““The Scholar”The Scholar”Rembrandt , 1631 - DutchRembrandt , 1631 - Dutch

Baroque PaintingBaroque Painting Known for his group Known for his group

and individual and individual portraitsportraits

Almost financially Almost financially ruined until he ruined until he rebounded and his rebounded and his baroque portraits and baroque portraits and religious themes religious themes became popular.became popular.

““The The Nightwatch”Nightwatch”

Rembrandt, 1642 - DutchRembrandt, 1642 - Dutch

““The Company of The Company of Frans Banning Frans Banning Cock Preparing to Cock Preparing to March Out”March Out”

Dutch PaintersDutch Painters• depicted everyday depicted everyday

life - servants, life - servants, furniture and other furniture and other household goods household goods and petsand pets

Women on Dutch Women on Dutch canvases appear canvases appear more equal to men more equal to men then they were in then they were in realityreality

Women were legally Women were legally subordinate to their subordinate to their husbandshusbands• could sign contractscould sign contracts• many operated many operated

businesses after their businesses after their husbands death.husbands death.

““The Reader”The Reader”Fragonard, 1770-72 - FranceFragonard, 1770-72 - France

Rococo style - Rococo style - reflects frivolity reflects frivolity and and voluptuousness of voluptuousness of the periodthe period

Court painter of Court painter of portraits and portraits and landscapeslandscapes

Louis XV style Louis XV style (Rococo)(Rococo)

Rococo - emphasis Rococo - emphasis on smallness of on smallness of scale, as well as scale, as well as elegance and elegance and frivolityfrivolity

Scenes of nature Scenes of nature and everyday life and everyday life also became also became popularpopular

““The Reader”The Reader”Fragonard, 1770-72 - FranceFragonard, 1770-72 - France

Watteau (French Watteau (French Painter) - Painter) - influenced an influenced an artistic move away artistic move away from religious from religious themes to secular themes to secular themes - more themes - more realistic style then realistic style then baroque.baroque.

““The Reader”The Reader”Fragonard, 1770-72 - FranceFragonard, 1770-72 - France

The Blue BoyThe Blue BoyGainsborough, 1770 - EnglandGainsborough, 1770 - England

Founding member Founding member of the Royal of the Royal AcademyAcademy

““Beer Street”Beer Street”William Hogarth, 1697-1764 - EnglandWilliam Hogarth, 1697-1764 - England

Everyday life in Everyday life in London with affection London with affection and satireand satire

Poked fun at the Poked fun at the indulgences of society indulgences of society - led the government - led the government to raise the tax on to raise the tax on inexpensive liquor.inexpensive liquor.

Hogarth himself died Hogarth himself died after eating a huge after eating a huge steaksteak

““Portrait of Mrs. Siddons as Portrait of Mrs. Siddons as the Tragic Muse”the Tragic Muse”

Reynolds, 1784 - EnglandReynolds, 1784 - England

1768 - “the Royal 1768 - “the Royal Academy of Arts” Academy of Arts” was institutedwas instituted

Reynolds was Reynolds was elected president elected president and knightedand knighted

““His portraits form His portraits form an epitome of an epitome of London society of London society of his day.”his day.”

““The Inspiration”The Inspiration”Fragonard, 1769 - FranceFragonard, 1769 - France

““Experiment with an Experiment with an Air Pump”Air Pump”

Joseph Wright, 1768 - EnglandJoseph Wright, 1768 - England

Experiment’s Experiment’s success is success is evidenced by the evidenced by the dead bird inside a dead bird inside a closed glass bowl closed glass bowl from which the air from which the air has been pumpedhas been pumped

Form and content Form and content symbolize the symbolize the EnlightenmentEnlightenment

““Experiment with an Experiment with an Air Pump”Air Pump”

Joseph Wright, 1768 - EnglandJoseph Wright, 1768 - England Small source of Small source of

light is sufficient to light is sufficient to enlighten humanity enlighten humanity and reveal the laws and reveal the laws of natureof nature

Science - not just Science - not just for specialists but for specialists but something something amateurs can amateurs can understand and understand and practicepractice

““Experiment with an Experiment with an Air Pump”Air Pump”

Joseph Wright, 1768 - EnglandJoseph Wright, 1768 - England

British led in British led in developing useful developing useful machines and were machines and were identified as identified as having a more having a more pragmatic pragmatic approach to approach to science and ideasscience and ideas

““Experiment with an Experiment with an Air Pump”Air Pump”

Joseph Wright, 1768 - EnglandJoseph Wright, 1768 - England Reveals - Reveals -

customary images customary images of the sexesof the sexes

Experimenter Experimenter boldly forging on boldly forging on while to his left a while to his left a friend or associate friend or associate calmly explains calmly explains what is happening what is happening to a woman and to a woman and her daughterher daughter

Madame Geoffrin’s Madame Geoffrin’s SalonSalon

(One of the most popular salons)(One of the most popular salons)

Women’s main role Women’s main role was to turn their was to turn their living rooms into living rooms into salons salons

provided an provided an environment for environment for the interchange of the interchange of ideas and ideas and philosophiesphilosophies

Madame Geoffrin’s Madame Geoffrin’s SalonSalon

(One of the most popular salons)(One of the most popular salons)

In Paris and In Paris and elsewhere in France, elsewhere in France, ambitious, intelligent ambitious, intelligent and often rich women and often rich women held formal held formal gatherings in their gatherings in their drawing rooms, or drawing rooms, or salons, at which salons, at which writers, musicians, writers, musicians, painters, and painters, and philosophes philosophes presented their work presented their work and exchanged ideas.and exchanged ideas.

““Tycho Brahe”Tycho Brahe”Eduard Ender, 1855Eduard Ender, 1855

Shows Tycho Shows Tycho demonstrating a demonstrating a celestial globe to celestial globe to the Emperor the Emperor Rudolph II in Rudolph II in PraguePrague

Discussion Discussion QuestionsQuestions

What do you see about life in the What do you see about life in the paintings?paintings?

How can you see the How can you see the philosophes, scientists, etc. in philosophes, scientists, etc. in these paintings?these paintings?

What can you see in the What can you see in the paintings about change?paintings about change?