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Baroque Art_Humanities 2
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Undergraduate 2
09/24/2010

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barroco
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a large, irregularly-shaped pearl
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chiaroscuro
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light/shadow
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tenebrism
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use of gradations in light and dark to create depth and modeling; and exaggerated form of chiaroscuro
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still life
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(painting); anything on the table
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vanitas
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(painting); reminder that earthly pleasures don't last
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genre scenes
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(painting); scenes or events from every day life
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Rococo
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"pebble"; art small, petite, dainty, feminine; nature theme, love, mythological figures, pastel colours
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fetes galantes
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"gallant party"
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Absolutism
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Louis XIV
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"The Sun King"; made his era the Age of Absolutism; the absolute judge of taste at the French court, patron of the arts
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Rembrandt
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leading Dutch artist during 17th century; most sought-after portrait painter; could build up figure with impasto techinique, making images extremely clear
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Rubens
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Flemish painter at Louis XIV's court;
"fleshing out"; nudes' flesh folds and drapes across their bodies; moralistic undertones
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Poussin
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painter whose typical work is compositional geometry of horizontals and verticals; mythological or Christian subject matter rather than genre scenes; restraint and decorum
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Bernini
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El Escorial
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Caravaggio; The Calling of Saint Matthew; ca. 1599-1600
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Caravaggio; Conversion of Saint Paul; ca. 1601
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Artemisia Gentileschi; one of Caravaggio's followers; one of first female artists to receive international reputation; paints herself as Judith in 5 different versions of biblical story of Judith and Holofernes
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Gentileschi; Judith and Maidservant with Head of Holofernes; ca. 1625
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Bernini; Ecstasy of Saint Teresa; 1645-52
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Grand Facade at Versailles; 1669-85
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Johannes Goedaert; Flowers in a Wan-li Vase with Blue-Tit; ca. 1660
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Jacob van Ruisdael; View of Haarlem from the Dunes at Overveen; ca. 1670
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Jan Vermeer; Woman with a Pearl Necklace; ca. 1664
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Rembrandt, The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp; 1632
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Rembrandt, Portrait of Nicolaes Ruts; 1631
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Rembrandt, Christ Preaching; 1639
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Peter Paul Rubens, The Kermis ca. 1635
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Rubens, The Arrival and Reception of Marie de’ Medici ca. 1621-25
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Nicholas Poussin; Shepherds of Arcadia; 1638-1639
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