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• Things to Get:Things to Get:• The handout from The handout from
the table in the the table in the front of the roomfront of the room
• Notebook paperNotebook paper• Things to Do: Things to Do:
• Opener: Preview of Opener: Preview of Baroque ArtBaroque Art
• Notes: Baroque art Notes: Baroque art and artistsand artists
• Exit Slip: Exit Slip: Characteristics and Characteristics and Controversies of Controversies of Baroque Art in Baroque Art in ReviewReview
Using the article provided, answer the questions on your learning guide provided.
The Conversion of St. Paul, 1601http://www.americancatholic.org/features/saints/saint.aspx?id=1271#tagAudio
The Baroque period began in 1600 in Rome when Catholic popes began to finance magnificent cathedrals and works to display their faith’s triumph after the Counter-Reformation. The church wanted to attract new worshippers by overwhelming them
with theatrical, “must see” architecture.
Most sumptuous and ornate in the history of art
Art was expanded into everyday life.
Light was used to create an emotional impact.
Classical elements were used without classical restraint
Visual art was supposed to speak to the illiterate rather than the well-informed. http://www.students.sbc.edu/gregg09/Versailles%20images/Versailles%203.jpg
Painter, draftsman, and etcher of the 17th century; –a giant in the history of art.
His paintings are characterized by luxurious brushwork, rich color, and a mastery of chiaroscuro
Numerous portraits and self-portraits exhibit a profound penetration of character. Between 50-60
Early career: He received many commissions
for portraits as well as for paintings of religious subjects
Later career: In the 1630s and 1640s he made
many landscape drawings and etchings.
Supper at Emmaus (1648)
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (1632)
Rembrandt was at his most inventive in this work, popularly known as The Night Watch, 1642.
Complete the questions on your learning guide as you travel around the room to read the articles covering the Night Watch. The Militia Company of Captain Frans
Banning Cocq
Rembrandt was at his most inventive in this work, popularly known as The Night Watch, 1642.
Each man is painted with the care that Rembrandt gave to single portraits, yet the composition is such that the separate figures are second in interest to the effect of the whole.
The Militia Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq
Subject summary: Shows Cocq’s company welcoming Marie de’ Medici’s (Queen of
France) morning arrival at Amsterdam’s city gate Elements of Art:
painting moves in diagonals (figures walking toward the center- implied movement)
Controversies: Patrons contributed equally to the cost of the painting;
however, not all are represented equally Original title was Captain Frans Banning Cocq Mustering His
Company but called the Night Watch in 1700’s because it had darkened with age
Connection to Artist: Turning Point: Declining interest in his work and financial
IV Lived in Madrid Studied in Rome in June 1629 Painted many portraits of the
Royal Family Throughout career, style
became richer, color more brilliant, the figures more animated
Garnder’s video
King Philip IV of Spain, 1644, oil on canvas
Maids of Honor (Las Meninas) 1656
As you watch the following video on Las Meninas, complete the questions found on your learning guide. Is this a formal portrait? A genre scene? Who is the subject?
Is the viewer looking at a portrait of margarita, or are the king and queen having their portrait painted by Velazquez while their daughter watches?
•Subject summary:•Worldly affairs await outside of this family moment•Every day life on regal scale- Portrait of the Royal Family
Elements of Art:- Line wasn’t used by artist; the forms are less solid as viewer approaches work
Connection to Artist:Portrayed in image: cross added after artist’s death
Significance:- Velasquez unites the world
of the sitter and the viewer- Reminiscent of what
Northern Renaissance artist/portrait?
Complete the chart you began for your opener using the notes you took during this class.