Baroque painting
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Baroque painting is the
Baroque painting encompasses a great range of styles, as most important and major painting during the period beginning around 1600 and continuing throughout the 17th century, and into the early 18th century is identified today as
Among the greatest painters of the
The prosperity of 17th century Holland led to an enormous production of art by large numbers of painters who were mostly highly specialized and painted only
History
The
The term
The term "Baroque" was initially used with a derogatory meaning, to underline the excesses of its emphasis. Others derive it from the mnemonic term "Baroco" denoting, in logical Scholastica, a supposedly laboured form of syllogism.[10] In particular, the term was used to describe its eccentric redundancy and noisy abundance of details, which sharply contrasted the clear and sober rationality of the Renaissance. It was first rehabilitated by the
National variations
Led by Italy, Mediterranean countries, slowly followed by most of the Holy Roman Empire in Germany and Central Europe, generally adopted a full-blooded Baroque approach.
A rather different art developed out of northern realist traditions in 17th century
In France a dignified and graceful classicism gave a distinctive flavour to Baroque painting, where the later 17th century is also regarded as a golden age for painting. Two of the most important artists,
Baroque painters
British
- William Dobson (1611–1646)
- George Jamesone (1587–1644)
- Godfrey Kneller (1646–1723)
- Peter Lely (1618–1680)
- Daniël Mijtens (1590–1648)
- John Michael Wright (1617–1694)
Dutch
- Rembrandt(1606–1669)
- Hendrick Avercamp (1585–1634)
- Gerard ter Borch (1617–1681)
- Adriaen Brouwer (1605–1638)
- Hendrick ter Brugghen (1588-1629)
- Aelbert Cuyp (1620–1691)
- Gerrit Dou (1613–1675)
- Jan van Goyen (1596–1656)
- Frans Hals (1580–1666)
- Meindert Hobbema (1638–1709)
- Gerard van Honthorst (1592–1656)
- Pieter de Hooch (1629–1684)
- Willem Kalf (1619–1693)
- Pieter van Laer (1599–1642)
- Judith Leyster (1609–1660)
- Gabriël Metsu (1629–1667)
- Adriaen van Ostade (1610–1685)
- Jacob van Ruisdael(1628–1682)
- Salomon van Ruysdael (1602–1670)
- Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (1597–1665)
- Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675)
- Jan Steen (1626–1679)
Czech (Bohemian)
- Václav Hollar(1607–1677)
- Karel Škréta (1610–1674)
- Petr Brandl (1668–1735)
- Václav Vavřinec Reiner (1686–1743)
Flemish
- Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640)
- Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641)
- Jacob Jordaens (1593–1678)
- Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568–1625)
- Frans Francken the Younger (1581–1642)
- Clara Peeters (1594–1657)
- Gerard Seghers (1591–1651)
- Frans Snyders (1579–1657)
- David Teniers the Younger (1610–1691)
- Adriaen van Utrecht (1599–1652)
- Cornelis de Vos (1584–1651)
French
- Valentin de Boulogne (1591–1632)
- Philippe de Champaigne (1602–1674)
- Laurent de La Hyre (1606–1656)
- Georges de La Tour (1593–1652)
- Charles Le Brun (1619–1690)
- Le Nain brothers :
- Antoine Le Nain(c. 1599–1648)
- Louis Le Nain(c. 1593–1648)
- Mathieu Le Nain(1607–1677)
- Eustache Le Sueur (1617–1655)
- Claude Lorrain (1600–1682)
- Pierre Mignard (1612–1695)
- Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659–1743)
- Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665)
- Simon Vouet (1590–1649)
German
- Cosmas Damian Asam (1686–1739)
- Wolfgang Heimbach (1605-1678)
- Adam Elsheimer (1578–1610)
- Johann Liss (1590–1627)
- Sebastian Stoskopff (1597–1657)
Hungarian
- Ádám Mányoki (1673–1757)
Italian
- Federico Barocci (1535–1612)
- Jacopo Chimenti(1554–1640)
- Giovanni Battista Paggi (1554–1627)
- Antonio Tempesta (1555–1630)
- Bartolomeo Cesi (1556–1629)
- Alessandro Maganza (1556–1640)
- Bernardo Castello (1557–1629)
- Lodovico Cigoli(1559–1613)
- Enea Talpino(1559–1626)
- Bartolommeo Carducci(1560–1610)
- Caravaggio (1571–1610)
- Guercino (1591–1666)
- Annibale Carracci (1560–1609)
- Guido Reni (1575–1642)
- Giuseppe Passeri (1654-1714)
- Orazio Gentileschi (1563–1639)
- Artemisia Gentileschi (1592– c. 1656)
- Domenichino (1581–1641)
- Agostino Carracci (1557–1602)
- Ludovico Carracci (1555–1619)
- Bernardo Strozzi (1581-1644)
- Pietro da Cortona (1596–1669)
- Giovanna Garzoni (1600-1670)
- Virginia Vezzi (1601-1638)
- Gregorio Preti (1603–1672)
- Francesco Cozza (1605–1682)
- Mattia Preti (1613–1699)
- Salvator Rosa (1615–1673)
- Luca Giordano (1634-1705)
- Elisabetta Sirani (1638-1665)
- Andrea Pozzo (1642–1709)
Polish
- pl:Jan Reisner (1655–1713)
- Jerzy Siemiginowski-Eleuter (1660–1711)
- Szymon Czechowicz (1689–1775)
- Bartlomiej Strobel(1591–1650)
- Krzysztof Boguszewski (1635)
Portuguese
- Josefa de Óbidos (1630–1684)
Spanish
- José Antolínez (1635–1675)
- Alonso Cano (1601–1667)
- Juan Carreño de Miranda (1614–1685)
- Claudio Coello (1642–1693)
- Juan van der Hamen (1596–1631)
- Juan Bautista Maíno (1569–1649)
- Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo (1612–1667)
- Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617–1682)
- Antonio de Pereda (1611–1678)
- Lorenzo Quiros (1717 – 1789)
- Francisco Pacheco (1564–1644)
- Francisco Ribalta(1565–1628)
- José de Ribera, Lo Spagnoletto (1591–1652)
- Juan de Valdés Leal (1622–1690)
- Diego Velázquez (1599–1660)
- Tomás Yepes (1595 or 1600 – 1674)
- Francisco Zurbarán(1598–1664)
Gallery
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Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Slaying Holofernes, 1614–20, oil on canvas, 199 x 162 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
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Musée du Louvre, Paris
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National Gallery, London
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National Gallery, London
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National Gallery, London
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The Syndics of the Clothmaker's Guild, 1662, oil on canvas, 191.5 cm × 279 cm (75.4 in × 109.8 in), Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Jan Vermeer, The Allegory of Painting or The Art of Painting, 1666–67, 130 x 110 cm., Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
See also
- Baroque illusionistic painting
- History of painting
- Western painting
- Rococo Painting
References
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online, latest edition, full-article.
- The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001–05.
- Thomson/Wadsworth, 2005)
- ^ For example, in French calling Poussin Baroque would be generally rejected
- ^ "Getty profile, including variant spellings of the artist's name". Getty.edu. 2002-12-11. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
- ^ Gombrich, p. 420.
- ^ Belkin (1998): 11–18.
- ^ His Lives of the Painters was published in Rome, 1672. Poussin's other contemporary biographer was André Félibien.
- ^ W. Liedtke (2007) Dutch Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 867.
- ^ Panofsky, Erwin (1995). "What is Baroque?". Three Essays on Style. The MIT Press: 19.
- ^ Often described as Saint Bartholemew, martyred in similar fashion, but now recognized as St Philip. See Museo del Prado, Catálogo de las pinturas, 1996, p. 315, Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Madrid, No ISBN.
Reading
- Belkin, Kristin Lohse (1998). Rubens. ISBN 0-7148-3412-2.
- Belting, Hans (1994). Likeness and Presence: A History of the Image before the Era of Art. Edmund Jephcott. ISBN 0-226-04215-4.
- Mark Getlein, Living With Art, 8th edition.
- ISBN 0-7148-3355-X
- Christine Buci-Glucksmann, Baroque Reason: The Aesthetics of Modernity, Sage, 1994
- Michael Kitson, 1966. The Age of Baroque'
- ISBN 0-8014-9046-4