IHUM 202 Exam 1 - Paintings

Bramante - Plan for St Peter’s

centrally planned, symmetrical, died before finished 1st architect

Michelangelo - Plan for St. Peter’s

Dome of St. Peter’s Church

“Abduction of the Sabine Women” by Giambologna

mannerist! can see from many angles

mass abduction of women, viewed as a way for the nation to grow, women received rights

“Hercules and the Centaur” by Giambologna

mannerist! pushes bounds twisting dramatically - can view from many angles

Palestrina

music! polyphonic music (many melodies at once) made it more clear and easier to understand - helped make people want to stay in the Catholic church

“Henry VIII” by Hans Holbein

clothing showing wealth, power, significance

“Anne of Cleves” by Hand Holbein

picked for his wive based on the portrait, when met said she didn’t look like her portrait and was divorced

“The Spanish Ambassadors” by Hans Holbein

Ambassadors from Spain - representing the king of Spain

shows who they are to the world — showing that they are educated, wealthy, musical, cosmopolitan, travels

“Lady Catherine Grey” by Levina Teerlinc

Of future Elizabeth 1st

Teerlinc - painted miniatures, from the country trained by her father, only one by her

“Martin Luther and His Wife Katerina von Bora” by Lucas Cranach

Martin Luther — 95 thesis, people should be able to read the bible themselves, left the catholic church, NOW Lutherism

Katherine von bora — wife of luther, was a nun then smuggled out, believed in marriage for clergy

“Christ and the Anti-Christ” by Lucas Cranach

christ — cleansing the temple, flipping the table of the money changers

anti christ — practice of indulgences, seeing them as better than us, pope exchanging money - not appropriate

“Self Portrait” by Albrecht Dürer

German went to Italy - linear perspective!

made his self-portrait to seem like Christ

“Adam and Eve” by Albrecht Dürer

prints! drawn, etched into metal, inked, then pressed

“Knight, Death, and the Devil” by Albrecht Dürer

print! etched and pressed

“Calling of St Matthew” by Michelangelo Caravaggio

Christ is the one pointing to Matthew

all dressed in modern clothes

similar to the creation of adam painting - the point to matt

“judith and holofernes” by Michelangelo Caravaggio

“judith and holofernes” by Artemisia Gentileschi

story from the bible - caught him off guard and beheaded him

Gentileschi - had limited training, raped by her mentor, brought him to trial tortured to make sure she wasn’t lying

“susanna and the elders” by artemisia gentileschi

men wanted to sleep with her - she said no - they said they would frame her for adultery - was brought to trial and found innocent

“st peters basilica piazza” by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

overflow space outside, space showed authority

“arms of the mother church outreached”

“St. Teresa in Ecstasy” by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

smaller room within bigger church

dedicated to st theresa and her visions

theater boxes carved on the sides, contemplating, like a drama, encouraged to think of spiritual experiences and lives of christ - some discussing with each others look at St, Theresa

“Baldacchino for St. Peter’s” by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

highlights the alter - the light of God

main alter, body of Peter

“David” by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

expressive, dynamic, movement, facial expression

stronger light and shadow

more modest

“Cornaro Chapel” by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

where st theresa in ecstasy is

“San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane” by francesco borromini

clean, minimal colors, pretty small - for a community of monks

dome — oval, very baroque, curved lines - has crosses, octagons, squares making it look bigger and all white

“Young Woman with a Water Jug" by Jan Vermeer

can see sources of light

"self portrait" by Rembrandt van Rijn

many many pieces! 600 paintings, 400 etchings, 2000 drawings

very known printmaking

"The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp" by Rembrandt van Rijn

dissections were uncommon - real specimen

was a disgrace to be a specimen, body was executed — showed humanity by showing his face

"The Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch" by Rembrandt van Rijn

group portrait, “night watch”

all helped pay for, would be hung in their meeting place

linear and crisp

"Christ with the Sick Around Him, Receiving the Children" by Rembrandt van Rijn

a print, dark shadows and light

"Susanna and the Elders" by Rembrandt van Rijn

frozen not moving

precursor, maybe just started talking to her trying to convince her

innocent or surprised, clothes showing wealth

tenebrism - showing dark and then she is in the light

"Banquet of the Officers of the Civic Guard of St. George of Haarlem" by frans hals

not as detailed

painterly style - can see the brush strokes

"The Apotheosis of James I" by Peter Paul Rubens

The Discourse of René Descartes

french moved to Amsterdam - protestant and freethinking why he moved

reason and logic separates us from brutes

rationalism - not just thinking one way because it’s popular

logical precepts — don’t believe just because someone says, break it up, step by step, be thorough and double check

“Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina” by Galileo Galilei

Galileo challenged the idea that the earth is the center of the universe (heliocentrism)

wrote to the grand duchess because she has a lot of power - but was condemned for believing so because different than what the bible says — believes that science was just as strong

"Abduction of the Sabine Women" by Nicolas Poussin

would just randomly grabbed women - was seen as an honor, but were taken against their will

"Et in Arcadia Ego" by Nicolas Poussin

classical baroque — less dramatic, balanced, and formal

3 Shepards and maybe the spirit of nature (she is in a classical stance, like a sculpture)

"Versailles" Vau and Hardouin-Mansart

Louis XIV — absolute monarch, saw himself as everything, so at the center of the palace was his room

hall of mirrors!

"Marchesa Elena Grimaldi" by Anthony van Dyck

"Charles I" by Anthony van Dyck

"Banqueting House at Whitehall" by Inigo Jones

Palace and banquet hall of whitehall - a lot of symmetry

st. paul’s cathedral by christopher wren

rebuilt by Wren after the great fire of London causing the cathedral to be destroyed

more neoclassical build

"Las Meninas" by Diego Velázquez

can see velazquez painting within the painting with the princess and heir maids attending and entertaining her

people he is actually painting you can see in the back - Phillip IV of Spain and his wife

questions who is the focus in the painting

"Tête à Tête" by William Hogarth

"Gin Lane" by William Hogarth

"Beer Street" by William Hogarth