ART-HIST 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Guild Of Saint Luke, Frans Banninck Cocq, Johannes Vermeer
30 Jan 2017
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Baroque art: in the low countries and france. Elevation of the cross by peter paul rubens. To the north of flanders was protestant dutch. Bourgeois middle class, wealthy enough to commission art triptych-three panels. Middle panel was the crucifixion left panel is people mourning. Commissioned by antwerp church of st. walpurga, later moved to another church nearby. Rubens learned from michelangelo"s works how to depict nude. Michelangelo"s creation of adam depicts heroic nude similar to what. The painting has a diagonal sweep effect, making you look at christ"s face. Compares to conversion of st. paul because it is very in the moment and shows the dramatization in their faces light and shadow was likely inspired by caravaggio. Laocoon and his sons , a scupture inspired by homer"s iliad contains the same type of physical pain, realism, and a muscular body pushed to it"s limits.
