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Northern Renaissance, the Reformation, and Baroque

1517 Luther proposes his 95 Theses

1522 First circumnavigation of the Earth

1534 Church of England separates from Roman Church

1545-1563 Council of Trent

1558-1603 Elizabeth I in power in England

1588 England defeats the Spanish Armada

1620 Mayflower lands in New World

1643-1715 Louis XIV rules France

Areas of study: Spain, Germany, Flanders, Italy, and England

Terms:

Scumbling-the application of a fine layer of paint with a very dry brush. It is sometimes described as a glaze

effect, but rather than the pigments being dispersed in a transparent medium, scumbling creates a fine mesh

of opaque pigment (used by Rembrandt)

Rococo Art and Architecture-domesticated from the Baroque style-decorative style was gay, ornamental, and free-

a style to glamorize the wealthy and noble classes. Present in France, Italy, Holland, Germany, and Austria,

and England, it also spread to America and other colonies.

Rubenesque- in reference to the figures of the ethereal women painted by Flemish painter Rubens. They

strayed from the classical female figure in their roundness and robust figures.

Baroque Architecture (1600-1750)Baroque Architecture began in Rome and spread to Germany, Flanders, Holland, and Spain. The originalmeaning of the term Baroque is "irregular, contoured, or grotesque" and in part, reflects Baroquecompositions, which typically involve gestural rendering, multi-curved arrangements, and a quality of super-reality or romantic mysticism.

The Baroque style is flamboyant, which relates to a historical era involved with the divine right of kings, the"Period of Absolutism," and counter revolution for the Catholic Church. The beginnings of art to serve tonobility are here, but Baroque Art also embodied the genre art of the common man.Rococo Architecture (1700-1789)Rococo Art was a domesticated from of the Baroque style-it was decorative, gay, ornamental and free--a styleto glorify and glamorize the wealthy and noble classes. Present in France, Italy, Holland, Germany, Austria,and England, it also spread to America and other colonies.

Baroque - An architecture of flamboyance and swaggering excess that characterized the 17th century. Takingas a starting point the elements of classicism, Baroque architects gave their buildings an unprecedentedelaboration, creating particularly dramatic spatially complex interiors heighten by ornamentation and by theuse of bold lighting effects. From the French transileteration Portugese word, barlocco, irregular pearlshape-round and unpredictable shape

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In the 16th and 17th centuries, there is a splintering of the Catholic Church into various branches of

Christianity-Lutheran, Presbyterian, Protestant, etc. Europe sees a tremendous amount of exploration by all

major countries-to the New World and the Asian continents. With this exploration comes new

commerce/trade and wealth into most major cities, especially port cities. The paintings are now painted in

larger proportions to reflect the subject matter. Religious subject matter still plays a role, but not as it did

during the Renaissance.

Northern Renaissance (Germany and Flanders)

Durer

o 4 Horseman of the Apocalypse* woodcut 1497-1498o Self-Portrait* oil on wood panel 1500

Bosch Garden of Earthly Delights* oil on wood panel triptych 1505-1515

Brueghel Hunters in the Snow* oil on wood panel 1565

Peter Paul Rubens

o Descent from the Cross oil on panel 1612-1614o Lion Hunt oil on canvas 1617-1618o Arrival of Marie De Medici oil on canvas 1622-1624

Spain

El Greco

o Burial of Count Orgaz* oil on canvas 1586o View of Toledo* oil on canvas 1610

Velazquez

o Waterseller* oil on canvas 1619o Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor)* oil on canvas 1656

Italian Baroque

Caravaggio

o Calling of St. Matthew* oil on canvas 1599-1600o Entombment* oil on canvas 1603-1604

Baroque/Mannerist Architecture

Bernini St. Peters (Rome) 1506/1657-1667

o Colonnadeo Square and Viewo Plan of Piazza and church

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Borromini San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane 1638-1641

o Nave facing altaro Engraving of faadeo Interior-Dome and upper levelso Lantern and Bell towero Exterior Facade

FRANCE

LeBrun Versailles 1660s-1670s

o Plano

Hall of Mirrors

ENGLAND

Wren St. Pauls 1675-1710

o Plan and Sectiono Faadeo View of Domeo Lantern

GERMANY AND AUSTRIA

Neumann Vierzehnheiligen (Vierze for short) 1743-1772

o Plan and Sectiono Faadeo Interioro Pier

*Images that can be found in Stokstad and most textbooks.

Your first quiz will be next week and will include the information from tonights class.

Change in the schedule for next week, we will focus on the Dutch Republic. The lesson will take place after

the quiz. The quiz will be at the start of class.