Gardner s Art Through the Ages, 13e. Chapter 25 Northern Europe, 1600 to 1700

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1 Gardner s Art Through the Ages, 13e Chapter 25 Northern Europe, 1600 to

2 Europe in the 17 th Century 2

3 Goals Recognize the distinctive characteristics of the Baroque style Understand the diversity of cultures and artistic styles throughout Europe Identify representative Baroque artists and their works Identify representative Baroque architects and their works Recognize the distinctive characteristics of the Rococo style Identify representative Rococo artists and their works Identify representative Rococo architects and their works Recognize and cite artistic terminology from this period 3

4 24.1 Baroque Art Northern Europe Recognize the distinctive characteristics of the Baroque style in Northern Europe (Holland, France, England) Understand the diversity of cultures and artistic styles throughout Northern Europe Identify representative Baroque artists and their works Identify representative Baroque architects and their works Recognize and cite artistic terminology from this period 4

Figure 25-2 PETER PAUL RUBENS, Elevation of the Cross, from Saint Walburga, Antwerp, 1610.

5 Figure 25-2 PETER PAUL RUBENS, Elevation of the Cross, from Saint Walburga, Antwerp, Oil on wood, /8 x /2 (center panel), 15' 1 7/8" x 4' 11" (each wing). Antwerp Cathedral, Antwerp. 5

6 Figure 25-3 PETER PAUL RUBENS, Arrival of Marie de Medici at Marseilles, Oil on canvas, /2 x 9 7. Louvre, Paris. 6

Figure 25-4 PETER PAUL RUBENS, Consequences of War, 1638

7 Figure 25-4 PETER PAUL RUBENS, Consequences of War, Oil on canvas, 6 9 x /8. Palazzo Pitti, Florence.. 7

8 Figure 25-5 ANTHONY VAN DYCK, Charles I Dismounted, ca Oil on canvas, 8 x 11 x /2. Louvre, Paris. 8

9 Figure 25-6 CLARA PEETERS, Still Life with Flowers, Goblet, Dried Fruit, and Pretzels, Oil on panel, 1 7 3/4 x 2 1 1/4. Museo del Prado, Madrid. 9

10 Figure 25-7 HENDRICK TER BRUGGHEN, Calling of Saint Matthew, Oil on canvas, 3 4 x 4 6. The Hague. 10

Figure 25-8 GERRIT VAN HONTHORST, Supper Party, 1620.

11 Figure 25-8 GERRIT VAN HONTHORST, Supper Party, Oil on canvas, 4 8 x 7. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. 11

Figure 25-9 FRANS HALS, Archers of Saint Hadrian, ca. 1633.

12 Figure 25-9 FRANS HALS, Archers of Saint Hadrian, ca Oil on canvas, approx. 6 9 x 11. Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem. 12

Figure 25-10 FRANS HALS, The Women Regents of the Old Men s Home at

13 Figure FRANS HALS, The Women Regents of the Old Men s Home at Haarlem, Oil on canvas, 5 7 x 8 2. Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem. 13

Figure 25-11 JUDITH LEYSTER, Self-Portrait, ca. 1630. Oil on canvas, 2 5 3/8 x 2 1 5/8.

14 Figure JUDITH LEYSTER, Self-Portrait, ca Oil on canvas, 2 5 3/8 x 2 1 5/8. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss). 14

Figure 25-12 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN, Anatomy Lesson of Dr.

15 Figure REMBRANDT VAN RIJN, Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp, Oil on canvas, 5 3 3/4 x 7 1 1/4. Mauritshuis, The Hague. 15

Figure 25-13 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN, The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq (Night Watch),

16 Figure REMBRANDT VAN RIJN, The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq (Night Watch), Oil on canvas (cropped from original size), x Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. 16

Figure 25-14 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN, Return of the Prodigal Son, ca. 1665.

17 Figure REMBRANDT VAN RIJN, Return of the Prodigal Son, ca Oil on canvas, approx. 8 8 x 6 9. Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. 17

Figure 25-15 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN, Self-Portrait, ca. 1659 1660.

18 Figure REMBRANDT VAN RIJN, Self-Portrait, ca Oil on canvas, approx /4 x 3 1. Kenwood House, London (Iveagh Bequest). 18

Figure 25-16 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN, Christ with the Sick around Him, Receiving the Children

19 Figure REMBRANDT VAN RIJN, Christ with the Sick around Him, Receiving the Children (Hundred Guilder Print), ca Etching, 11 x 1 3 1/4. Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. 19

Figure 25-17 AELBERT CUYP, A Distant View of Dordrecht, with a Milkmaid and Four Cows,

20 Figure AELBERT CUYP, A Distant View of Dordrecht, with a Milkmaid and Four Cows, and Other Figures, late 1640s. Oil on canvas, 5 1 x 6 4 7/8. National Gallery, London. 20

Figure 25-18 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL, View of Haarlem from the Dunes at

21 Figure JACOB VAN RUISDAEL, View of Haarlem from the Dunes at Overveen, ca Oil on canvas, 1 10 x 2 1. Mauritshuis, The Hague. 21

Figure 25-1 JAN VERMEER, Allegory of the Art of Painting, 1670

22 Figure 25-1 JAN VERMEER, Allegory of the Art of Painting, Oil on canvas, 4 4 x 3 8. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. 22

Figure 25-19 JAN VERMEER, The Letter, 1666.

23 Figure JAN VERMEER, The Letter, Oil on canvas, 1 5 1/4 x 1 3 1/4. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. 23

Figure 25-20 JAN STEEN, The Feast of Saint Nicholas, ca.

24 Figure JAN STEEN, The Feast of Saint Nicholas, ca Oil on canvas, 2 8 1/4 x 2 3 3/4. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. 24

Figure 25-21 PIETER CLAESZ, Vanitas Still Life, 1630s.

25 Figure PIETER CLAESZ, Vanitas Still Life, 1630s. Oil on panel, 1 2 x /2. Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg. 25

Figure 25-22 WILLEM KALF, Still Life with a Late Ming Ginger Jar, 1669. Oil on canvas, 2 6 x 2 1 3/4.

26 Figure WILLEM KALF, Still Life with a Late Ming Ginger Jar, Oil on canvas, 2 6 x 2 1 3/4. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis. (gift in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Art Association of Indianapolis, in memory of Daniel W. and Elizabeth C. Marmon). 26

Figure 25-23 RACHEL RUYSCH, Flower Still Life, after 1700. Oil on canvas, 2 5 3/4 x 1 11 7/8.

27 Figure RACHEL RUYSCH, Flower Still Life, after Oil on canvas, 2 5 3/4 x /8. The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo (purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, gift of Edward Drummond Libbey). 27

Figure 25-24 NICOLAS POUSSIN, Et in Arcadia Ego, ca.

28 Figure NICOLAS POUSSIN, Et in Arcadia Ego, ca Oil on canvas, approx x 4. Louvre, Paris. 28

Figure 25-25 NICOLAS POUSSIN, Burial of Phocion,

29 Figure NICOLAS POUSSIN, Burial of Phocion, Oil on canvas, 3 11 x Louvre, Paris. 29

Figure 25-26 CLAUDE LORRAIN, Landscape with Cattle and Peasants, 1629.

30 Figure CLAUDE LORRAIN, Landscape with Cattle and Peasants, Oil on canvas, 3 6 x /2. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia (George W. Elkins Collection). 30

Figure 25-27 LOUIS LE NAIN, Family of Country People,

31 Figure LOUIS LE NAIN, Family of Country People, ca Oil on canvas, 3 8 x 5 2. Louvre, Paris. 31

Figure 25-28 JACQUES CALLOT, Hanging Tree, from the Miseries of

32 Figure JACQUES CALLOT, Hanging Tree, from the Miseries of War series, Etching, 3 3/4 x 7 1/4. Private collection. 32

Figure 25-29 GEORGES DE LA TOUR, Adoration of the Shepherds,

33 Figure GEORGES DE LA TOUR, Adoration of the Shepherds, Oil on canvas, approx. 3 6 x 4 6. Louvre, Paris. 33

Figure 25-30 HYACINTHE RIGAUD, Louis XIV,

34 Figure HYACINTHE RIGAUD, Louis XIV, Oil on canvas, 9 2 x 6 3. Louvre, Paris. 34

Figure 25-31 CLAUDE PERRAULT, LOUIS LE VAU, and CHARLES LE

35 Figure CLAUDE PERRAULT, LOUIS LE VAU, and CHARLES LE BRUN, east facade of the Louvre, Paris, France,

Figure 25-32 Aerial view (looking west) of the

36 Figure Aerial view (looking west) of the palace and gardens, Versailles, France, begun

Figure 25-33 JULES HARDOUIN-MANSART and CHARLES LE BRUN, Galerie des

37 Figure JULES HARDOUIN-MANSART and CHARLES LE BRUN, Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors), palace of Louis XIV, Versailles, France, ca

Figure 25-34 FRANÇOIS GIRARDON and THOMAS REGNAUDIN, Apollo Attended by the

38 Figure FRANÇOIS GIRARDON and THOMAS REGNAUDIN, Apollo Attended by the Nymphs, Grotto of Thetis, Versailles, France, ca Marble, life-size. 38

Figure 25-35 JULES HARDOUIN- MANSART, Royal Chapel, with ceiling

39 Figure JULES HARDOUIN- MANSART, Royal Chapel, with ceiling decorations by Antoine Coypel, palace of Louis XIV, Versailles, France,

Figure 25-36 JULES HARDOUIN-MANSART, Église de Dôme,

40 Figure JULES HARDOUIN-MANSART, Église de Dôme, Church of the Invalides, Paris, France,

Figure 25-37 INIGO JONES, Banqueting House

41 Figure INIGO JONES, Banqueting House at Whitehall, London, England,

Figure 25-38 SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN, new Saint

42 Figure SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN, new Saint Paul s Cathedral, London, England,

43 Discussion Questions Compare the values of the 17 th century Dutch Republic to 17 th century France. How did their different values affect the art created in each culture? How does 17 th century Dutch art compare to that of 17 th century Italy? 17 th century Spain? How does 17 th century architecture in the Northern European countries compare to the architecture of Baroque Italy? Consider appearance, form, and function. 43

If it s not Baroque, don t fix it! 17 century Art

5 L s If it s not Baroque, don t fix it! th 17 century Art Look up (lots of painted ceilings) Light (chiaroscuro and tenebrism) Life (vanitas still lifes) Levels (meanings and symbolism) Lands (landscapes,