ARTH 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Peter Paul Rubens, Nicolas Poussin, Gian Lorenzo Bernini
21 Sep 2016
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Peter paul rubens (1577-1640): prolific baroque painter. Vermeer (1623-1675): domestic interiors, soft lighting and shadow [key to. El greco (spanish painter born crete 1541-1614): elongated bodies, bright unreal color, deliberate exaggeration of reality masterpiece = burial of count orgaz [chapel painting] Bernini: architect and sculptor, ecstasy of st. theresa . Caravaggio (1571-1610): paintings with real people in religious poses, controversial life/ work baroque: spain. Velazquez (1599-1660): spanish painter of king, influenced manet and other modern painters visible brush strokes, everyday people, portraits with emotion. Nicolas poussin (1594-1665): french painter, worked in rome, inspired by raphael and. Painting of ideas: mythological historical figures in landscapes with classical ruins. Features fantasy aristocrats and italian drama characters (sad clowns), engaged in. Baroque artists gave up symmetry and became more ornate. Secular painting: it will end with the french revolution. Watteau (1684-1721): paintings and drawings, pastel colors. Gericault (1791-1824): raft of the medusa = depiction of a tragic disaster at sea,
