The Baroque Period

RICKMANSWORTH U3A ART APPRECIATION GROUP

March 2018

1600 - 1725

Claude Lorrain 1604/5? – 1682 Landscape with the Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah ('The Mill’) 1648 Oil on canvas 152 x 201 cm National Gallery

Chosen by Della Mascarenhus

Baroque Classicism

A specific style of baroque art that draws heavily on

classical influences.' (Papertrell)

Artists such as: Charles Lebrun, Claude Lorrain, Nicolas Poussin, Francois Perrier

Nicolas Poussin1594 - 1665Et in Arcadia egoThe Arcadian Shepherds1637-8Oil on canvas87 x 120 cmMusee du Louvre

Chosen by Della Mascarenhus

Acis and Galatea, 1629 by Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) Oil on Canvas,National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin

Chosen by Alan Ruston

Pastoral Landscape with a Mill 1634 by Claude Lorrain (1604/5-1682)Oil on Canvas, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Chosen by Alan Ruston

Harbour Scene at Sunset 1643 by Claude Lorrain (1604/5-1682)Oil on Canvas, Royal Collection, Windsor Castle

Chosen by Alan Ruston

Adoration of the Golden Calf 1642 by François Perrier (1594–1649) Oil on CanvasCapitoline Museums, Rome

Chosen by Alan Ruston

Venus Clipping Cupid’s Wings, ca. 1655,by Charles Le Brun (1619-1690)Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico

Chosen by Alan Ruston

Ceiling with martial glorification of Louis XIV1681-84 by Charles Le Brun (1619-1690)Palace of Versailles, Paris

Chosen by Alan Ruston

Pietism'A form of religious devotion in which the artwork itself plays a central role'.

(...isms Understanding Art)

Artists such as:

Gianlorenzo Bernini, Claudio Coello, Pietra Da Cotona, Giovanni Battista Gaulli, Luca Giordano,

El Greco etc.

March 2018

Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1617 -

1682) The Apparition of the Virgin to Saint

IldefonsoC 1655.

Oil on canvas,31 x 26 cm

Prado Madrid

Chosen by Jean Dodds

El Greco (1541 – 1614)

St Ildefonso 1603-05

Oil on canvas, 1 9 x 10 cm

Hospital de la Caridad, Illescas

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Bartolome Esteban Murillo The Apparition of the Virgin to Saint IldefonsPrado Madrid Chosen by Jean Dodds

Chosen by Bob Wallace

Filippino Lippi1457-1504The Madonna appears to St Bernard of Clairveau1486Oil on panel210 x 195cmFlorence

Chosen by Bob Wallace

engravingThe Lactation of Saint Bernard. The Virgin Mary is shooting milk into the eye of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux from her right breast which allegedly miraculously cured an eye affliction.

Chosen by Bob Wallace

Francesco RibaltaChrist Embracing St Bernard1625 -27 Oil on canvas158 x 113cmMuseo del Prado Madrid

Chosen by Bob Wallace

Edwin Landseer1802-1873Alpine dogs reanimating a distressed traveller1820Oil on canvasPrivate Collection

Saint Bernard de Menthon

Chosen by Paddy Padget

Simon Vouet 1590-1649 Self-portrait1626-7 Oil on canvasMusee des Beaux-Arts Lyon

Allegoricism

'The subject of the artwork .... is used

to symbolize a deeper moral or

spiritual meaning.'

(Tate Gallery)

Artists such as: Claude Lorrain,

Nicolas Poussin, Jan Vermeer, Simon Vouet, Peter Paul

Rubens

Chosen by Paddy Padget

Simon Vouet1590-1649The Crucifiction162238 x 22 cmOil on canvasGenoa

The ill-matched couple (Vanitas), c. 1621, National Museum, Warsaw

Chosen by Paddy Padget

Simon Vouet1590-1649Father Time Overcome by Love, Hope and Beauty1627 Oil on canvas

Chosen by Paddy Padget

Simon Vouet1590-1649La Vierge au Rameau de CheneThe Madonna with an oak branch1626-7 Oil on canvasMusee des Beaux-Arts Lyon

Chosen by Paddy Padget

Simon Vouet1590-1649La RichesseThe Allegory of Wealth1640 Oil on canvasThe Louvre

Chosen by Paddy Padget

Simon Vouet1590-1649The Allegory of Prudence1645 117 x 91 cmOil on canvasMusee Fabre, Montpellier

Chosen by Pamela Saunders

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