Content Area 4

Question 1

Portrait of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. Miguel Cabrera. c. 1750 CE. Oil on canvas.

Answer 1

Form:
- style: enlightenment
-baroque: billowing red curtain
-oil on canvas
Content:
-typical nun looks
-surrounded by books (educated)
-nun=sor
-wearing a shield
-has painting of Virgin Mary
-hold St. Jerome's translation of the Bible (her religious order is named after him)
-toys with rosary in her left hand
-gaze directly at viewer
-red curtains shows higher status
-woman taking on the clergy
Function:
-conveys religious and intellectual status
-feminist
Context:
-artist: Miguel Cabrera
-1750 CE
-location: Mexico City

Question 2

A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery. Joseph Wright of Derby. c. 1763-1765 CE. Oil on canvas.

Answer 2

Form:
-Tenebrism now used in secular aspects (mimicking Caravaggio)
-Chiaroscuro: contrast between light and dark
Content:
-orrery: model of the solar system (heliocentric)
-philosopher explain something to people in painting (education is sacred)
Function:
-introduction to science
-celebrates access to knowledge
-shift from religion to science
-philosophical groups emerging
Context:
-1763-1765 CE
-artist: Joseph Wright of Derby