Palladio, Villa Rotunda, 1560s, Italy, Italian Ren

Drer, Adam & Eve, 1504,

German Ren

 Bernini, Saint Teresa in

Ecstasy, 1645-52, Santa
Maria della Vittoria
church, Rome, Baroque

 Caravaggio, The Calling of

St. Matthew, 1599-1600,
Roman Baroque

 Velzquez, Las
Meninas, 1656,
Spanish Baroque

 Rubens, Henri IV
Receiving the Portrait of
Marie deMedici, 162125, Dutch Northern Ren

 Rembrandt, Nightwatch,
1642, Dutch Baroque

 Vermeer, Woman
Holding a Balance, 1664,
Dutch Baroque

 Rigaud, Louis XIV,

1701, French
Baroque

 Le-Vau & Hardouin-Mansart, Gardan Faade

of the Palace of Versailles, France, 1678-85,
French

 Anonymous, Portrait of Ni Zan, Yuan Dynasty,

1330, Chinese

 Ni Zan, The Rongxi Studio,

Yuan Dynasty, 1372,
Chinese

 Shen Zhou, Poet on a Mountaintop, Ming

Dynasty, 1500, Chinese

 Dong Qichang/ Tung Chichang, The Qingbian [Ch'ingpien] Mountain, Ming

Dynasty,1617, Chinese

 Sesshu, Winter
Landscape, Muramachi
Period, 1470s, Japanese

 Watteau, Pilgrimage to the Island of Cythera,

1717, French Rococo

 Fragonard, The Swing, 1766, French Rococo

 Wedgwood,
Apotheosis of
Homer Vase, 179095, British
Neoclassical

 William Hackwood for

Wedgwood, Am I not a
man and brother? 1787,
British Neoclassical

 Hogarth, The Marriage Contract,from

Marriage la Mode, 18thCentury British

 Hogarth, Frame Four/The Opera Scene, 1754

British

 Reynolds, Lady
Sarah Bunbury
Sacrificing to the
Graces, 1765,
British

 Kauffmann, Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi

(Pointing to Her Children as her Treasures),
1785, British

 Vige-LeBrun, Portrait
of Marie Antoinette and
Her Children, 1787,
French

Gentileschi, Judith Beheading

Holofernes
For Medici Family
One of first female artist to emerge
Two versions of this scene were painted

Rubens, The Raising of the Cross

First commission at Church of St. Walburga
Took a year to make
Most profitable work

The Forbidden City, Beijing

One of only ancient Chinese structures
remaining today
One of largest structures in the world
24 emperors to be seated in the Dragon
Throne

Himeji Castle, Hyogo

1993 Became world heritage site
Never use or damaged in battle
Looted graveyards and gravestones to build
the castle

Copley, Watson and the Shark

Brook Watson at 14 years old
Hope to encourage boys to overcome triumph
(inspire children to do better things)
Represent Resurrection of Christ

Jefferson, Monticello
Building materials from Jeffersons land
Monticello is on the back of the nickel
Influenced by Hotel de Salm

Baroque 17th Century (1600s)

barocco: irregularly shaped pearl, something
beautiful , fascinating, strange
Exaggerated lighting, intense emotion,
idealization based on observation of world
balance (asymmetrical) compositions; diagonal
movement in space; rich harmonious colors,
visual references to Greece and Rome, theatrical
lighting
lifelike depictions of world in portraiture, genre
paintings, still life, religious scenes
Roles of viewers: engage viewer and reach out to
them

Rococo

From barocco and rocaille (form of garden or interior ornamentation using shells
and pebbles) to describe the refined and fanciful style that became fashionable in
parts of Europe in the 18th Century.

Art a commodity to the rich and middle class

Created atmosphere of sensuality and luxury, asymmetry, naughtiness, pastoral

landscape

Pictorial themes taken from Classical love stories, sculpted ornament filled with
playful putti, lush foliage, fluffy clouds

Satin clothes, depict aristocratic life style, aristocratic leisure life, fete galante
(outdoor entertainment)

Ignore social issues, pastel colors,

Neoclassicism and Romanticism in

Britain

Way of viewing the world and influential art.

Neoclassical paintings reflect the crystalline forms, tight compositions, shallow
space of ancient relief sculpture
Paintings and sculptures painted for public places to inspire patriotism,
nationalism, and courage.
Used as a visual expression of state and political stability, moral and civic virtue

Revive sense of moral and civic virtue to patriotism to create Romantic works of
art dedicated specifically to the British nation.
Romanticism describes style and attitude (celebrates the individual and the
subjective)
Romanticism takes its name and themes from the romances novellas, stories,
and poems.
Romantic suggests something fantastic or novelistic, set in a remote time or place,
infused by poetic melancholy, inciting terror or horror.
Neoclassicism celebrates the universal and the rational

British painting
Moralizing satire and caricature, ancient and
modern history, scenes from British literature,
British landscape and people
Reflected romantic sensibilities and
Enlightening values