Western Art through the Ages Part 1 Medieval

Western Art through the Ages Part 1 Medieval Renaissance Baroque (Counter-Reformation) th Northern Realism (17 Century)

…with background music by Johann Sebastian Bach George Friedrich Handel Antonio Vivaldi et. al.

Characteristics Values Representative Artists of Dominant Styles

Caveat: It is not easy to distinguish one art period from another. There are overlapping time frames.

Medieval Religious Transcendental Otherworldly

Medieval • Byzantine style dominates • Religious scenes with stiff, one-dimensional figures associated with the priestly functions of the church • Backgrounds generally in gold to provide illumination in the church

Berlinghieri Left: St. Francis Altarpiece Above: Madonna and Child with Saints and Crucifixion

Paolo Veneziano The Crucifixion 1349

Sasseta, The Burning of a Heretic 1423 -26

Hans Memling The Man of Sorrows in the Arms of the Virgin 1475

Italian (Florentine) Profile portrait of a lady Ca 1475 Transitional piece into Renaissance

Sebastiaen VRANCX The Crossing of the Red Sea c. 1597 -1600

Renaissance Secularism individualism virtu (excellence) balance order passivity calm

Renaissance • An art of line and edges • Figures from the Bible, classical history, and mythology • Commissioned portraits • Use of perspective • Chiaroscuro (light & dark) to achieve rounded effect • Secular backgrounds and material splendor • We’ve talked about this before….

Fra Filippo Lippi Madonna z Dzieciątkiem ca. 1460

Bronzino Portrait of Young Man

Baroque (Counter-Reformation) sensualism dynamism emotion

Baroque • Art style that is florid, more colorful, richer in texture and decoration, more light & shade—apparently less control • Scenes embody mystery and drama, violence and spectacle deliberate striving after effect • The Catholic Church commissioned artists to stir religious emotions and win back defectors

Caravaggio The Conversion of St. Paul

Bernini The Ecstasy of St. Theresa

Artemisia Gentileschi Judith beheading Hologernes

Caravaggio Boy with a Basket of Fruit c. 1593 -94

El Greco Agonía en el Jardín.

Northern Realism 17 th Century

Genre or everyday scenes exhibit mathematical and geometric values of 17 th Century science. Middleclass Dutch patrons commissioned secular works: portraits still-lifes landscapes genre painting

Values: quiet opulence comfortable domesticity realism

Jan Vermeer The Milkmaid Ca. 1656

Jan Vermeer Vue de Delft

Jan Vermeer The Lacemaker

Jan Vermeer The Artist’s Studio

Jacob van RUISDAEL The Watermill c. 1660

Anthony van Dyck Philip Herbert, 4 th Earl of Pembroke c. 1634

Anthony van Dyck Rachel de Revigny, Countess of Southampton c. 1640

Rembrandt The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp

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