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Art in the Era of Absolutism Baroque Art: 17 th Century • Art of

Baroque Art • 1600 – 1750. • Implies strangeness, irregularity, & extravagance. • The

Judith Beheading Holsfernes Gentilleschi 1598

Comparing Renaissance and Baroque. Michelangelo’s David and Bernini’s David Michaelangelo 1504 David Bernini 1623

Dutch Golden Age 1630 -1670 people are patrons; visual accuracy; studies of light •

Rembrandt - The Sampling Officials of the Drapers Guild 1662

France: Rococo 1725 -1775 ornate, shell-like, playful, sinuous; ornate architecture and palaces; monarchy and

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Art in the Era of Absolutism Baroque Art: 17 th Century • Art of the Monarchs, late Reformation and Counter Reformation • Paintings & sculptures in church contexts should speak to the illiterate rather than the well-informed • Religious in Italy, Spain and France • More Secular in the North, Dutch Republic Rococo Art: 1730’s-1770’s • Most popular in France and Germany • Emphasize grace and gentle movement

Baroque Art • 1600 – 1750. • Implies strangeness, irregularity, & extravagance. • The more dramatic, the better • Strong diagonals and use of light. • Colors were brighter than bright; darks were darker than dark. • appeal to emotions.

The Conversion of St Paul