questions) Albrecht Durer Pieter Bruegel the elder (Return of the Hunters and The Harvesters – at the Met) Hans Holbein the Younger Baroque (four questions) Rubens (excluding the “Allegory of Sight”) (see Smarthistory and Met essay on Rubens and Van Dyke) Caravaggio. (see Met essay on Caravaggio) Bernini (see Met essays on Bernini and on Baroque Rome) Borromini Velazquez (Las Meninas – see Smarthistory – and Juan de Pareja‚ at the Met) See also Met essay on Velazquez. Nicholas
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seventeenth-century Italian baroque elements. Saint Agatha was painted with oil and tempera paints on canvas. This technique was widely used during the Baroque era of painting in the seventeenth century. The process used was traditional of baroque style painting with realistic looking skin against the darker backgrounds with a sfumato between the saint portrayed and the background(Sewter9). This technique became well known through a popular Italian Baroque painter named Caravaggio [Michelangelo Merisi]
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Judith and Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes and Joseph the Carpenter Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith and Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes (98) and Georges de La Tour’s Joseph the Carpenter (151) are great examples of Chiaroscuro. Chiaroscuro meaning the representation of balance between light and shades within artwork. This type of artwork is typical of the renaissance era. There are several aspects of chiaroscuro; modeling which is light falling across a curved or round surface. Highlights
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Artists have attempted to use their work to influence their viewers throughout the centuries. By looking at the art of the following three artists‚ Artemisia Gentileschi‚ Pablo Picasso and Shepard Fairey‚ I will show that although each had different motives and were from different eras‚ they each used their work to try and influence the people of their time. Artemisia Gentileschi was born in Rome in 1593‚ and was a daughter of a well know artist Orazio Gentileschi. When she was seventeen she
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significant people happen to be Vermeer and Caravaggio. Vermeer was a Dutch painter‚ born on October 31‚ 1632‚ in Delft‚ Netherlands. Not much is known about him as he was only made famous a long time after his death. What is known about him is that he lived a peaceful home life with his wife‚ Catharina
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contrast. Movements like the Baroque movement in the 17th century and Impressionism in the 19th century were significant in the history of art. Some of the well known artists of the Baroque were Caravaggio‚ Rubens‚ Rembrandt and Velazquez. From the Impressionist period were Monet‚ Renoir‚ Cezanne and Degas. Velazquez was a Spanish artist and was one of the most important artists of the Spanish Golden Age. His works of art primarily took place in during the contemporary Baroque period during the 17th
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Bibliography: Maximus‚ Valerius. The Story That Inspired Roman Charity. http://stargatelibraries.com/CimonPeroStory001.html (accessed 04 13‚ 2012). Ringling Museum. "Peter Paul Rubens and the Baroque." Virtual Library of The Ringling Museum. http://ringlingdocents.org/pages/Galleries1&2.pdf (accessed 04 13‚ 2012). Rubens‚ Peter Paul. Roman Charity . The Hermitage‚ St. Petersburg. Rubens‚ Peter Paul. The Triumph of Divine Love. Ringling Museum
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are the Baroque period‚ Neoclassical‚ Romanticism‚ Realism‚ the 20th century‚ and the present. The Baroque era began in Europe during the 17th century and was a time of religious conflict. This style in art was modified by different cultures in Europe to express the ideals and beliefs of each culture. Three styles emerged that became known as Florid Baroque‚ Classic Baroque‚ and Restrained Baroque. Florid Baroque was based on Roman Catholic religious principles and beliefs‚ classic Baroque was chivalrous
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Description of David‚ by Italian Baroque artist Gianlorenzo Bernini. The sculpture was one of many commissions to decorate the villa of Bernini’s patron Cardinal Scipione Borghese · What are Italian Baroque characteristics of Gianlorenzo Bernini’s Fountain of the Four Rivers? The fountain served as a public emblem of the Catholic Church’s dominance and authority. · Caravaggio’s paintings depart from Renaissance traditions to reflect the Italian Baroque style‚ how? The artist depicted
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Mannerism (1527-1600) * Confusing * Counterpart to High Renaissance Southern Italy * “…stylish style…” – John Sherman * Started in central Rome * Catholic church started to take problem with it Jacopo da Pontormo – Deposition * 1527 * Original Context: Commissioned for Capponi private chapel in Florence (Santa Felcita) * Materials: Oil on panel (unusual for Southern Italian art) * Other unusual things: * Jesus isn’t the center of the painting (VOID –
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