Chapter 1

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Art 134-World Art History II

Study Guide, Chapter 19, Baroque-Italy-Spain

Pictures/Slides from Text

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19.2, Caravaggio, The Calling of St. Matthew, 1599-1600, Rome,

IT

2.

19.3, Caravaggio, The Conversion of St. Paul, 1601, Rome, IT

3.

19.5, Artemisia Gentileschi, Judeth and her Maidservant with the

Head of Holofernes, 1625, Detroit, MI, USA

4.

19.7, Annibale Carracci, Loves of the Gods, 1597-1601, Rome, IT

5.

19.15, Gianlorenzo Bernini, Baldacchino, 1624-1633, St. Peter’s,

Rome, IT

6.

19.17, 19.18, 19.19, Francesco Borromini, San Carlo alle Quatro

Fontane, 1665-1667, Rome, IT

7.

19.30, Gianlorenzo Bernini, David, 1623, Rome, IT

8.

19.31, p.660, Gianlorenzo Bernini, The Ecstacy of St. Theresa,

1645-1652, Rome, IT

9.

19.33, Juan Sanchez Cotan, Quince, Cabbage, Melon and

Cucumber, 1602, San Diego, CA, USA

10.

19.35, Diego Velazquez, The Water Carrier of Seville, 1919,

London, UK

11.

19.38, Diego Velazquez, The Maids of Honor, 1656, Madrid,

SP

12.

19.39, Francisco de Zurbaran,St. Serapion, 1628, Hartford,

CT, USA

Facts/Information from Text

13.

The colonization of the Americas and issues of gender, science, medicine and exotica became central to the life and art in this period now known as the “Early Modern World.”

14.

The desire to evoke emotional states by appealing to the senses and to persuade often in dramatic ways underlies Baroque art.

15.

The 17 th Century has been called the “Golden Age of

Painting” in France, Holland, Flanders and Spain.

16.

Folklore, literature and plays became subject matter in the

Baroque, usually depicted as a scene from everyday life known as a “Genre Scene.”

17.

Caravaggio’s style was the initial stamp of the Baroque. His new subjects, use of lighting and concept of naturalism changed the world of painting in the 17 th Century.

18.

Caravaggio’s “dark” paintings where figures appear out of a dark background lit by a single light source is referred to as

“tenebrism.”

19.

A follower of Caravaggio, and the most notable and popular woman painter of the Baroque period was, Artemisia Gentileschi.

20.

Though ceiling painting was popularized in the Renaissance, it is the Baroque period which is most associated with this form of painting.

21.

The new St. Peters (begun at the turn of the 16 th Century) was completed during the Baroque period and became the greatest symbol of the revival and vitality of the Catholic Church.

22.

The architect who initiated great change in his field and brought curves and the oval to Baroque architecture was Francesco

Borromini.

23.

The premier sculptor and architectural designer of the 17 th

Century, represented in our text by his statue of “David” and the elaborate and emotional “Ecstasy of St. Theresa” was Gianlorenzo

Bernini.

24.

The first example of pure still life painting in our text is from a member of the Toledo School, it is titled, Quince, Cabbage,

Melon and Cucumber by, Juan Sanchez Cotan.

25.

The earliest Spanish court painter who was actually from

Spain was, Diego Velazquez.

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