Midterm Flashcards by Susan Kay

Stefano Maderno
St. Cecilia
1620 - Italian Baroque
marble
St. Cecilia, Rome, Italy

Preserved body of a saint
Represents her incorruptability
Theatric scene

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Diego Velázquez
Las Meninas
1656 - Spanish Baroque
oil on canvas
Museo del Prado, Madrid

Elevation of status of artist
Scene of his studio
King and Queen in the mirror
Clothing represents aspirations, not reality
Viewer standing in place of the subject matter
King and Queen are waiting on him.

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Gianlorenzo Bernini
Piazza di San Pietro (St. Peter’s Square)
1656 - Italian Baroque
travertine
St. Peter’s, Rome, Italy

Oval shape
Original design – very open

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Rembrandt
The Nightwatch (The Company of Captain Frans Banning)
1642 - Dutch Baroque
oil on canvas
Rijkmuseum, Amsterdam

Massive historical portrait
Use of light
Symbolism

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Titian
Venus of Urbino
1538 - Venetian Renaissance
oil on canvas
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy

Introduction of oil
Classical nude, classical gesture, wedding portrait
Private commission

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El Greco
Burial of Count Orgaz
1588 - Mannerism
oil on canvas
Santo Tomé, Toledo, Spain

Brushwork more ecstatic in upper register
Concept of visionary space
Counter reformation

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Caravaggio
The Calling of St. Matthew
1599-1600 - Italian Baroque
oil on canvas
S. Luigi dei Francesci, Rome, Italy

High contrast - use of light
Ridiculous looking outfits
Theatricality

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Jan Steen
The Doctor’s Visit
1660s - Dutch Baroque
oil on panel
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia

Genre scene- moralizing story
Pregnancy
Different aspects of the picture represent different things

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Raphael
School of Athens
1511 - High Italian Renaissance
fresco
Stanza della Segnatura, Borghese Apartments, Vatican, Rome, Italy

Representation of architecture - classical architecture
Great philosophical figures
Calling great artists same as philosophical figures

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Fillipo Brunelleschi
S. Maria dei Fiore (Il Duomo) Dome
1417-36 - Early Italian Renaissance
Lantern 1471
Florence, Italy

Completion of dome - largest dome
Chained dome, no scaffolding

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Annibale Carracci
The Triumph of Bacchus
1597-1601 - Italian Baroque
Fresco
Galleria Farnese, Rome, Italy

Dynamic, energy
Large format frescos
Adaptation of classical subject matter

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Michelangelo
Sistine Chapel
c. 1508-12 - High Italian Renaissance
fresco
Vatican, Rome

Completed in 2 major phases
First phase - small figures, large epic narratives, illegible
Second phase - larger figures, central figures

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Gerard Ter Borch
The Parental Admonition
1654 - Dutch Baroque
oil on canvas
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Genre painting
Warning - how not to act
Red bed, man with coin

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Antonio Canova
Eros & Psyche
1783-93 - Neoclassical
marble
Musée du Louvre, Paris

Rational vs. passionate
Classical themes and subject matter

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Pietro da Cortona
The Glorification of the Reign of Urban VII
1633-39 - Italian Baroque
fresco
Palazzo Barberini, Rome

Allegory of Divine Providence
Meant to be viewed in parts

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Gianlorenzo Bernini
The Ecstasy of S. Theresa
1645 - Italian Baroque
mixed media
Cornaro Chapel, S. Maria della Victoria, Rome, Italy

Ovals instead of circles, trapezoids instead of squares
Theatrical
Obscures light source
You are experiencing vision

Thomas Jefferson
Monticello
1770-1784/1796-1809 - Neoclassical
Near Charlottesville, Virginia

Robert Campin (Master of Flemalle)
Merode Altarpiece
c. 1426 - Northern Renaissance
oil on panel
Metropolitan Museum of Art (Cloisters), New York

Oil painting - greater nuance, greater saturation
Emblems, symbols - candle, scripture, lillies, lightbeam, patrons, Joseph
No perspective lines

Diego Velázquez
Los Borrachos (The Drinkers)
1628 - Spanish Baroque
oil on canvas
Museo del Prado, Madrid

Classical figures shown with current contemporary figures

Caravaggio
Bacchus
1596 - Italian Baroque
oil on canvas
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Chiaroscuro
Contrast between light and dark
Rotten fruit - Naturalism? Representative?
Painted without guidelines

Michelangelo
David
1505 - High Italian Renaissance
Marble
Galleria dell’Academia, Florence, Italy

Flawed piece of marble
Originally intended to go on top of Domo
Classical, contraposto, anatomy, nude
Doesn’t look much like David
Don’t know where in the narrative it is

Botticelli
The Birth of Venus
c. 1484-86 - Early Italian Renaissance
tempera on canvas
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Classical subject matter, Christian representation
Representation of the human soul (interpretation)

Leonardo da Vinci
The Last Supper
1495 - High Italian Renaissance
fresco
S. Maria delle Grazie, Milan

Composition and perspective
Perspective to Christ’s head
Judas breaking barrier
Embedded linen in fresco

Frans Hals
Malle Babbe
1650 - Dutch Baroque
oil on canvas
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

Expressive brushwork
Genre painting

Andrea Palladio Il Redentore 1576 - Venetian Renaissance marble and brick Venice, Italy * More theatrical architecture * Curvilinear form

Giotto Arena Chapel 1305-6 - Early Italian Renaissance fresco Padua * Replication of precious materials * Overlapping, expressions, backs of people * Elevation of artist

Artemesia Gentileleschi Judith Slaying Holofernes 1614-20 - Italian Baroque oil on canvas Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence * Female artist features strong passionate women * Threatrical scene

Gianlorenzo Bernini David 1623 - Italian Baroque marble Galleria Borghese, Rome * Primarily sculptor – massive workshop * Meant to be seen from all directions * About action and the moment, immediacy

Donatello David, c. 1420 - Early Italian Renaissance bronze Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence * Revival of large bronze casting * Christian subject matter, classical representation * Nude (heroic, athletic), contraposto

Francisco Zurbarán S. Serapeion 1628- Spanish Baroque oil on canvas Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut * Saint in martyred state * Treats as still life * Spiritual symbolism

Georges de La Tour The Penitent Magdalene 1640 - French Baroque oil on canvas Musée du Louvre, Paris * Magdalene contemplating sin * Light and dark contrast

Vermeer Woman at the Virginal 1670 - Dutch Baroque oil on canvas National Gallery, London * Similar paintings - window with light to the left * Genre painting - metaphor

Poussin Rape of the Sabines 1636-37 - French Baroque oil on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Masaccio Trinity c. 1425-27/28 - Early Italian Renaissance fresco S. Maria Novella, Florence, Italy * Mathematical perspective * Illusion of space

Heironymous Bosch The Garden of Earthly Delights 1510-15 - Northern Renaissance oil on wood Museo del Prado, Madrid * Represent garden of Eden * State of Man in sin - fornication * Hell – torture by musical devices

Jan Van Eyck Arnolfini Wedding Portrait 1434 - Northern Renaissance oil on panel The National Gallery, London * Legal document * Symbolism * Passion of Christ

Peter Paul Rubens Crucifixion (Raising of the Cross) 1610 - French Baroque oil on panel Antwerp Cathedral, Antwerp

Parmigianino Madonna of the Long Neck 1535 - Mannerism oil on panel Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence * Effected, emotional, expressive * Strange proportions

Jean-Honoré Fragonard The Swing 1767 - Rococo oil on canvas Wallace Collection, London * By aristocrats, for aristocrats * Frivolous subject matter