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| Hyacinthe Riguad, Louis XIV, 1701, oil on canvas |
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-Originally painted as a gift for Louis XIV's grandson, but Louis liked it so much that he kept it for himself
-Human gaze, compared his "pompous" pose, and the grandeur that surrounds him |
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| Louis Le Vau Charles Le Brun, Versailles, Versailles, France, Baroque 1668-70 |
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-Palace of Louis XIV
-He had a distrust of Paris, moving to Versailles would remove the temptations of the city |
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| André Le Notre, Versailles gardens, Versailles, France, 1668-85 |
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-Axial planning
-Dominion over nature |
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| Diego Velázquez, Las Meninas, oil on canvas, Spain, Baroque, 1656 |
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-10 1/2 feet tall
-Focal point, Princess Margarita. Her attendents are identifiable portraits
-Painterly style
-True meaning of painting not known. Possibly Velázquez seeking recognition and acclaim for himself |
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| Germain Boffrand, Salon de la Princesse, Paris, Rococo, 1732 |
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-Fashionable spaces for gatherings and entertainment
-Located in the Hotel de Soubise in Paris
-Includes rococo architectural elements
--Arabesques, "s"&"c" shapes
--Volutes (spiral scrolls, Ionic capitals)
--Naturalistic plant forms |
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| Jean-Antoine Watteau, Pilgrimage to the Island of Cythera, oil on canvas, Rococo 1717 |
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-Fête galante
-Idyllic vision
-French Rococo 18th Century |
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-Ruled 1643-1715, as an absolute monarch
-Adopted the position of the "Divine Right of Kings", king only has to answer to God
-"Sun King", chose the sun as his emblem
-Associated himself with Apollo (God of Peace and the arts)
-Builds his palace at Versailles (father's former hunting lodge) instead of in Paris |
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| Louis XIV, likened himself the "Sun King", Apollo |
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-Axial symmetry
-Dominion over nature
-Versailles, André Le Nôrte |
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17th century, French government founded royal academies to instruct students in literature, painting, and sculpture, music, dance, and architecture.
**When the royal acadamies began to mount exhibitions of students' work, known as Salons. |
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-Exhibitions of the students of the royal academies
=Influencial in establishing officially approved styles and in molding public taste
-Originally held in the Salon Carré in the Palace of the Lourve
Beginning in 1737, Salons were held every other year with a jury of members selecting the works to be shown |
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André le Nôrte
-Organized nature
-Use of diagonals and radial avenues as dominion over nature
-Nature "perfected" by art and the hands of humans |
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-Describing a style of painting that emphasizes the techniques and surface effects of brushwork
-e.g. Las Meninas, Velázquez |
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-Certain Baroque Naturalistic effects
--Dramatic contrast of light and dark
--Noble classic bodies, with other features of common street people |
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-Lightness, delicate
-Pastel colors
-Curving forms
-As an architectural style, it is largely an interior style with furniture and decorative elements often matching the room
-e.g. Salon de la Princesse |
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-Elegant outdoor entertainment
--Associated with French Rococo 18th Century
-Introduced by Jean-Antoine Watteau in his "Pilgrimage" |
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| Salon (the social practice) |
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| Intellectual gatherings of prominent people |
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-(1789) Changed some of the practices of the Royal Acadamies
--The jury practice was abolished in 1791 because it was a "relic of the monarchy"
-The salon became democratically open to all artists |
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-Art having a high regard for the arts of classical antiquity
--i.e. Donatello's Sassy David 1440-1460
-Classicism had a resurgence in the Italian Renaissance, bringing back the glory of Rome |
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-The disposition of the human figure in which one part is turned into opposition to another part
--i.e. Donatello's David 1440-1460 |
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| Italian "smoky" a smoke like haziness that subtly softens outlines in aintings, particularly applied to the work of Leonardo da Vinci |
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| Equilateral cross plan used in the original design of Saint Peters by Michelangelo Buonorotti (1546) |
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| Attempt by the Catholic Church to regain followers by making the religion more exciting and accessable through work like Paolo Veronese's Christ in the House of Levi (1573) |
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| Reminder of the inevitability of death as seen in Hans Holbein "The Younger's the French Ambassadors" (1533) |
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French "Fools the Eye", a form of illusionistic painting that aims to decieve viewers into believeing that they are seeing real objects
--i.e. Andrea Mantegna, Camera Picta, Ducal Palace, Mantua, Italy (1465-1474)(Early Renaissance) |
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-Three paneled painting, ivory plaque, or alterpiece
--i.e. Hieronymus Bosch, Garden of Earthly Delights (1505-1510) (Northern Renaissance) |
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-Characteristic of 16th Century Venetian artists who emphasized the application of paint as an important element of the creative process
--i.e. Giorgione da Castelfranco's "The tempest" (1510) |
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-German "Total Work of Art", a synthesis of different mediums such as architecture, painting and sculpture
--i.e. Gianlorenzo Bernini, Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria |
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| The word is Latin, meaning "emptiness" and loosely translated corresponds to the meaninglessness of earthly life and the transient nature of vanity |
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| In architecture, a plan in which the parts of a building are organized longtitudinally, or along a given axis |
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| Describing a human figure standing so that its shoulders and arms twist off-axis from the hips and legs; this gives the figure a more relaxed and less stiff appearance |
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| A manuscript in which the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration, such as decorated initials, borders and miniature illustrations |
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| Unnatural figures; images not what people actually looked like |
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| Natural; idealized forms; more relaxed; drama, emotion |
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| Renaissance; Used Laocoon sculpture in painting |
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-Baroque
-Painted everyday people and things
-Liked window in studio and map on wall |
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| Baroque; Dramatic lighting; Foreshortening; Wanted for murder |
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| Rise of humanities; Nature; Revival of Greek/Roman interests; Status of artist elevated; Wealthy patrons |
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| Unknown artists; Illustrated manuscripts; Precious materials (gold, gems) |
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| True naturalism; Dramatic; Emotional; Exaggerated lighting |
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| Designs made with small stones or tiles |
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| Overlays translucent layers of colour to create perceptions of depth, volume and form; "smoky" |
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| Baroque; Large (muscular) figures |
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| Renaissance; famous for prints |
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| Artistic style of Medieval Northern Europe (including architecture, painting, music, etc.); Pointed arches |
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| Contrast between light and dark |
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| Term often used to describe the period before written history |
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| Baroque; Painted metals very well; Spent money liberally, died poor |
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| Renaissance; Extreme detail; Credited for creating oil paint |
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| Renaissance; Sfumato (smoky) images |
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| Paintings done on plaster on walls or ceilings |
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| Late Classical Greek period; Defined by movement, drama, emotions |
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| Renaissance; Sculptor; Made to paint by Pope |
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