Art History Time Line: Culture/Art Period: Baroque in Flanders and Holland. Time: 1600's by: E. Kanski Define the period (purpose of the movement, and main features and characteristics.) * In the North of Europe during the 1500's a movement to reform Christianity and the church was taking place. This developed into Protestantism. In Germany, Martin Luther proclaimed his "95 Theses" and from this developed the Lutheran faith. No longer was it appropriate or allowed that art be displayed in the church setting, so artists sought other patrons in everyday merchants and nobility. The general populace was becoming more literate and educated. There was a growing economic power in the middle class that rejected the opulence of Rome. A new market for the arts was produced and a new vocabulary of subject matter developed: landscape, still life and scenes of daily life, as well as portraiture. In the North paintings were sold directly to the public in a free-market system, rather than by patronage or commission. (Works will always be commissioned, eg. Portraits) Religious subject matter was still there, but was done only for private patrons, not the church. Many of these works are characterized by dramatic lighting, capturing a moment in time, depicting actors full of expression, like in a play production. Many works were small for easy transportation. Most paintings were done in oil. List the main artists that support the style and work of the main art works chosen. 1. Peter Paul Rubens 2. Rembrandt 3. Frans Hals 4. Jan Vermeer Art work # 1 Artist: Peter Paul Rubens Title: Garden of Love Date:c. 1638 Size, medium, location: Oil on canvas, 6'6" x 9'3 ½" (2 x2.8m) Stylistic features that make this work representational of the period: Typical Rubenesque, full figured women, putti, theme of joy, dramatic lighting, like a stage set. Art work # 2 Artist: Rembrandt Title: The Night Watch Date: 1642 Size, medium, location: oil on canvas, 12' 2" x 14' 7" (3.8 x 4.4 m) Stylistic features that make this work representational of the period: Scene of an event, dark, strong hi-lites, diagonal movement. Art work # 3 Artist: Frans Hals Title: The Laughing Cavalier Date: 1644 Size, medium, location: oil on canvas Stylistic features that make this work representational of the period: Portraiture, Hals was excellent at textures & frilly lace neck lines. Very dramatic, pose. Art work # 4 Artist: Jan Vermeer Title: The Letter Date: 1666 Size, medium, location:Oil on canvas, 17 1/4 x 15 1/4" (43.3 x 38.3 cm) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Stylistic features that make this work representational of the period: A slice of life or genre painting, dramatic lighting and view in the door way as if on a stage set. Details of all the small elements and the expressionson the two faces as if the viewer has interrupted a moment between them. |
