Lecture Notes

Nicolas Pussin embodies the full Italian Baroques spirit. He does not want to take the viewer back into antiquity.

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This artist was indifferent to Italian Baroque because it was not classical enough.

Callot was the greatest french painter of the 17th century. He was the first to receive any international fame.

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Define the Dorian Mode

This french artist believed that artist's must appeal to the mind/intellect and not on emotion. He develops form and composition over color . He's an intellectual artist.

His work is commited the Bolognese and Rafael's standards of antiquity. He sets out to revive the life of antiquity. There is serenity  in work.

Around mid-17th century landscapes become a dominate theme in his work.

This artist's work is characterized by constrained emotion.

This artist showed us two different style of work. His early work is considered stypical to his more mature works. His early works show traces of Titian color and movement.

To truly understand Claud Lorraine's paintings one must be familiar with the art and literature of antiquity.

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This french artists mainly painted landscapes. He brings out the idealisict aspects of landscapes. His paintings tended to represent man living in harmony with nature.

In Poussin's paintings he focuses on the elusive quality of light and mood.

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His landscapes characterized aren by relaxed muted tones – not coloristic like Poussin. They can be remarkably indifferent to the real world itself.

De La Tour was supremely different form Italian Baroque but lived and painted in Rome.

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Through him the king favored reserved tradition. The king's taste becomes taste of all- classicism as opposed to lavish Italian Baroque style.

Classicism comes to be thought of as a French standard.

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While Vermeer was interested in natural daylight, this french artist was interested in artificial illumination.

This artist is not the most important french painter but he is one of the first important painter of the 17th century.

Poussin is the most important french painter of the 17th century.

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This artist's figures looks like (creepy) wax mannequins.

De La Tour came into contact with Caravaggios indirectly through the Netherlands.

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Poussin gives insight into the inner life of his figures while De La Tour does not give any.

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There is a supernatural calmness that pervades his pictures. He's still interested in drama.

De La Tour's mature style is characterized by the extravagance of form.

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His work was rediscovered in the 20th century ( he had that in common with Vermeer). He went unnoticed 300 years after his death.

Caracci's classicism is popular is France.

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This artist was under Caravagio's influence but drops it. After his arrival in Paris he modifies his style and moves into a classical style because its more fashionable.

Classical Baroque is characterized by subdued color as well as drama.

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Louis Le Nain has a bright and vibrant palette.

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His art shows us the tradition of realism in spite of French proclivity towards classicism.

This french painter portrays figures with dignity – similar to Ribera.  The most sensitive painter in France when it came to painting peasants and genre scenes. His figures have an intense glare.

His fame today rests on showing his peaseant genres with realism.

This frenchy shows us universal devastation of war from a documentary perspective. His technical and aesthetic achievements have great influence through the centuries- even now.

This frenchy shows us universal devastation of war from a documentary perspective.

First french printmaker to aquire international influence. He was greatest graphic artist of all time. He led the development of graphic arts throughout Europe. He would gain popularity for 300 years.

This artist's works like they were painted in the early morning or late evening.While working in classicaltradition of landscape he studies actual light and atmospheric nuances ofnature

Lorrain invents the seaport picture.

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Claude Lorrain was the most notable landscape painter in Italy.

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These two artists established landscape painting as highly desirable.  

This artist was less succesfful in France yet influenced French painters in the early 18 and 19th century.

There was no first rank landscape painter after this french painter.

Hyacinthe Rigaud was influenced by Anthony van Dyke.

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He doesn’t really become Rococo painter.

Most of french classical architecture was built for the religous  sphere.

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France maintains a cautious selectivity towards the Italian baroque; they keep it at a distance.

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French Royal Academy was founded by Francois Mansart in the mid 17th century.

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His style will become the hallmark of French classical/baroque architecture.

He was the best known of the classical architects in his time.

These three french architects worked on the Louvre.

Louis the XIV initially chose Bernini for this project. But the French didn’t like Italian baroque.

This architectural work culminates a new and architectural formula. This variation of roman temple façade is  thefirst great monument of French Classical Baroque architecture.

Charles Le Brun is the director of The French Academy. He's a "poussinist!"

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The first phase of the Garden facade of the Palaceof Versailles was done by ____________, the second phase by _____________.

He was the leading the leading French architect at the END of the 17th century.

Continuity of classical french baroque  is seen most in architecture.

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He is the most interesting of the french sculptors of this period. His work goes together with Francois Mansart's architecture. They are each others parallels.

Greatest sculptur of the century after Bernini!

The northern part of France had a strong italian influence.

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This sculptor learned a great deal from oberservation,  Bernini and Michelangelo.

His style was counter to the kings traditional classical taste. He lost popularity at the court. (He's from southern part of France.)

This french sculptor is responsible for the new type of freestanding dramatic tomb. He created the prototype for royal equestrian monuments.

His classicism was so pure it seems to hark back to Phidias

 He was arbitor of taste for the king.

He administarted the garden project at Versailles.

The best painters in England were from Spain.

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Not until 18th century does England develop a school of painting

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The dutch had a lot of architectural development.

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At the beginning of the 17th century , England's architectural development owes it ________. At the end of the century England owes it to ____________.

At the beginning of the 17th century this english architect  is paladian not baroque.

This english architect also was a stage and interior designer.

First man in England to apply italian renaissance forms to the whole building – brought it into England. He freely uses the elements of roman architecture.

This english architect submitted a design 6 days after the fires in England.

Every other church was built based on this architect's design/ The aim in design was to create a landmark and a place of worship. He is English baroque!

All thru 18- 19th century this was the most visible landmark.

All of the 18th century artists are limited and nothing was remotely new- maybe rococo but it was seen as a subdued version of the baroque style.

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Baroque in England is founded by ________ and continued by his pupils, Hawkmore and Vanbrugh.

The preface in Palladio's book stimulated this stylistic change in this  artist's architecture.

Palladian classicism prevails in english architecture then is displaced by neoclassicism mid century (18th).

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Introduces baraoque elements architecture into England.

James Gibbs has the greatest examples of Georgian architecture.

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New Rococo style is french . It appears primarily as a style of interior design – not as painting.

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Roccoco is most visible in paintings.

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The exterior of Roccoco architecture are simple; the interiors are exhuberant.

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He was the forerunner of french interior design.

Flanders was the artistic center of Europe.

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Perhaps the painter above all other associated with French Rococo. He is flemish and his style is refinement of Rubens. His early works are military scenes.

Charles Le Brun was a Reubenist.

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Poussinists choose form over color.

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Antoine Watteau was a Reubinist.

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This style was established on the venetian's color.

Who are the three great genii of the french baroque?

He is a master of  french technique. He uses a combo of red, black and white chalk on tinted paper.

This french baroque painter depicts aristocratic society in idealistc ways.

This french painter was the most successful and highly painter regarded after Watteau.

Melancholy is always depicted in the 18th c period.

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These words describe Boucher's work : charm, sensuosness, serene,  sweet presentation.

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His style personified the taste of the century.

_______________ is one of the founding members of the British Royal Academy.

Who founded the British Royal Academy?

He is first major british landscape painter- inspired Constable and Turner.

He was probably the epitome of French 18c painting.

In his paintings, the bodies of the women are twisted like the branches of trees and so it is integrated with nature. It is more frivolous. Soft and floating figures. His brush strokes are momentary and quick. It clearly points to 19th century.

Boucher and Fragonard show erotic beauty.

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This painter shows courtship in four different painted scenes.

Fragonard's most famous painting is __________ . The lover pointing his finger shows the erotic feeling in the picture

The french rococo style stays in France.

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Francois de Cuvillies was French Rococo mixed with German Baroque.

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This italian painter was the supreme venetian master of this period. He was venetian rococo but also worked in northern Italy, Germany and Spain.

This italian painter maintains unequal immenence for 50 years.

Giovanni B. Tiepolo's (Tiepolo) frescoes were his most famous works.

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These two italian view painters painted detailed landscape scenes. They started the commercialization of landscape scenes.

This italian painter was one of the most successful venetian view painters. He was a commercial success.

Loose brushstrokes and otherworldiness is a mark of Canaletto's style.

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While Canaletto carries the renaissance precision tradition this italian painter doesn’t.He points forward to capture one brief impressionist moment; he's proto-impressionist.

He is the last of the great venetian painters.

This italian painter was appealed to french taste. His view paintings have theatrical character.

Unlike dutch painters, who were interested in the land and sky, view painters were concerned with the architectural setting and the space it creates.

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Rosalba Carriere was a french rococo artist.

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Among the italian schools of painting only those of Rome move into the 18th century.

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When it comes to the art portraiture, those of England prevailed over Rome and France.

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The Grand Manner

The Grand Manner was big on color. The style wanted to appeal to the emotions rarther than the intellect.

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These two english men dominate portraiture in the second half of the 18th century.

Who founded the Grand Manner ?

When was the British Royal Academy founfded?

This english artist wrote was the first to formulate an art theory.

Joshua Reynolds excelled in children portraiture.

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Thomas Gainsborough was more influential painter in the 18th c. than Joshua Reynolds.

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Gainsborough was more interested in portraiture than landscape.

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This 18th c. english painter inspired a generation of plen-air painters. He was more interested in landscape than portraiture.Landscape was his hobby and portraiture was his vocation.

This 18th c. english painter depicted scientific discovery and experiments.

In the middle part of the 18th c. , this  artist was one of the most distinguisged portrait painters in France.

Jean Antoine Houdon was not interested in precision.

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This 18th c. french artist was called the "poet of the commonplace." He is rococo chronologically but not stylistically. He depcited ordinary persian life.

William Hogarth (English) is one of the greatest portrait painters ever.

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This english engraver founded the New British School. He was at his best in portraits and morlity based scenes.

During the mid 18th and 19th century satire was arriving on the scene in England.

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In France , satirical engraving stands alone- no other country has been allowed the complete freedom to be satirical.

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William Hogarth depicted descriptive moral scenes humourously.

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These two 18th c. english artists wanted their audience to improve their lives ethically, socially, and morally.

This american 18th c. painter is a transionary artist- leads directly to 19th c. battle scenes.

The English and German hate the gothic style.

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This style was considered perpendicular. By 1740s this style was popular.

Greek architecture becomes poplular in late 18th c. Europe because of this book.

Who wrote the multibook "Antiquities of Athens?"

This 18th c. french painter painted dramatic scenes of wild animals.

This 18th c. french painter depicted nightmarish themes.