The Age of Absolutism and the Age of Revolutions Hist 122: Western Civilization II Clayton Miles Lehmann.

The Age of Absolutism and the Age of Revolutions

Hist 122: Western Civilization II

Clayton Miles Lehmann

Bernini (1598-1680), Chair of St Peter, 1657-66Rome, St Peter’s Basilica

Bernini (1598-1680), Ecstasy of St Theresa, 1645-52Rome, Santa Maria della Vittoria

Bernini (1598-1680), Piazza of St Peter, 1657 (designed)Rome

Borromini (1599-1667), San Carlo, 1638-41Rome

Rubens (1577-1640), Apotheosis of the Duke of Buckingham, 1625-28London, National Gallery

Rubens (1577-1640), Horrors of War, 1637-38Florence, Palazzo Pitti

Velásquez (1599-1660), The Maids of Honor, 1656Madrid, Prado

Caravaggio (1571-1610), The Calling of Matthew, 1599-1600Rome, San Luigi dei Francesi

Rembrandt (1606-1669), Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer, 1653New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rembrandt (1606-1669), Dr Tulp’s Anatomy Lesson, 1632The Hague, Mauritshuis

Vermeer (1632-1675), The Artist’s Studio, 1666-68Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum

Vermeer (1632-1675), The Geographer, 1668-69Frankfurt, Städelmuseum

Wren (1632-1723), St Bride’s, 1671-78 (model)London

Wren (1632-1723), St Paul’s Cathedral, 1675-1710London

Versailles, 1669-85

Zimmerman (1685-1766), Die Wieskirche, 1745-54Near Steingaden

Poussin (1594-1665), The Holy Family, 1648Washingto, National Gallery

Poussin (1594-1665), Landscape with Funeral of Phocion, 1648Cardiff, National Museum of Wales

Fragonard (1732-1806), The Bathers, ca 1765Paris, Louvre

Fragonard (1732-1806), The Swing, ca 1767London, The Wallace Collection

David (1748-1825), Lavoisier and His Wife, 1788New York, Metropolitan Museum

David (1748-1825), Madame Recamier, 1800Paris, Louvre

David (1748-1825), Oath of the Horatii, 1784-85Paris, Louvre

David (1748-1825), Tennis Court Oath, 1791Versailles, Musée National du Château

David (1748-1825), Napoleon in His Study, 1812Washington, National Gallery

Goya (1746-1828), Third of May 1808, 1814-15Madrid, Prado

Delacroix (1798-1863), Greece Expiring on the Ruins of Messolonghi, 1826Bordeaux, Musée des Beaux-Arts

Delacroix (1798-1863), Liberty Leading the People, 1830Paris, Louvre

New HarmonyFrancis Bate, View of a Community, as proposed by Robert Owen, 1838

Relative Shares of World Manufacturing Output, 1750-1900

Source: Paul Kennedy, Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, p. 149

Paxton (1801-1865), Crystal Palace, 1852-54London, then Sydenham