MPC 103 Lecture Notes - Pope Innocent X, Louis Le Vau, Juan De Pareja
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Elevation of the the cross, antwerp cathedral, antwerp, belgium, 1610. Very full bodied women characteristic of his work. Stylistically, somewhere between the high renaissance and the baroque. Emphasizes effort of raising the cross, supernatural burden. Very caravaggio in terms of lighting, dramatic chiaroscuro. Delicacy with the barber cuts the hair of samson. Depiction of venus trying to hold mars back from war. Life & death represented in the skin tones: greenness to the dead. King philip iv of spain (fraga philip) 1644. Strange, because painting of nudes forbidden in spain in this time period. Depicts a slave in a very noble pose. Feeling of a person who has a personality. Physiology of a child, vitality in the face. Las meninas (the maids of honor) : 1656. Would not have been made without the consent of the king. Light catching properties of the fabric, early impressionism, loose brush strokes.