Tuesday, February 09, 2010

17th Century Dutch Art

Baroque Art in France, Flanders and Spain

Friday Quiz

The following artists have promised to stop by for a visit on our Friday quiz. It would be wise to be aquainted with their work and achievements:

Artemisia Gentileschi
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Caravaggio
Guido Reni
Boromini

Hyacinthe Rigaud
Claude Lorrain
Nicolaus Poussin

Peter Paul Rubens
Anthony van Dyck


Jusepe de Ribera
Velazquez

Rembrandt van Rijn
William Claesz Heda
Vermeer

Thursday, February 04, 2010

Homework Assignment for Monday 2/8



Using the slide above, fill in the slide analysis sheet with information and analysis you glean from the image. Filled in analysis is due Monday, Feb. 8 This image can also be found on page 788 of your textbook.

Tuesday, February 02, 2010

The Italian Baroque

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Chapter 22 Homework

Answers to the following questions are due by class on Monday, Feb.1

Chapter 22: Baroque Art
1. How did portraiture change in the seventeenth century?
2. What is one way that scientific discoveries impacted on art of the seventeenth century?
3. How is Bernini’s David different than previous sculptures on this subject?
4. What is Baroque naturalism?
5. What is Baroque classicism?
6. Why was Rubens so successful as an artist?
7. Why did Rembrandt’s fortunes rise and fall?
8. How did the architects and artists of Versailles celebrate the Sun King in the buildings and gardens?
9. How did English Baroque architects replace the prevailing Gothic style?
10. Who were the patrons of Dutch Baroque art?

Friday, January 15, 2010

Mid Term Exam Study Slides

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Venetian Art of the High Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy

Thursday, January 07, 2010

16th Century Art in Northern Europe and the Iberian Peninsula

Answers to the following questions for Chapter 21 are due by class on Monday, January 11th.

1. How did Durer use printmaking to extend his reputation?
2. Why did landscape painting, still life, and portraiture become important in sixteenth-century art?
3. What features characterize early sixteenth century German sculpture?
4. How did Francis I make Fountainbleau into an artistic center?
5. What kind of art and architecture did Philip I support in Spain?
6. In what ways is Hieronymus Bosch’s painting style so eccentric?
7. How was Antwerp an important cultural center in the sixteenth century?
8. How were women involved in Netherlandish art of the sixteenth century?
9. How did Bruegel’s travels impact his art?
10. What are the main features of Elizabethan houses?