The Age of Absolutism and the
Age of Revolutions
Hist 122: Western Civilization II
Clayton Miles Lehmann
Bernini (1598-1680), Chair of St Peter, 1657-66
Rome, St Peter’s Basilica
Bernini (1598-1680), Ecstasy of St Theresa, 1645-52
Rome, Santa Maria della Vittoria
Bernini (1598-1680), Piazza of St Peter, 1657 (designed)
Rome
Borromini (1599-1667), San Carlo, 1638-41
Rome
Rubens (1577-1640), Apotheosis of the Duke of Buckingham, 1625-28
London, National Gallery
Rubens (1577-1640), Horrors of War, 1637-38
Florence, Palazzo Pitti
Velásquez (1599-1660), The Maids of Honor, 1656
Madrid, Prado
Caravaggio (1571-1610), The Calling of Matthew, 1599-1600
Rome, San Luigi dei Francesi
Rembrandt (1606-1669), Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer, 1653
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rembrandt (1606-1669), Dr Tulp’s Anatomy Lesson, 1632
The Hague, Mauritshuis
Vermeer (1632-1675), The Artist’s Studio, 1666-68
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum
Vermeer (1632-1675), The Geographer, 1668-69
Frankfurt, Städelmuseum
Wren (1632-1723), St Bride’s, 1671-78 (model)
London
Wren (1632-1723), St Paul’s Cathedral, 1675-1710
London
Versailles, 1669-85
Zimmerman (1685-1766), Die Wieskirche,
1745-54
Near Steingaden
Poussin (1594-1665), The Holy Family, 1648
Washingto, National Gallery
Poussin (1594-1665), Landscape with Funeral of Phocion, 1648
Cardiff, National Museum of Wales
Fragonard (1732-1806), The Bathers, ca 1765
Paris, Louvre
Fragonard (1732-1806), The Swing, ca 1767
London, The Wallace Collection
David (1748-1825), Lavoisier and His Wife, 1788
New York, Metropolitan Museum
David (1748-1825), Madame Recamier, 1800
Paris, Louvre
David (1748-1825), Oath of the Horatii, 1784-85
Paris, Louvre
David (1748-1825), Tennis Court Oath, 1791
Versailles, Musée National du Château
David (1748-1825), Napoleon in His Study, 1812
Washington, National Gallery
Goya (1746-1828), Third of May 1808, 1814-15
Madrid, Prado
Delacroix (1798-1863), Greece Expiring on the Ruins of Messolonghi, 1826
Bordeaux, Musée des Beaux-Arts
Delacroix (1798-1863), Liberty Leading the People, 1830
Paris, Louvre
New Harmony
Francis Bate, View of a Community, as proposed by Robert Owen, 1838
Relative Shares of World Manufacturing Output, 1750-1900
Source: Paul Kennedy, Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, p. 149
Paxton (1801-1865), Crystal Palace, 1852-54
London, then Sydenham