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What does the name "Baroque" come from? |
The name for an unusual pearl, barroco, used as an adjective to describe the bizarre. Some 18th c. art historians view Baroque architecture such as Francesco Borromini's as "distorted" |
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What time period does "Baroque Era" refer to? |
Both: The Age of Expansion (17th Century) andThe styles of art that emerged end of 16th to mid 18th cent. |
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Meaning of "di sotto in su"? |
"From the ground up" |
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What inventions/discoveries "expanded the macrocosm" in astronomy? |
-Heliocentric Model of universe: Copernicus ("On the Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres"-1543) -Telescope: Galileo Galilei -3 planetary laws/elliptical planetary orbit:Johannes Kepler |
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What invention(s) "expanded the microcosm" in science? |
Microscope: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (dutch lens maker), invented new grinding techniques to increase magnification power of magnifying glasses. |
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Who was thought to be the model for Jan Vermeer's "The Geographer"? |
Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek, inventor of a better microscope and executer of Vermeer's estate |
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What family do bees represent? |
The Barberini family, a wealthy family in Rome. Their heraldry also contained the laurel. |
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What are the 3 categories of Dutch Baroque paintings? |
Still life: painting of group of objects in aesthetically pleasing arrangement Breakfast Pieces: painting of meal of bread, fruits, oysters or other foods eaten by middle to upper middle class Flower Pieces: a collection artfully arranged flowers, often not in bloom at the same time, made from careful studies of botanical info |
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What is an underlying theme of Dutch still lifes, breakfast and flower pieces and what was their purpose? |
these paintings had a theme of vanitas, an underlying moral message (not just for decoration) about the frailty of life, meaninglessness of wealth, transience of beauty "good fortune, like glass, is easily broken" |
