Baroque Art Unit 2

Gianlorenzo Bernini

1598-1680

Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius - Bernini

1618-19, marble, Villa Borghese

Fire in the Borgo - Raphael

1514, Vatican Palace

Abduction of the Sabine - Giambologna

1582, marble, Florence

David - Bernini

1623-5, marble, Villa Borghese

David - Michelangelo

1504, marble

Borghese Gladiator

1 c., marble

Anima Damnata - Bernini

1619, marble

Apollo and Daphne - Bernini

1623-5, marble, Villa Borghese

Pluto and Persephone - Bernini

1623-5, marble, Villa Borghese

Portrait of Scipione Borghese - Bernini

1632, marble

Portrait of Urban VIII - Bernini

1632, marble

Baldacchino - Bernini

1624-33, bronze, St. Peter’s Basilica

St. Longinus - Bernini

1629-38, marble, St. Peter’s Basilica. Icon: Spear

Cornaro Chapel - Bernini

1642-45, Santa Maria Della Vittoria. Patron: Cardinal Cornaro

Ecstasy of St. Teresa - Bernini

1642-45, Santa Maria della Vittoria

St. Bibiana - Bernini

1624-26, marble, Rome

Fountain of the Four Rivers - Bernini

1648-51, Piazza Navona, Rome

Peter Paul Rubens

Germany 1577- Antwerp 1640

Elevation of the Cross Altarpiece - Rubens

1610, oil on panel, Church of St. Walburga, Antwerp

Descent from the Cross Alterpiece - Rubens

1614, oil on panel, Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp

Marie de’Medici Cycle - Rubens, 24 total

1622-25, o/c, Lourve Paris

The Education of Marie de’Medici - Rubens

1623-25, o/c, Lourve. Features: Apollo and Minerva

Henry IV Receives the Portrait of Marie de’Medici - Rubens

1622-25, o/c, Lourve. Features: Cupid, France, Jupiter, and Juno

Arrival of Marie de’Medici in Marseilles - Rubens

1622-25, o/c, Lourve. Features: Poseidon and Triton

The Apotheosis of Henry IV and Proclamation of the Regency of Marie de’Medici - Rubens

1622-25, o/c, Lourve. Features: Italianate architecture

Garden of Love - Rubens

1632-33, o/c, not for sale. Personal.

The Three Graces, and what do they represent?

2 ce, marble. Ideal beauty. A reference to classical antiquity.

Triptych

a work of art or text divided into 3 distinct sections or panels that work together as a single cohesive unit

Bozzetto

a small preliminary art model or sketch

Elevatio

Elevating the cross of christ

Predella

the lowest horizontal section, base, or step of a Christian altarpiece

Modello

a preliminary study, sketch, or small-scale model for a work of art that is able constructed well enough to be presented

Italianate

An architectural and design term used in Italy during the 1600s. Later, the term applied to people, fashions, or behaviors that mimicked Italian culture

Iconoclasm/Iconoclasts

Literally meaning image-breaking. It is the religious or political belief in destroying icons, sacred images, or monuments.

Iconoclastic Fury

August 1566 event in Flanders and Northern Europe of protestant going into catholic churches destroying things for their own beliefs.

the Seventeen Provinces

Ruled by Spain, a term used to describe the Spanish Netherlands

Eighty Years’ War

War between the 17 provinces (The Dutch Republic and its allies) pro-Protestant VS. the Spanish Empire pro-Catholic and high taxes

Flemish

refers to the people, language, culture, and region of Flanders, the Dutch-speaking northern half of Belgium

When did the dutch gain independence from who?

Gained independence in 1648 from Spain.

Who knighted Peter Paul Rubens?

Philip IV of Spain and Charles I of England

Bel Composto

Beautiful in whole