renaissance Flashcards

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Renaissance is a _____ word which means _____

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french Renaissance, meaning “rebirth”;

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Renaissance comes from the italian word

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Rinascimento, from re- “again” and nascere “be born”)

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Rinascimento is

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italian word, re- “again” and nascere “be born”)

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re means- and

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“again”

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nascere means

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“be born”

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a cultural movement that profoundly affected European intellectual life in the early modern period.

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Renaissance

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it encompassed a revival of learning based on classical sources, the development of linear perspective in painting, and gradual but widespread educational reform.

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Renaissance

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Renaissance scholars employed this method in the study

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humanist method

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Renaissance scholars searched for

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realism and human emotion in art.

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Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo inspired the term

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“Renaissance men”

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who inspired the term “Renaissance men”

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Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo

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Renaissance art will reflect values of Renaissance humanism and be based on classical models:

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1) stresses proportion, balance, harmony,
2) reintroduces the nude human figure,
3) represents a heroic vision of human beings, humans as the focus of attention.

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THREE PERIODS of Renaissance Art:

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Early Renaissance
High Renaissance
Mannerism Period

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period of R.A simple, pretty, gesture & expression

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Early Renaissance

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Early Renaissance YEAR

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(14th-15th C. )

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period of R.A painting was on man & nature in Fresco technique

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Early Renaissance

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17
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Michaelangelo STYLE

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contrapuesto-twists

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period of R.A center in Florence, Venice & Rome

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High Renaissance

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period of R.A painting style – deepening of pictorial space, making the sky more dramatic with dark clouds & flashes of light

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High Renaissance

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High Renaissance YEAR

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(16th cent)

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21
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contrapuesto-twists

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Michaelangelo STYLE

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FAMOUS PAINTERS DURING THIS TIME WERE Giotto, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael Sanzio & Michaelangelo

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Mannerism Period

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period of R.A subject matter: human figure with the use of oil painting & color

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Mannerism Period

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period of R.A colors were sumptuous, warm & sensual

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Mannerism Period

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FAMOUS PAINTERS DURING Mannerism Period

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Giotto, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael Sanzio & Michaelangelo

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Great & detailed attention was given to anatomical shapes, proportions & perspectives, to indicate a more scientific attitude towards art

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Early Renaissance Sculpture

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more secular than religious in nature

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Middle Renaissance Sculpture

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28
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Palaces adorned with sculpture cast in bronze

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Middle Renaissance Sculpture

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29
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subject matter: on legends & myths of Greece & Rome

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Later Part of the Renaissance

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30
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Artists were given complete freedom on the choice of a subject in sculpture

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Later Part of the Renaissance

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31
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Proponents of Renaissance Arts

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Donatello

Michelangelo

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32
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considered to be one of the greatest sculptors of all time.

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Donatello

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33
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a great Italian sculptor, who was born in Florence, Italy, in 1386, and died at the age of 80 in 1466.

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Donatello

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34
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did not marry and had no children.

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Donatello

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35
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Donatello was essentially a

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realist.

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36
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first nude statue of the Renaissance

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David

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37
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considered to be one of the best proportioned sculptures ever

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equestrian statue of Gattamelata

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38
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style Donatello used where he used expressive ugliness to give the statue a life of its own.

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Donatello’s Gothic style

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39
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used a powerful realism that gives his statues a distinct look.

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Donatello’s Gothic style

40
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David

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Donatello

41
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equestrian statue of Gattamelata

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Donatello

42
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invented the shallow relief technique.

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Donatello

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Donatello invented this technique where the sculpture seems deep but is actually done on a very shallow plane.

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shallow relief technique

44
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the sculpture seems deep but is actually done on a very shallow plane.

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shallow relief technique

45
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characterized his figures as individuals.

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Donatello

46
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also made the first bronze sculpture.

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Donatello

47
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This is one of the earliest works by Donatello, carved sometime around 1406 to 1409.

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Young Prophet

48
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Young Prophet

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Donatello

49
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Inspired by the Statue of Marcus Aurelius in Rome, or perhaps by the Greek horses on top of the Venetian Church of St Mark’s

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equestrian statue of Gattamelata

50
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prototype for many subsequent heroic monuments.

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equestrian statue of Gattamelata

51
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an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet and engineer.

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Michelangelo

52
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a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival and fellow Italian Leonardo da Vinci.

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Michelangelo

53
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the rival of Michaelangelo for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man

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Leonardo da Vinci.

54
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he is the best-documented artist of the 16th century

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Michelangelo

55
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Two of his best-known works of Michaelangelo

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Pietà

David

56
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was the first Western artist whose biography was published while he was alive.

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Michelangelo

57
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Michaelangelo is often called

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Il Divino (“the divine one”)

58
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Il Divino means

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(“the divine one”)

59
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he is often called Il Divino (“the divine one”)

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Michelangelo

60
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Pieta

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Michelangelo

61
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One of Michelangelo’s most famous works where the face of the Virgin is especially youthful and Christ shows no sign of pain.

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Pieta

62
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stands over thirteen feet tall and is also one of Michelangelo’s most famous works.

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David

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This work is a wooden crucifix

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Crucifixion

64
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only known work by Michelangelo in wood.

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Crucifixion

65
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The figure of Christ is nude (which scandalized his contemporaries)

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Crucifixion

66
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Crucifixion

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Michaelangelo

67
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the word baroque is derived from the Portuguese word

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“barroco”,

68
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the word baroque is derived from the Spanish word

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“barrueco”,

69
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the word baroque is derived from the French word

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“baroque”,

70
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refer to a “rough or imperfect pearl”,

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Portuguese word “barroco”,
Spanish word “barrueco”,
French word “baroque”,

71
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used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur from sculpture, painting, literature, and music.

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Baroque style

72
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both a period and the style that dominated it.

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Baroque

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style started around 1600 in Rome, Italy and spread to most of Europe.

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Baroque style

74
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arts during this period create a feeling of movement, energy and tension.

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Baroque

75
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period Strong contrasts of light and shadow and an infinite amount of space are evident.

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Baroque

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Intense spirituality and realism are usually present in this period

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Baroque

77
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intense _____ and _____ are usually present in Baroque period

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Intense spirituality and realism

78
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“The artist would often portray the figures as individuals with their own personalities, to capture the inner workings of the mind and to portray the passions of the soul on their faces” .

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Baroque

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degraded Renaissance style and was more exaggerated.

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Baroque

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focused on natural forms, spaces, colors, lights, and the relationship between the observer and the literary or portrait subject in order to produce a strong, if muted, emotional experience.

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Baroque artists

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one of the goals in Baroque art

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overall sense of awe

82
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Baroque poses depend on

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contrapposto (“counterpoise”)

83
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the tension within the figures that move the planes of shoulders and hips in counter directions.

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contrapposto (“counterpoise”)

84
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became the most characteristic form of the musical baroque

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OPERA

85
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Proponents of Baroque Arts

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Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez

Peter Paul Rubens

86
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a Spanish painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV.

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Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez,

87
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an individualistic artist of the Baroque period, important as a portrait artist

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Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez,

88
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Christ in the House of Martha and Mary Velázquez

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Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez,

89
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Las Meninas

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(Spanish for The Maids of Honour)

90
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Las Meninas

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Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez,

91
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The Waterseller of Seville Velázquez,

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Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez,

92
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a prolific seventeenth-century Flemish painter, and a proponent of an exuberant Baroque style that emphasized movement, color, and sensuality .

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Peter Paul Rubens

93
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well-known for his Counter-Reformation altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, hunt scenes and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects.

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Peter Paul Rubens

94
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Bacchanalia

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Peter Paul Rubens

95
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The Garden of Love

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Peter Paul Rubens

96
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The Christ Child, St.John and Angels

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Peter Paul Rubens