CHAPTER 25
Northern Europe, 1600 to 1700
1.  Read the chapter.  Explore European Baroque art and more at the Metropolitan Museum of Art!
2.  Define the following vocabulary and terminology:  patronage, allegory, still-life painting, genre, etching, vanitas, memento mori, landscape painting.
3.  Be able to discuss the following:
  • In what ways does the pictorial content change as a result of the expanding mercantile classes in the Dutch Republic?  (see pages 679-683 and the inset on page 680).
  • Explore the graphic medium of etching and why it became important to Rembrandt's popularity (see page 686).
  • How do Dutch 'table still-life' paintings present "morality and humility central to Calvinist faith (see pages 689-691)?
4.  Remember the following works of art:
  • In Elevation of the Cross (page 675) and in Consequences of War  (page 677) the artist Peter Paul Rubens uses "straining forces and counterforces" to pull the composition together, as well as foreshortened anatomy, 'contortion of violent action,' and strong modeling in light and dark.  What are the artist's intentions or goals in using these devices?
  • Compare the Archers of Saint Hadrian by Frans Hals (see page 681) with the Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq (The Night Watch) by Rembrandt van Rijn (see page 684).  Why do such genre scenes appear in the Dutch Republic at this time?  What elements do these paintings share?
  • Consider View of Haarlem from the Dunes at Overveen by Jacob van Ruisdael (see page 686) and Burial of Phocion by Nicholas Poussin (see page 692).  Explore why and how these two landscape paintings are different.
  •  Examine the Baroque architecture and decoration of the Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors) (see page 699), palace at Versailles, designed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart and Charles Le Brun. 
5.  Visit the following internet sites:

     a)  View Versailles and spectaular French Baroque.
     b)  View exhibit at the National Gallery of Art entitled "Triumph of the Baroque."  




6.  Write a one page report that responds to one idea/issue/work of art from #3 or #4
above.  Send your report through the LISTSERV.   See  the Schedule  for date due.


 Rubens War detail
7.  Provide a thoughtful response to someone else's report through the LISTSERV.

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