ArtH 3171 Baroque Art

UMM – Prof. Dabbs

Spring 2006

SLIDE REVIEW LISTS FOR EXAM #2

 

[Take-home essay question at the bottom]

 

BERNINI & Baroque Sculpture

 

 

I.                  Before Bernini:

 

Maderno, Sta. Cecilia, 1600

 

 

II.  Bernini’s early masterpieces: (all for Card. Scipione Borghese)

  

  Very good Bernini site (although not comprehensive)

 

Pluto and Proserpina, 1621-22

-          Frontal view, color

-          fantastic detail (check this out!)

compared to: Giovanni da Bologna, Rape [Abduction] of the Sabine Woman, 1579-83  [Mannerist style;  know differences with Bernini’s]

 

Apollo and Daphne, 1622-25

           - another full view, color

           - detail of heads (beautiful!)

 

          David, 1623-24

             comp. to: Michelangelo, David, 1505

                             Annib. Carracci, Polyphemus Enraged, Farnese Gallery, 1605

 

 

II.              Bernini & Co. at St. Peter’s:

 

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

 

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

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

 

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

          Aerial view of St. Peter’s/colonnades

                [correction:  there are 140 figures of saints on the colonnades, and while sculpted by other artists, they are said “in large part” to have been based

                                      on Bernini’s designs (per Hibbard).  Also, the columns themselves are 52.4’ high.  Just fun facts, won’t be tested on this info!]

 

Additional background on St. Peters:

          Italy Cyberguide (good overview, includes plans)

          Student website (good), Sweetbriar College

 

Dropped:  Bernini, Tomb Monument of Urban VIII, 1628-47 (Minor, fig.4.3)

 

 

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

 

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]

 

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

 

  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)  [won’t be shown for slide IDs, not finding image]

                            

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

 

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    [we didn’t discuss these last two, but still helpful for getting a further idea of the incredible lengths to which

                                                                                      Marie promoted herself!]

 

          

THE BAROQUE PORTRAIT  
 
I.  Allegorical Portraits:
 
            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]
 
 
II.   The “Speaking Likeness”
            
            Frans Hals:
            (added):  The Merry Drinker, 1628-30
                            Portrait of a Couple (Isaac Massa & Beatrix van der Laen – names optional for exam), 1622
Dropped:   Hals, The Laughing Cavalier, 1624
            
            Bernini:
                        Portrait of Scipione Borghese, 1632 
                        Portrait of Costanza Bonarelli, 1636-37
 
                                                                                                                          
            III.  The “Other”:
 
            Agostino Carracci, Hairy Harry, Mad Peter, and Amon the Dwarf, c.1600  [sorry, not great image quality]
 
            Ribera, Magdalena Ventura with her husband & son, 1631
            
            Van Dyck, Queen Henrietta Maria with Jeffrey Hudson & Ape, 1633
 

            Velazquez, Sebastian de Morra, c.1645

 
[will drop  Velazquez, “El Primo” (Don Diego de Acedo), c.1636-8, don’t have to know for IDs]
 
            
IV.  More Velazquez: 
           

            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  [sorry about that, but here it is for you to look at and enjoy anyways!]

         

 

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

 

                                               

                                               

 

 

           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 – hierarchy of genres of painting;  Rembrandt’s style and its development;   Rembrandt and intentionality of self-portraits

 

 

GENRE PAINTING:

 

Judith Leyster:

          Self-portrait at Easel, 1630 

 

          The Merry Company, c.1630

 

          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

                   

          The Feast of St. Nicholas, 1660

 

Dropped:  The Drawing Lesson, 1665

 

[don’t have to know his self-portrait, or The Severe Teacher]

 

 

Vermeer:   

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

 

The Art of Painting, c.1664

 

          Woman with Water Pitcher, c1664

 

Woman Holding a Balance, c.1662

         

          Woman in Blue Reading a Letter, 1662‑64

         

          Girl with Pearl Earring, c1665

         

          [do not have to know the other Vermeers seen in class]

 

  STILL-LIFE PAINTING:     News flash:  as of 4/17 I have decided NOT to include this section on the exam, so still life images have been dropped.

 

 

TAKE-HOME ESSAY QUESTION

  Due:  Monday April 24, 5 p.m.

  Format:  2-3 pages, double-spaced;  can email to me, so long as successfully received by 5 p.m. Mon.!

 

  Topic:  “Persuasive Strategies in Baroque Art”

           Discuss 3 works of art from the second half of the course which you felt were particularly successful in their attempt to persuade you, the viewer, of

              something.  What message(s) did they successfully convey, and how was this visually achieved?   Then, wrap up this brief essay by making a

              concluding statement regarding how Baroque artists used style to communicate a message to the viewer. 

*For your choice of works of art, DO NOT pick something complex like “St. Peter’s” or “Versailles” as a whole;  you can choose elements from those complexes, though.  Also, I’d like to see examples from different countries (for example, 1 French, 1 Italian, 1 Dutch).  Try to write about works of art NOT

             seen on the exam (one from the exam would be o.k.).

** You can use your notes, and if necessary a Baroque textbook (Minor and Harris are the ones on reserve);  but also use your own observations too, especially when it comes to talking about style!!

 

 

---------------------------- FINAL UPDATE MADE TO LIST AS OF 4/17/06 --------------------------------------------------