Aim: How did Baroque art reflect the attitudes of the 17 th century? Baroque Art: Takes shape in...

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Aim: How did Baroque art reflect the attitudes of the 17 th century? Baroque Art: Takes shape in Italy, Spain and France after 1600. Intensely emotional, exuberant art that portrays dramatic human moments (man at his most excited). Purposes of Baroque Art: – Tool of the counter-reformation – To glorify monarchies – In the Netherlands, people are interested in a toned down Baroque art that stressed self- portraits and a Calvinist lifestyle.

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Page 1: Aim: How did Baroque art reflect the attitudes of the 17 th century? Baroque Art: Takes shape in Italy, Spain and France after 1600. Intensely emotional,

Aim: How did Baroque art reflect the attitudes of the 17th century?

• Baroque Art: Takes shape in Italy, Spain and France after 1600. Intensely emotional, exuberant art that portrays dramatic human moments (man at his most excited).

• Purposes of Baroque Art: – Tool of the counter-reformation

– To glorify monarchies

– In the Netherlands, people are interested in a toned down Baroque art that stressed self-portraits and a Calvinist lifestyle.

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Italians • Michelangelo (late): The Dome of St. Peter’s (1626)

A dramatic moment is created by the sheer size. Extremely elaborate, winding and overwhelming, all to glorify the Church.

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Italians • Bernini: Ecstasy of St. Theresa (1647-1652)

Sculpture of 16th century Spanish nun St. Theresa being visited by an angel. The angel plunges a golden spear into her heart, leaving her “utterly consumed by the great love of God.”

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Italians • Gentileschi: Judith Beheading Holofernes (1611-1612)

Based on an Old Testament story. Judith, a Jewish widow, and her maidservant, seduce Holofernes, an Assyrian general persecuting the Jewish people. After he is drunk, the two women behead him!

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French More focused on glorifying absolute monarchy than the Church

• Peter Paul Rubens: Henry IV Receiving the Portrait of Marie de Medici (1622-1625)

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French• Poussin: The Rape of the Sabine Women (1633-1634)

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The Dutch • Vermeer: Girl

with a Pearl Earring (1665)

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The Dutch • Rembrandt: The Night Watch (1642)