Matthias Grunewald, Isenheim Altarpiece (closed), ca 1510.

Northern Europe/Holy Roman Empire/Germany

Oil on wood. 9' x 10'

Matthias Grunewald, Isenheim Altarpiece (open), Shrine carved by Nikolaus Hagenauer, 1490. 

Painted & gilt limewood sculpture.

Northern Europe/HRE/Ger.

Hieronymus Bosch,  Garden of Earthly Delights, 1510. 

Northern Europe - Netherlands

Oil on Wood.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Netherlandish Proverbs, 1559.

 Northern Europe (Netherlands)

Oil on wood.

Gianlorenzo Bernini, Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, 1645.

Italian Baroque.

Marble sculpture installment.

Caravaggio, Calling of Saint Matthew, 1600.

Italian Baroque.

Oil on canvas.

Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Slaying Holofernes, 1620.

Italian Baroque.

Oil on canvas.

Fra Andrea Pozzo, Glorification of Saint Ignatius, 1690s.

Italian Baroque.

Ceiling fresco in Rome.

Diego Velaquez, Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor), 1656.

Spanish Baroque.

Oil on [10ft] canvas.

Jan Vermeer, Allegory of the Art of Painting, 1670.

Northern Europe - Dutch

Oil on Canvas.

Peter Paul Rubens, Elevation of the Cross, 1610.

Northern Europe - Flanders/Flemish

Oil on wood

Peter Paul Rubens, Consequences of War, 1640.

Northern Europe - Flanders/Flemish

Oil on 6' x 11' canvas

Hendrick ter Brugghen, Calling of Saint Matthew, 1620.

N. Europe - Dutch Republic

Oil on Canvas

Gerrit van Honthorst, Supper Party, 1620.

N. Europe - Dutch

Oil on canvas

Studied in Italy & influenced by work of Carvaggio

Rembrandt van Rijn, The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq (Night Watch), 1640.

N. Europe - Dutch

Oil on 11' x 14' canvas

Most unique of the civic-guard group portraits. Time piece of Dutch police about to march.  It has been altered, trimmed, and vandalized (twice).

Rembrandt van Rijn, Self-Portrait, ca 1660.

N. Europe - Dutch

Oil on canvas

Circles probably honoring Giotto.

Jacob van Ruisdael, View of Haarlem From the Dunes at Overveen, 1670.

Dutch

Oil on canvas

Pieter Claesz, Vanitas Still Life, 1630s

N. Europe - Dutch

Oil on panel

Reflects pride Dutch had in material possessions; skull & timepiece remind viewer of life's transience.

Georges de la Tour, Adoration of the Shepherds, 1650.

N. Europe - France

Oil on canvas

Suggested Carvaggio influence through use of light.

Hyacinthe Tigaud, Louis XIV, 1700.

N. Europe - France

Oil on canvas

Louis - Sun King was short, can't tell from portrait.

Jules Hardouin-Mansart and Charles Le Brun, Galeri des Glaces, ca 1680.

"Hall of Glass/Mirrors"

Palace of Louis XIV - France

Jean-Honre Fragonard, The Swing, 1766

Rococo style

Oil on canvas

Pastel colors and soft light

Antoine Watteau, Pilgrimage to Cythera, 1717, Rococo style.

Autdoor amusements, French upperclass society. Hazey colors, subtle shapes, suave gentility match Rococo taste.

Joseph Wright of Derby, A Philosopher Giving a Lecture at the Orrery, 1765. Enlightenment period.

Celebrates inventions of Industrial Rev. In tune w/ Enlight.idea of progress. Dramatically lit by candle or moon is Wright's specialty.  Orrery = planetary diarama.

William Hogarth, Breakfast Scene, 1745.

Enlightenment/Naturalist style.

Story/narrative scenes like chapters in a book satirizes the married, immoral upperclass of England.

Benjamin West, Death of General Wolfe, 1770. Enlightenment/Naturalist.

Theatrically ordered; remenecent of Weyden's Desposition. English commander mortally wounded is the new hero/martyr. Image charged w/religious emotion. Inspired Realism.

Jaques-Louis David, Oath of the Horatii, 1784, (French) Enlightenment/Neoclassicism.

Celebrates ancient Roman patriotism and classic Roman architecture.  Enlightenment virtues of courage, patriotism, unwavering loyalty against emotions of love, sorrow, & despair (all womanly characteristics & represented as such).