Humanities Chapter 10: The Counter-Reformation and the Baroque

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Served as choirmaster at the Capella Giulia in the Vatican and composed the Mass for Pope Marcellus.

Braggettoni

Term assigned to those who painted draperies over the ‘offensive’ areas of nude figures in Michelangelo’s Last Judgement.

Coreggio

Created Jupiter and Io as part of a set of paintings commissioned by Frederico Gonzaga of Mantua.

Jupiter

Appears to Io in the painting commissioned by Frederico Gonzaga of Mantua as a cloud.

The Way to Perfection

Written by Teresa of Avila, describing the ascent of the soul to union with the Holy Spirit.

El Greco

Painted The Resurrection, which includes distinct mannerist qualities and decorous draperies.

Innovative qualities of Don Quixote

Using everyday speech, creating complex character portraits, solemn narrative style, delicate juxtaposition with comic scenes.

Spiritual Exercise author

Ignatius of Loyola, called on Jesuits to develop all of their senses.

Cornaro Chapel

The site where Bernini completed the sculptural program in the Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

Michelangelo Merisi (Caravaggio)

Painted The Calling of Saint Matthew for the Contarelli Chapel in Rome.

Saint Peter

Stands beside Christ in Caravaggio’s The Calling of Saint Matthew.

Artemisia Gentileschi

Painted five versions of Judith and Holofernes and was admitted to the Florentine Academy of Design.

Biblical stories dramatized by Artemisia Gentileschi

Judith, Susannah, Bathsheba, Lucretia, Cleopatra, Esther, Diana, Potiphar.

17th century Venice

Became the center of musical innovation and practice in Europe.

Giovanni Gabrieli

First composer to specify dynamics, using piano for 'soft' and forte for 'loud'.

Italian Music Language

Became the international language of music due to Venice's popularity.

Orfeo

Required an orchestra of three dozen instruments, including ten viols, three trombones, and four trumpets.

Antonio Vivaldi

Most closely associated with the concerto musical forms and composed The Four Seasons.

View of Haarlem from the Dunes of Overveen

Considered a ‘landscape’ painting.

Jan Steen

Achieved success with genre scenes, including The Dancing Couple.

Johann Sebastian Bach

Composed the Brandenburg concertos, a series of instrumental works.

French Architecture in the 17th Century

Designed to convey the absolute power of the monarchy.

Charles le Brun

Served as chief painter to Louis XIV and directed decoration of the Palace of Versailles.

Andre Le Notre

The landscape architect in charge of the grounds at the Palace of Versailles.

Peter Paul Rubens

Painted The Arrival and Reception of Marie de’ Medici at Marseilles.

Tennis Match Bet

Louis XIV and Amand-Jean de Plessis wagered the painting collections of Poussin and Rubens.

Nicolas Poussin

Painted Arcadian Shepherds.

Jean-Baptiste Lully

Head of the Royal Academy of Music who created a new operatic genre known as tragedie en musique.

Gigue

A very lively dance, fast in tempo, usually in 6/8 meter.

Ballet Positions

First Position, Second Position, Third Position, Fourth Position, Fifth Position.

Sarabande

A slow and stately dance with emphasis on the second beat, in triple meter.

Minuet

An elegant triple-time dance of moderate tempo, popular in its age.

Moliere

Author of Tartuffe, ridiculed many in the French Court and was in disfavor.

James II

Lost the throne during the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

Diego Velasquez

Created Las Meninas and was the only artist permitted to paint King Philip IV of Spain.

Luis Nino

Created Our Lady of the Victory of Malaga utilizing brocateado technique.

French Academy of Sciences

Created by Louis XIV in 1666, following the Royal Society chartered by Charles II.