ARTH 2600 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Godfrey Kneller, Anthony Van Dyck, Jacob Tonson
17 Apr 2016
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Has movement (breaks from roman tradition) associated with social and political system before the revolution (associated with absolute monarchism). Ex: charles i anthony van dyck; st. paul"s cathedral . Canaletto; greenwich painted hall ceiling james thornhill. Absolute monarchy: (add-on to absolutism) single ruler or king who rules by the will of god - Logic is that god cannot be questioned and therefore neither can monarch revolution 1688 established constitutional monarchy (king louis xvi) Kit-cat club: social group of intellectuals interested in furthering whig objectives. May have operated in secret prior to revolution - members of reform party in favor of constitutional monarchy started by jacob tonson. Would drink a lot big part of the club. Club became part of an artistic tradition of kit-cat format portraits 36-28 in. Ex: sir godfrey kneller self- portrait; portrait of john vanbrugh sir godfrey kneller. Mezzotint: finest and most expensive style of engraving at the time.
