthly Delights


Bosch


Reformation Art


c 1505-1515

Moralizing work


First Africans in a northern work of art


Shows interest in alchemy


Probably a wedding gift


Shows influence of Reformation

Isenheim Altarpiece (closed)


Matthias Grunewald


Reformation Art


c 1510-1515

Meant to give emotional reaction


Christ appears to have a skin disease which were treated by this hospital


Theme of sin and redemption

Adam and Eve


Durer


Reformation Art


1504

Shows evidence of his trip to Italy


Prints are cheap, easy to produce, and easy to distribute


Very good and tones and textures


German forest to help relate


Critique of Catholic church (animals relate to different fluids in the body)

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse


Durer


Reformation Art


1497-98

Strong Critique of Catholic church


Very killed at woodcuts


A moralizing work


Prints are cheap, easy to make, and easy to distribute

The French Amassadors


Hans Holbein the Younger


Reformation Art


1533

Objects that show their wordlyness


Pro-Reformation statement


Known for incredible textures and details


Figures are lifesize (unusual)


Foreshortened skull is about death and showing off skills

Saint Theresa of Avila in Ecstasy


Bernini


Baroque Art


1645-1652

Captures a vision of St. Theresa


Very good at textures


Contemporary figure to help relate


Involves our space by being attached to the wall and the hidden window

Calling of Saint Matthew


Caravaggio


Baroque Art


1599-1600

Using criminals and prostitues for models


Invents tenebrism


Problematic is that Christ is obscured in the shadows


Space and the table makes you feel part of the scene

Conversion of Saint Paul


Caravaggio


Baroque Art


c 1601

Very skilled at foreshortening


Inventor of tenebrism


Horse is central focus (unusual)


Invisible light source in middle of painting

Judith Beheading Holofernes


Artemisia Gentileschi


Baroque Art


c 1619-20

Relates to her biography


influence by Caravaggio


Renaissance dress to help relate


Sword forms a Christian cross

Las Meninas


Diego Velazquez


Baroque Art


1656

Propoganda for Velazquez


**Known for visual complexity and mystery

The Raising of the Cross


Peter Paul Rubens


Baroque Art


1610-11

Known for heroic muscular men


Full of drama


Shows interest in natural phenamenon


Involves our space, horse coming out at us


**invented the studio system

Charles 1 at the Hunt


Anthony Van Dyck


Baroque Art


1635

Court painter to Charles 1 of England


Invented the informal courtly style portrait


King maintains air of importance


Artist made the king look taller (horse bowing, hat tipped, our position is lower than him)

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp


Rembrandt


Baroque Art


1632

Autopsies/disections are now allowed


Known for his informal group portraits


**Captures the psyche of his sitters


Enters our space (the book)

The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq (Night Watch)


Rembrandt


Baroque Art


1642

**Known for his informal group portraits


Depicts an actual event


Mystery surrounding identity of the girl


Invades our space (hands, spear, stride)

Woman Holding a Balance


Jan Vermeer


Baroque Art


c 1664

Very good at representing 3-d space


Very good at representing natural light


**used a camera obscura and a lense

Still Life with Tazza


Pieter Claesz


Baroque Art


1636

Using a still life to show off his skills


Very good at texture and detail


Vanitas painting