BAROQUE  AND  ROCOCO  ART  HISTORY  NOTES           Name:  _____________    Baroque  spans  from  ___________________  to  _____________________.    Baroque  means:  

• ____________________________________  • ____________________________________  • ____________________________________    

ORIGINS  Until  Baroque,  the  Catholic  Church  was  the  only  religious  power.    During  Mannerism,  we  saw  a  revolt,  at  this  point  artists  desired  to  be  more  expressive.    The  first  origins  we  see  of  Baroque  are  in  Italy.        CHARACTERISTICS  

• Emotion  • Religious  fervor  • Realism  • Drama  • Strong  light  and  shadow  • Detailed  perspective  • __________________________________  • __________________________________  • __________________________________  • __________________________________  

 ARCHITECTURE  AND  SCULPTURE  

• Inspired  by  wealth  and  splendor  • Rounded  __________________________________  • __________________________________________  • Real  gold  paint  

 ST.  PETER’S  CATHEDRAL  

• Demonstrates  power  of  Catholic  Church  • ____________________________________________________________  • ____________________________________________________________  • ____________________________________________________________  • Interestingly  directed  light  rays  

 BERNINI’S  “DAVID”  

• _________________________________  • _________________________________  • _________________________________  

             

CARAVAGGIO  • Murderous,  difficult  personality  • Notorious  as  famous  • Worked  from  life  directly  in  oil  • Controversial  style:  sacrilegious    • Common  biblical  settings  • ___________________________________

______________________________________________________________________  

• _________________________________________________________________________________________________________    

CHIARSCURO:  _______________________________________________________________________    “The  Calling  of  St.  Matthew”  Artist:  ______________________  Date:  _______________________  Medium:  ____________________  

• Story  of  Matthew  a  tax  collector  • Asked  to  give  up  his  possessions  to  follow  Jesus  • Moment  Matthew  realizes  he  is  being  called  to  service  • First  important  commission  • Two  sections:  right  –  vertical  rectangle,  left  horizontal  block  • _____________________________________________________________________________  • _____________________________________________________________________________  • _____________________________________________________________________________  • _____________________________________________________________________________  

 GENTILESCHI  

• Female  artist  • A  Caravaggisti  • Woman  protagonists  • _____________________________________________________________________________  

 “Judith  Slaying  Holoferns”  Artist:  ______________________  Date:  _______________________  Medium:  ____________________  

• Story  of  Matthew  a  tax  collector  • Drunken  general  of  invaded  army  being  brutally  decapitated  • Judith  is  a  powerful  woman  determined  to  get  revenge  • Her  angle  and  arm  placement  depict  precision  and  perfection  • __________________________________________________

________________________________________________  • __________________________________________________

________________________________________________  • _________________________________________________  

 

 RUBENS  

• _________________________________________________________________________________  • _________________________________________________________________________________  • _____________________________________________________________________  

 “Rape  of  the  Daughter  of  Leucippus”  Artist:  ______________________  Date:  _______________________  Medium:  ____________________  

• Depicts  ravishing,  astonishing  men    • Women's  excess  flesh  was  a  sign  of  prosperity      • Tones  used  in  flesh  makes  skin  look  superbly  realistic  • ______________________________________________

______________________________________________  • ______________________________________________

______________________________________________    

REMBRANDT  • _________________________________________________________________________________  • _________________________________________________________________________________  

 “Dr.  Tulp’s  Anatomy  Lesson”  Artist:  ______________________  Date:  _______________________  Medium:  ____________________  

• ____________________________________________________________________________________________  

• ____________________________________________________________________________________________  

• ____________________________________________________________________________________________  

• ______________________________________________    

VERMEER  • _________________________________________________________________________________  • _________________________________________________________________________________  

 “Girl  with  a  Pearl  Earring”  Artist:  ______________________  Date:  _______________________  Medium:  ____________________  

• Possibly  Vermeer’s  oldest  daughter  • Reused  facial  features  • __________________________________________________________  • __________________________________________________________  • __________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________    

 ROCOCO    Rococo  spans  from  ___________________  to  _____________________.    INTRODUCTION  

• Flourished  in  ______________________  and  _______________________  • Rejected:  ________________________________________________________________________  • Rocaille:  _________________________________________________________________________  

   CHARACTERISTICS  

• Portrays  carefree  life  of  aristocracy  • Love  and  romance  not  history  and  religion  • Free,  graceful  movement  • Lighthearted  • _______________________________,  ____________________________,  

________________________________  • Genre  painting  • Fashionable  outdoor  gatherings:  ________________________________  

     

JEAN-­‐ANTOINE  WATTEAU  • French  painter  • Theoretical  costumes  and  scenes  of  everyday  life  • _________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________    

“The  Pilgrimage  to  the  Island  of  Cythera”  Artist:  ______________________  Date:  ______________________  Gallery:  _______________________  Location:  ____________________  

• Diploma  piece  for  __________________________________  • _________________________________________________  • _________________________________________________

_________________________________________________    

                   

JEAN-­‐HONORE  FRAGONARD  • French  painter  • Delicate  hedonism  • Studied  under  artist  Francois  Boucher  • ________________________________________________________________________________  • _________________________________________________________________________________  

 “The  Swing”  Artist:  ______________________  Date:  ______________________  Gallery:  _______________________  Location:  ____________________  Medium:  ______________________  

• ____________________________________________________    

       JEAN  BAPTISTE  SIMEON  CHARDIN  

• One  of  the  greatest  genre  painter  • Embodies  frivolity  and  elegant  superficiality  of  French  court  life  • _________________________________________________________________________________  

 “Winter”  Artist:  ______________________  Date:  ______________________  Gallery:  _______________________  Location:  ____________________  Medium:  ______________________