Spanish and French Boroque

name this painting and the story behind the Saint

Francisco De Zurbaran St. Serpapion 1628

Mercedarian

A Spanish order in 1218 to rescue christian prisoners of the Moore and St. Serpapion sacrificed himself for the group of others

• members of the order take a vow to die for another in danger of losing their faith

Bold, energetic, and visible brush strokes

bravura brush strokes

name this painting

Rigaud Lous IV (house of Bourbon)1701 oil on canvas

Give me some information about Louis IV

• Louis exerted abosute power over all aspects of government including the arts

• had the longest reign in Eoupean history

• Established the French Royal Academy of painting and sculpture

What do you know about the French Baroque style

• Restraint- tempered less dramatic than Italia and Spanish art

• continues with classism of the Ren - ideal classism ideal beauty ideal kingship

Name this painting

Nicolas Poussin, Saint john on Patmos 1640 oil on canvas

how does Poussin use nature to frame John

The placement of the trees and the dark colors frame John and his bright clothes draw your eye straight to him

merges the wild, peaceful beauty of the countryside with human reason, geometry, architecture, and civic philosophy.

Rationally Ordered pastoral landscape

name this painting

Nicolas Poussin Et In Arcadia Ego 1637 oil on canvas

what is the meaning of Arcadia?

For the greeks it meant pure, rural,idealistic life far outside the city

Discuss the main themes in Poussins essay

• the components of a proper painting is subject, theme, concept, and style

• emphisesed the importance of subject matter

• making a painting shouldb’t be labored but shield cine naturally

Name the components of the grand manner and what they convey about Poussins priorities for paining

• harmony and balance

• artists intellect and genius are most impotent as a artist

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What were some of Poussins major focuses in his paintings?

Landscapes- he used landscapes to express mood, and Noble themes

Empisis on purity, expressive truth, and moral power of perfected forms of greek models