ARTH 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Tronie, Exotic Birds, Arnolfini Portrait
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Arth 120: week 15 lecture notes (jan 23, 2018) The baroque in netherlands, france, and england: baroque = dramatic light (tenebrism), great/dramatic emotion, patronage was growing, church is still influential in parts of europe after. Engraving from dell" historia naturale, by ferrante imperator (1599: people would place their vast collections in one room to impress guests . Wunderkammer : depicts one of these rooms with amazed/awestruck guests, this room is specifically dedicated to natural world (crocodile/alligator, sea creatures, etc. , theme of room depended on taste of owner. Being more urban than rural: peeters started painting young (~14 years old), made and signed ~50 pieces, specialized in still life, subject matter is bountiful/abundant. De mataale pot (attributed) after lambertus van eenhoorn (1692-1700: super fancy vase used to display tulips during tulip-mania. Married couple in a garden: portrait of isaac massa and beatrix van der laen, by frans.
