Ground plan with locations of art works (mainly, good to know locations of the 4 statues of saints around the baldacchino – a diagram of this was given out in class]

Bernini, St. Longinus, 1629-38 [another image at http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=133&page=6 then page down]

Duquesnoy, St. Andrew, 1629-40

Mochi, St. Veronica, 1629-32

Andrea Bolgi, St. Helen, 1630-39

Bernini, The Baldacchino, St. Peter's, Rome, 1624-33 (Minor, p.118)

Bernini, The Throne of St. Peter [aka Cathedra Petri], 1657-66 *page down at this site

[dropped] Maderno, façade for St. Peter’s, 1607-12 *this site has useful additional info on St. Peter’s

Here’s a 17^th-century painting showing Bernini’s bell-towers [just for fun; didn’t see this in class]

[dropped] Bernini, Colonnades for the Piazza of St. Peter's, 1656-67, (fig. 3.7 diagram)

Aerial view of St. Peter’s/colonnades

Additional background on St. Peters:

Italy Cyberguide (good overview, includes plans)

Student website (good), Sweetbriar College

[added] Bernini, Triton Fountain, 1642-43

[added] Bernini, Elephant & Obelisk, 1665-67

[added] Bernini, Costanza Bonarelli, 1635-36

IV. The Ecstatic Baroque:

Bernini, Ecstasy of St. Teresa, Cornaro Chapel, Sta. Maria della Vittoria (1647-52) Figs. 1.5, 5.14;

- good detail view

- my shot of most of the chapel

Bernini, Blessed Ludovica Albertoni, 1671-74 [page down at this site]

Close-up view of figure

Baroque Ceiling Paintings:

[dropped: PIETRO DA CORTONA, Glorification of the Papacy of Urban VIII, [also called Triumph of Divine Providence]

(Palazzo Barberini, 1633-39) (Fig. 4.32)

GAULLI, Triumph of the Holy Name of Jesus, 1672-85 (Fig. 1.14) [Church of Il Gesù, Rome]

Detail of the damned

Another view of ceiling, more of context

POZZO, Allegory of the Missionary Work of the Jesuits, 1691-94 (Fig. 4.26)

(Church of Sant’ Ignazio)

- partial view, not from ideal vantage point

- zoomable image!

Names: Maffeo Barberini, a.k.a. Pope Urban VIII

St. Ignatius of Loyola (Jesuit religious order)

Terms: dal di sotto in su

FRANCE & THE REIGN OF CLASSICISM:

King Louis XIV:

Perrault, Le Vau, Le Brun, The Louvre (east façade), 1667-70

Bernini’s design for The Louvre

Le Vau & Le Nôtre, Vaux-le-Vicomte (chateau of N. Fouquet), 1657-61 (Minor, figs. 9.13,9.14):

Garden façade view

Aerial view showing gardens

Official website of the chateau [great photos, including 360’s, and a nice video clip]

Le Vau, Le Nôtre & Le Brun, Palace of Versailles, garden façade 1669-85 (Minor, figs. 8.28, 8.29, 8.30)

[note: Le Vau principally responsible for the architecture; Le Nôtre the gardens; Le Brun the painting and overall artistic director]

Girardon, Apollo & the Nymphs of Thetis, 1666-75

Le Brun (paintings) and Hardouin-Mansart (architecture), Galerie des Glaces[or, Hall of Mirrors] bg 1678 (fig. 8.31)

[page down at this website, it will give you a 360 view of the hall]

Charles Le Brun, The King Governs by Himself, 1681 (fig. 8.32) [not finding on web, won’t have to know]

Rigaud, Portrait of Louis XIV, 1701 (fig. 2.13) [dropped]

Terms: rectilinear; pavillion

Check out the official website of the Chateau of Versailles if you’d like!

Other Versailles links

The Gallery of Marie de’ Medici, Queen of France

All paintings by Peter Paul Rubens, 1622-25, originally for the Luxembourg Palace, Paris:

See complete listing and links at: http://www.abcgallery.com/R/rubens/rubensbio.html#Life%20of%20Marie

Especially look at: The Education of M de Medici;

Henri IV Receiving the Portrait of M de Medici

The Felicity of the Regency

The Council of the Gods [dropped]

            Rubens, Portrait of Marie de’ Medici as Bellona, 1622

            Rubens, Helene Fourment as Aphrodite, 1630s

                 Compared to: Titian, Woman in a Fur Coat, c1540  [don’t have to know]

 Velazquez:

            The Water Seller of Seville, 1623

            Sebastian de Morra, c.1645

            Don Diego de Acedo [“El Primo”], 1623

[dropped] Juan de Pareja, 1649-50

            Las Meninas [The Ladies-in-Waiting], 1656

                        *for discussion Friday - LOOK carefully at this complex painting; who, or what, is it about?

[see the Web Gallery of Art for details]

REMBRANDT (“Soul Man” of the Baroque)

Self-portrait, 1630 [etching ]

The Artist in his Studio, c1629

Self-portrait in Oriental Costume, with Dog, 1631 [sorry this is a commercial site, but all I could find!]

Self-portrait as the Apostle Paul, 1661

Self-portrait [with Two Circles], c1663

Self-portrait, 1658 [Nat’l Gallery of Art, DC]

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp, 1632

The Night Watch [Frans Banning Cocq Mustering His Company], 1642

Blinding of Samson, 1636 (Fig. 1.7)

Woman Bathing (Hendricke), 1654

The Jewish Bride, c1665

[dropped] Return of the Prodigal Son, c1665

Rembrandt or not? The Philospher, c1653 [see below]

rembphilosopher

Also check: Girl with Broom, c.1646-51

Names/Terms: Rembrandt Research Project (click on for website link)

etching; impasto; connoisseur (person)/ connoisseurship (activity); history painting; provenance; trony/tronie

*to know; Rembrandt’s style and its development; Rembrandt and intentionality of self-portraits

[have dropped the still-life section, sorry!]

GENRE PAINTING:

Judith Leyster:

Self-portrait at Easel, 1630

Compared to Frans Hals, Willem Coymans; won’t have to know]

The Merry Company, c.1630

[dropped] Young Flute Player, c.1630-35

The Proposition, 1631

Compared to: Honthorst, The Procuress, 1625 [don’t have to know the Honthorst for ID purposes]

Jan Steen:

The Dissolute Household, 1668

[dropped] The Feast of St. Nicholas, 1660

[dropped] The Drawing Lesson, 1665

The Severe Teacher, c.1668

Vermeer:

[excellent Vermeer site: //www.essentialvermeer.20m.com/

Woman with Water Pitcher, c1664

Woman Holding a Balance, c.1662

Woman in Blue Reading a Letter, 1662‑64

Girl with Pearl Earring, c1665

The Art of Painting, c.1664 [won’t have to know since the subject of a student presentation]

Essay Question for the Exam (can either write in class, or as a take-home; limit to 2-3 pages; hard-copy or email to me by Friday Apr. 24); worth 25 pts.

Baroque Meta-paintings: Compare and contrast 3 different works of art (seen in class, any time this semester) that might be

considered “meta-paintings.” In what ways do they illustrate some of the central concerns/ideas of Baroque art, and

the ideas & roles of the artist?

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