Art Exam 2 Part B

• Peter Paul Rubens, Raising of the Cross,
• (Flemish Baroque, 17th century)

influenced by michalengelo and caravaggio/ souths vibrant colors and the norths detail

• Anthony Van Dyck, Charles I at the Hunt
• (Flemish Baroque,
• 17th century)

• . Rembrandt van Rijn, Militia Company of
• Capt. Frans Banning Cocq (The Night Watch),

(Dutch Baroque, 17th century)

Jan Vermeer, Woman Holding a Balance, c. (Dutch Baroque, 17th century)

genre paintings-everyday paintings that focus on domestic scenes

ususally light on the left and subjects are women

Smoking Flame, c (French Baroque, 17th century)

• Palace of Versailles: \. Architects: Louis Le Vau and Jules
• Hardouin-Mansart.

Gardens: André Le Nôtre. (French Baroque, 17th century)

• Germain Boffrand,
• Salon de la Princesse, Hôtel de Soubise, Paris, c. (Rococo, 1700-1775)

• Sometimes called the style of Louis XV
• (1715-1774)

• -Commissioned by the aristocracy and upper middle class, often for their
• elegant townhomes (“hôtels”).

-Identified with Rubenistes (color) not Poussinistes (classical line and


subject)

-Art known for:

• -pastel
• colors

• -delicate
• curving forms (“rocaille”)such as S-shapes, C-shapes

• -graceful
• figures in leisure settings

• -amorous
• and sensual themes

• -light-hearted
• mood

• Jean-Antoine Watteau, Pilgrimage
• to Cythera, (Rococo,
• 1700-1775)

Fete Galante-party of elegance/ upper class in a leisure setting

• . Jean-Honoré
• Fragonard, The Swing, (Rococo, 1700-1775)

• Joshua Reynolds, Lady
• Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces, (18th c. English
• art)

grand manner portraiture-full length/size portrait

• William Hogarth, Marriage
• a la mode (scene 1), (18th c.
• English art)

• Elisabeth
• Vigée-Lebrun, Marie Antoinette and Her Children,. (Rococo, 1700-1775)

• . Jacques-Louis David,
• Oath of Horatii, . (Neoclassicism, Late 18th c. to early 19th c.)

• Late 18th century to early 19th century
• (1765-1815)

• -Renewed interest in Classical ideas and
• ideals

• *reaction
• against decadence of Rococo

• *Johann
• Winckelmann, History
• of Ancient Art

• *Discovery
• of Herculaneum and Pompeii in 1738 and 1748

-Reflected honor, order, stability

• -Promoted reason and intellect over
• emotion

• -Often contained moralizing messages or
• propaganda

• -Artistic style associated with the
• French Revolution

• -Used by Napoleon to associate himself
• with Roman Emperors