ART 001B Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Frans Banninck Cocq, Rijksmuseum, Impasto
Art 1B
History of Western Art
● REMBRANDT, THE NIGHTWATCH: THE MILITIA COMPANY OF
CAPTAIN FRANS BANNING COCQ, 1642 (oil on canvas) RIjksmuseum,
Amsterdam
● Impasto
● Rem - 26 yrs old here
● Diff between this and his late works
○ More colorful here/early works
○ Here not as blurry between the background and foreground
● GOYA!!!!!! (FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828) - spanish
(spain)
○ Academies formed late 1800s
○ Banished from cpurt for a while
○ 18th century onwards - artist training = in academies
○ Before - in workshops of elderly masters
● Goya = last representative of that tradition
● During his time - american revolution, french revolution, enlightenment
○ Enlightenment = against absolutist and religious dogmas
■ Human intellect/reason elevated above everything
■ Science & humanistic enterprises = very important/main tools to
solve human problems
■ Philosophers, scientists
■ Democracy, freedom, human rights, reason - you can see these in
Goya’s paintings
● FRANCISCO JOSÉ GOYA, SELF-PORTRAIT, 1773
○ Early in career
○ Realistic
○ Darker colors
● FRANCISCO JOSÉ GOYA, SELF-PORTRAIT WITH DR. ARRIETA, 1820
○ Rough brush strokes/impasto
○ Lighter colors
○ Weird text thanking the doctor
○ Psychological disorder - suffered severe sicknesses
○ Deaf by this time
○ Last decade of life - psychotic, isolation
○ Left - more of his own perception of himself
○ Right - more humble perception
Document Summary
Rembrandt, the nightwatch: the militia company of. Captain frans banning cocq, 1642 (oil on canvas) rijksmuseum, Diff between this and his late works. Here not as blurry between the background and foreground. Goya!!!!!! (francisco jos de goya y lucientes (1746-1828) - spanish (spain) 18th century onwards - artist training = in academies. Before - in workshops of elderly masters. Goya = last representative of that tradition. During his time - american revolution, french revolution, enlightenment. Enlightenment = against absolutist and religious dogmas. Science & humanistic enterprises = very important/main tools to solve human problems. Democracy, freedom, human rights, reason - you can see these in. Francisco jos goya, self-portrait with dr. arrieta, 1820. Last decade of life - psychotic, isolation. Left - more of his own perception of himself. Compare 1820 self portrait to rembrandt"s self portrait 1660. Remmy: not expressing the space really - implied through chiaroscuro but it"s pretty secondary in the importance.
