Chapter 20 Flashcards
What were the characteristics of the Northern Baroque painting?
The paintings were emotionally driven, included miracles, drama, and had attributes of the counter reformist period. Diagonals create motion and motion was used a lot.
Who was Peter Paul Rubens?
A powerful Flemish painter who sold many commissions and completed paintings titled “Venus at Mirror” and “Elevation of the Cross.” He idealized woman as fat, fleshy, blonde.
What is tenebrism?
Intense dark and light contrast shading.
Who painted “Allegory of the Outbreak of War?”
Peter Paul Rubens
Who painted “Marie de Medici, Queen of France, Landing in Marseilles?”
Peter Paul Rubens
What is significant about the landscapes Peter Paul Rubens painted?
The landscapes, such as landscapes of his own land, were strictly landscape.
Who was Jacob Jordans?
A Flemish painter who painted genre scenes of everyday life such as: “Satyr and Tamers Family” and “Feast of the Bean King.”
What style did Fanz Snyders paint in?
Scenes of plenty. Still lifes. Genre paintings.
Who was Jan Bruegel the Elder (not to be confused with Pieter Bruegel the Elder)?
He is a landscape, mannerist painter who painted “Landscape on the Coast, the Calling of St. Peter” and the “Allegory of Sight.” He is the son of Pieter Bruegel.
What did Franz Hals paint?
He painted portraits of everyday drunk people such as “Jolly Toper” and “Malle Babbe.”
What kind of brush techniques does Franz Hals use?
Light, quick, almost impressionistic brush strokes.
Who was Judith Leyster?
A painter of everyday drunk people like Franz Hals was. She painted pieces such as “Boy Playing Flute” and self portraits to show she was a woman artist.
Who was Rembrandt?
A Flemish painter and print-maker who painted self and group portraits. Some of his works included: “Christ in the Storm” and “Raising of Lazarus.”
Who was Diago Velasquez?
The first artist to allow paintings to look like paintings instead of photographs.
What are the four styles of paintings of the Northern Baroque period?
Genre, landscape, portrait, and still life.
Why was the Baroque period popular in Flanders?
To use the organic emotional aspects of it to make people come back to religion and the Catholic church.
Who painted “Carcass of Beef?”
Rembrandt.
What kind of medium was Rembrandt’s “Christ Preaching?”
Printmaking with dry-point.
Who painted the “Hundred Guilder Print?”
Rembrandt.
What is significant of “The Mill” painting by Rembrandt?
It’s the first pure landscape painting of Holland.
Who was Willem Claesz?
He was a Dutch Baroque painter who painted still life vanitas paintings.
What does “VANITAS” mean?
It’s a warning against temporal things.
Who were Jan van Goyan and Aelbert Cuyp?
Dutch landscape artist who painted landscapes of Holland such as “Beach at Scheveningen” and scenes with cows and tulips.
What is the “Camera Obscura?”
An optical device that projects an image of its surroundings on a screen. It is used in drawing and for entertainment, and was one of the inventions that led to photography and the camera.