ART HIS 40C Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Counter-Reformation, Oil Sketch, Gian Lorenzo Bernini
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1634 prints placed on books paid very little: rubens builds up his status as a scholar, cover requires a scholarly interpretation. , 1609/1628 continued placed in antwerp"s town hall but later given as a gift to a spanish ambassador who dies. Not trying to create an effect like bernini but maximizing his own productivity using strategic means of adopting to the world and in antwerp"s. 1579 individual protestant provinces unify as dutch republic: adoration of the magi depicts spanish netherlands and republic"s treaty exporters and importers, successful merchants save for embargo in the early 1600s. , 1614: catholic boat decoration and fancy dress almost cause the boat to overturn. Protestant boat faith, hope, and charity on the net is cast down saving lost souls overmaterialistic south vs. virtuous north. , c. 1661 little to no motion or action (compare with biblical or mythological subjects) no great moment or story being depicted shows where people lived.
