8. Restored view (a), plan (b), and section (c) of Old Saint Peter’s, Rome, Italy, begun ca. 320. (The restoration of the forecourt is conjectural.) They added a transept , an elongated rectangle, to the apse as a focal point. This constructed the cross plan
9. CARLO MADERNO, plan of Saint Peter’s, Vatican City, Rome, Italy, with adjoining piazza designed by GIANLORENZO BERNINI.
17. GIANLORENZO BERNINI, baldacchino, Saint Peter’s, Vatican City, Rome, Italy, 1624–1633. Gilded bronze, approx. 100’ high. 100 feet high bronze altar piece Symbols of the patrons (sun and bees) Bronze taken from Roman Pantheon – pagan works transformed into Christian works
20. GIANLORENZO BERNINI, David, 1623. Marble, approx. 5’ 7” high. Galleria Borghese, Rome. Action and energy – much different than the potential action of Michelangelo’s David
38. PIETRO DA CORTONA, Triumph of the Barberini, ceiling fresco in the Gran Salone, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy, 1633–1639.
39. GIOVANNI BATTISTA GAULLI, Triumph of the Name of Jesus, ceiling fresco with stucco figures in the vault of the Church of Il Gesù, Rome, Italy, 1676–1679.
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42. FRA ANDREA POZZO, Glorification of Saint Ignatius, ceiling fresco in the nave of Sant’Ignazio, Rome, Italy, 1691–1694.
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45. Differentiate between chiaroscuro and tenebrism. Chiaroscuro: light and shadow used to show modeling Tenebrism: violent contrasts of light used to heighten drama and emotion and add to theatrical effects.
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47. CARAVAGGIO, Conversion of Saint Paul , ca. 1601. Oil on canvas, 7’ 6” x 5’ 9”. Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome.
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51. CARAVAGGIO, Calling of Saint Matthew, Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome, Italy, ca. 1597–1601. Oil on canvas, 11’ 1” x 11’ 5”. Influence of Michelangelo
52. ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI, Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting , ca. 1638–1639. Oil on canvas, 3’ 2 7/8” X 2’ 5 5/8”. Royal Collection, Kensington Palace, London.
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54. ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI, Judith Slaying Holofernes, ca. 1614–1620. Oil on canvas, 6’ 6 1/3” x 5’ 4”. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.
61. PETER PAUL RUBENS, Elevation of the Cross, Antwerp Cathedral, Antwerp, Belgium, 1610. Oil on panel, 15’ 1 7/8” x 11’ 1 1/2” (center panel), 15' 1 7/8" x 4' 11" (each wing).
62. PETER PAUL RUBENS, drawing of Laocoön, ca. 1600-1608. Black-and-white chalk drawing with bistre wash, approx. 1’ 7” x 1’ 7”. Ambrosiana, Milan.
63. PETER PAUL RUBENS, Arrival of Marie de’ Medici at Marseilles, 1622–1625. Oil on canvas, approx. 5’ 1” x 3’ 9 1/2”. Louvre, Paris.
64. PETER PAUL RUBENS, Consequences of War , 1638–1639. Oil on canvas, 6’ 9” x 11’ 3 7/8”. Palazzo Pitti, Florence..
65. DIEGO VELÁZQUEZ, Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor), 1656. Oil on canvas, approx. 10’ 5” x 9’. Museo del Prado, Madrid. When asked to explain what he has contributed to Art, Salvador Dali says, “"To art, nothing, absolutely nothing. Because as I've always said I'm a very bad painter. Because I'm too intelligent to be a good painter. To be a good painter you've got to be a bit stupid. With the exception of Velazquez who is a genius..."
66. Goya, Francisco, 1778 “After Velazquez Las Meninas” Diego Velázquez “Las Meninas, or the Family of Philip IV”, 1656 oil on canvas
67. PABLO PICASSO, “Las Meninas” (after Velazquez) Cannes, 17 August 1957 Oil on canvas 194 x 260 cm Diego Velázquez “Las Meninas, or the Family of Philip IV”, 1656 oil on canvas
76. REMBRANDT VAN RIJN, Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp, 1632. Oil on canvas, 5’ 3 3/4” x 7’ 1 1/4”. Mauritshuis, The Hague.
77. REMBRANDT VAN RIJN, The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq (Night Watch), 1642. Oil on canvas (cropped from original size), 11’ 11” x 14’ 4”. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
78. REMBRANDT VAN RIJN, Return of the Prodigal Son, ca. 1665. Oil on canvas, approx. 8’ 8” x 6’ 9”. Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg.
79. The number is still a matter of contention, but it seems he depicted himself in approximately forty to fifty paintings, about thirty-two etchings, and seven drawings. It is an output unique in history.
109. GERMAIN BOFFRAND, Salon de la Princesse, with painting by CHARLES-JOSEPH NATOIRE and sculpture by J. B. LEMOINE, Hôtel de Soubise, Paris, France, 1737–1740.
110. FRANÇOIS DE CUVILLIÉS, Hall of Mirrors, the Amalienburg, Nymphenburg Palace park, Munich, Germany, early 18th century.
112. Aerial view of palace at Versailles, France, begun 1669
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114. JULES HARDOUIN-MANSART and CHARLES LE BRUN, Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors), palace of Versailles, Versailles, France, ca. 1680. Versailles is a combination of Italian Renaissance design and Baroque decoration.
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119. JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID, The Coronation of Napoleon, 1805–1808. Oil on canvas, 20’ 4 1/2” x 32’ 1 3/4”. Louvre, Paris.
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123. JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID, Oath of the Horatii, 1784. Oil on canvas, approx. 11’ x 14’. Louvre, Paris. An episode of Roman history - three Horatii brothers swear a solemn oath to conquer the enemy or die Arches in the background indicate three stages of story: oath; battle; grief
130. JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY, Portrait of Paul Revere, ca. 1768–1770. Oil on canvas, 2’ 11 1/8” x 2’ 4”. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston In America, Neo-classical art pictured the fathers of the American Revolution of 1776. These artists looked back to the logical, ordered compositions, fine brushwork, and “window on the world” techniques of Classical art.
The Baroque Period lasted from about 1600 to 1750, the period of the Counter Reformation in the Catholic countries of Europe. It is nicknamed the “Age of Colonization,” or “Age of Kings,” as our text refers to it. The Baroque Period goes beyond the Renaissance philosophy of attempting to recreate the stoic, intellectual, classical art of Antiquity, by instilling their art with emotion, dynamic composition, energy, richness and sensual color. The patrons of the arts in the Catholic countries of Europe, i.e. Italy, Spain, Flanders, and France, were primarily the Church and the aristocracy. It is important to make a distinction between Baroque art in the Catholic countries of Europe and the art produced in Holland, a Protestant country. Since the Church and the aristocracy were in complete charge of the social structure and operation of Catholic countries, in a way they worked in collusion to maintain a particular status quo. They determined the character of the art produced under their auspices. Holland, to the contrary, was not beholden to the Pope, the Catholic Church or an aristocratic segment of society, and was mostly middle-class in nature. Finnish artists only had to answer to their personal taste and their pocket books. In Holland, a Protestant country, religious subject matter was not nearly as common as themes taken from everyday life such as landscapes, still-lifes, genre scenes and portraits.