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El Greco Burial of the Count of Orgaz 1586 mannerist, greek/byzantine tradition of icon painting goes over the actual tomb so he's lowered in. st. steven and st. augustine lower this beloved donor into his actuAL TOMB. upper half is celestial reception of the count's soul. he's like a little transparent fetus being held up by an angel! |
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Francisco de Zurbaran St Serapion 1628 caravaggist influence a monk captured and martyred by barbary pirates not a well known one so a trompe l'oeil sign with his name is painted on mnimalist palette study in white fabric |
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Jusepe Ribera Club-footed Boy 1642 a charming, almost heroic portrait of someone on the very low end of society.a grin on his face. kind of a genre/portrait hybrid like the jolly toper. composition recalls gentleman portraits. |
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Diego Velazquez Water Carrier of Seville 1619 genre scene great sacramentality to visuals beautifully executed jugs caravaggist visuals (tenebrism) |
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Diego Velazquez Surrender at Breda 1634-35 spanish soldiers are the more specific portraits, holland's are more generic a scene of honor and mutual respect after a devastating battle which is still visible in bg |
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Diego Velazquez Las Meninas 1656 marguerite at center, ladies in waiting and dwarves, a secretary at back, velazquez to the L. he's probably painting a portrai of the king and queen who are visible in mirror in bg curtain connects in mirror and in doorway beyond the room compare to arnolfini double portrait. painting about the art of painting and also spatial extension. |
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Georges de la Tour Joseph and Jesus 1645 dramatic caravaggist influence he was a caravaggio loyalist beyond the time of that fad. light source is inside the painting. like a religious genre scene. frame is small in proportion to figures, who fit square within. |
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Simon Vouet St Jerome and the Angel 1623 caravaggist, painted in rome |
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Simon Vouet Toilet of Venus 1640 Vouet drops caravaggism pretty abruptly light, clear pastels, kind of signifying what france is coming into. it characterises a shift in tastes that the french will dictate. |
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Nicholas Poussin Death of Germanicus 1627-28 poussin lived mostly in rome roman historical painting family has tender feminine grief, soldiers are grieving but with outrage. noble exchange of oath. elegant classical architecture and drapery |
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Nicholas Poussin Garden of Flora 1631 influenced by venetians and titian a learned artist, he painted this allegorical/metaphorical garden. the "flowers" are mythological figures who have flowers associated with their myths. from ovid's metamorphoses. about metamorphoses caused by love. the darker, more melancholy side of love's ravages. hyacinth, narcissus, echo, clyte |
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Nicholas Poussin Abduction of the Sabine Women 1633-34 theatrical backdrop parallel to picture frame we're drawn back by parallels in arms, swords |
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Nicholas Poussin Landscape with St. John on Patmos 1640 landscape is meant to appear untouched by man in fg but poussin painstakingly designed it winding road leads us back st john is writing the gospel eagle is his symbol ruined temple and obelisk in bg paganism turning over to christianity compare to caracci flight into egypt |
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Claude Lorrain Pastoral LAndscape 1648 also went to rome loved transitional times this is dusk sweet and nostalgic he was very popular later in the century with english youth on grand tours who brought his paintings home en masse english people designed landscapes carefully, artfully, inspired by him. |
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Hyacinthe Rigaud Portrait of Louis XIV 1701 super rich mink robe- blue with fleur de lis- like personification of france- malachite columns on gilt bronze opulence |
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Claude Perrault and others East facade of the Louvre palace PAris 1667-70 this is the severely classical french architecture they chose over bernini's. |
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Louis Le Vau and Jules Hardouin-Mansart Garden Facade Versailles 1669-85 |
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Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Charles Le Brun, Antoine Coysevox Hall of Mirrors Versailles Palace begun 1678 |
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Andre le Notre Gardens Versailles Palace |
