Leonardo da Vinci

"The Last Supper"

(1495-98)

Italian High Rennisance

Location:

Refactory of Monsastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan

Dry Wall, Tempora+Oil Paint

-Realsim balanced w/ idealism, pyramid, dramatic moment

Commissioned by the duke for a monestary for dining hall.

Michelangelo

"David"

(1501-04)

Italian High Rennisance

Location: N/A

 Marble

- Idealized figure, giant statue, moment right before action, viewer simply looks on

Michaelangelo

"Creation Of Adam"

(1511-12)

Italian High Rennisance

Location: Sistene Chapel ceiling, Vatican, Rome

Fresco

-Realisim Balanced w/ Idealism, dramatic moment, part of larger artwork. God in pyramid form.

Titan

"Venus"

(c. 1538)

Italian High Rennisance

Location: N/A

Oil

- Idealized figure. Spaniel rep. family. Rose & flowers rep. marriage. Marriage chest in back. Possibly signifies a child bride becoming a woman.

Donato Bramante

"Tempietto"

(1502-10)

Italian High Rennisance

Location: Rome

Commissioned by King&Queen of Spain for Spanish Pope

-First use of GREEK ORDER since classical. Use of Doric Columns.

Matthias Gruenwald 

"The Isenheim Alterpiece" Crucifixtion Panel

(1510-15)

Northern Europe High Rennisance (Germany)

Locaiton: N/A

Oil

-Realisim. Not idealized figures. Dramatic Moment. Jesus shows ill health (esp. in skin.)

-Commisioned for a church run hospital specifically for skin diseases.

Matthias Gruenwald 

"The Isenheim Alterpiece" Ressurication Panel

(1510-15)

Northern Europe High Rennisance (Germany)

Locaiton: N/A

Oil

-Realisim. Not idealized figures. Dramatic Moment. 

-Commisioned for a church run hospital specifically for skin diseases.

Albert Durer 

"Adam and Eve"

(1504)

Northern European High Rennisance (Germany)

Engraving

-Dramatic moment right before the "fall" - see goat about to fall off clif. Animals exist in harmony. Great attention to detail. Cross hatching. 

Albrecht Durer

"Four Apostles"

1526

Northern Europe High Rennisance (Germany)

Oil on Wood Panel

-Martin Luther's Favorite Apostles featured in front (St. Paul & St. John)

Bottom is bible script translated into German Vernacular.

Borromini

"Church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane

(1638-57)

Italian Baroque

Location: Rome

-wavy wall, cluttered with statues, false columns, squeezed into tiny space

Gianlorenzo Bernini

"Piazza infton of St. Peter's

(1656-57)

Italian Baroque

Location: Rome

- large, "arms of the church wrap around" was an area desginated by temp. tents, then the construction made it permenant. Many cermemonies and celebrations held there. 

-Faced by Carlo Maderno (1607-1626)

Caravaggio

"Conversion of St.Paul"

(1601)

Italian Baroque

Location: Cersai Chapel, Churchof Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome.

- oil

-dramatic light, dramatic high point of event, not afraid to be vulgar (horses behind). Shallow backgrounds

Gianlorenzo Bernini

"David"

(1623)

Italian Baroque

Location: n/a

Marble

-Strong Baroque Diagonal, puts you into the middle of the action, life sized, less idealized, contorted expression

Artemisia Gentileschi

"Self Portrait as the Allegory of Painting"

(1630)

Italian Baroque

- Strong baroque diagonal, shallow background, shows brush strokes, does something male artists can't do- paints self as the allegory of painting ( Messy dark hair, mask necklace)

Diego Velazquez

"Las Menias (The Maids of Honor)"
(1656)

Spain Baroque

Oil

- self portrairt, includes portrait of parents in back, dog sign of family, all focus on the "princess" 

Peter Paul Rubens

"The Raising of The Cross"

Flanders Barqoue

(1610-11)

Commisioned

-Triptych. Baroque Diagonal. Dramatic lightening and dramatic faces inspired by Carrivagio. Individualized expressions. 

Judith Leyster

"Self-Portrait"

1635

Dutch Republic Baroque

- shows her painting another one of her paintings. Shows off her ability to paint textures. Makes it friendly, as if you are saying hello to her in the middle of her work. 

Rembrant van Rijn 

"The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq (The Night Watch)"

(1642)

Dutch Republic Baroque

-Diagonals, dramatic lighting. commissioned by the nights watch (each chipped in)

Johannes Vermeer

"Woman Holding a Balance"

(1664)

Dutch Republic Baroque

-Religious Painting in back. N. Europe attention to detail. Traditional clothing. Genre.

Jules Hardouin-Mansart

& Charles Le Brun

"Hall of Mirrors"

Palace of Versailles, France

(begun 1678)

French Baroque

Very expensive, mirrors came in small squares and had to be assembled. Made the hall seem infinite, in regards to Louis XIV's "infinte power"