HOA 106 1st Edition Lecture 3 Outline of Last Lecture II Baroque Styles III Ideas IV Baroque Styles in Italy and Spain V Painting Rome VI Architecture Rome VII Sculpture Rome VIII Painting Spain Outline of Current Lecture I Baroque Styles II Ideas a Absolutism b Academicism III Art and Architecture a Peter Paul Rubens and court of Marie de Medici b The court of Louis XIV at Versailles i All of Versailles c Gianlorenzeo Bernini and his art d Academic painting under Louis XIV IV Music at Versailles a French Overture Current Lecture Baroque Styles French Aristocratic Baroque Styles art made in the 16 th century o All art is dependent on where it was made the geography o Italy and Spain Counter Reformation Baroque based on theology Wanted to regain people who they lost to Protestantism Ideas o Art at the service of the monarchy Church became part of the state unlike Italy These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute o o Art and architecture became a department of the gov t Art for the purpose of propaganda and glorification Aristocratic elite style highly educated and wealthy Absolutism Ultimate authority over life and death held by the king as god s representative on earth King had ultimate power was never questioned Academicism The king as head approved and official style were taught to select artists composers architects and writers The results were high technical standard and unity of approach Before this time no one thought to go to school for art or architecture Art and Architecture o Peter Paul Rubens and the court of Marie de Medici Style Large expressive paintings Drama action theatricality sensuality and expressive brush strokes Marie de Medici Queen of France Landing in Marseilles oil on canvas Marie de Medici Italian women married king of France Chronicles the young queen entering the country as the new bride of Henry IV of France Splendor scene combing both reality and allegory as the event is witnessed by Neptune and his handmaidens the Nereids The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus oil on canvas Depicts the abduction of two mortal women by the mythic heroes Castor and Pollux A myth not a historical event Commissioned to commemorate the double marriage of Louis XIII of France to a Spanish Princess and Philip IV brother of Spanish Princess of Spain to a French princess sister of Louis XIII of France o The Baroque concept of rape is not created to be offensive then it was considered heroic Carries the message of interrelated dynasties and the consolidation of monarchial power via marriage The court of Louis XIV at Versailles Hyacinthe Rigaud Portrait of Louis XIV oil on canvas Conveys power drama and splendor of the absolute monarch in pose costume and surroundings The sun king in reference to Apollo the god of art and music Standing in 3rd position ballet Louis ruled for 72 years as an absolute monarch Established academics of the arts and had the last word on commissions prizes exhibitions Under louis the arts become exclusive vehicles of propaganda Le Vau Perrault Le Brun The Palace of the Louvre Enlarged and redesigned as the royal palace Displays the character and academic architectural style of Louis XIV o Discipline good taste logic rational dignity Le Vau and Jules Mansart Palace of Versailles Plan of Versailles o First idea of Landscape architecture Louis wanted everyone in one place Controlled parks manmade lakes provided everything anyone needed for a life of privilege Cut off from cities homeless and streets of Paris Allowed louis to have complete control of the people who worked for him Everything revolved around him When the sun rose the king rose and so did everyone else Andre Le Notre Gardens o Francois Girardon Apolli Attened by the Nymphs o Louis XIV as Apollo Hall of Mirrors o Location of state ceremonies o Chandeliers windows candles War Room Salon o Louis XIV as Mars o Round image Gianlorenzo Bernini Louis borrowed him from Rome to ornament Versailles Portrait of Louis XIV marble o Drama of kingly gaze and flowing fabric o Looking up and beyond Academic painting under Louis XIV Integration and unification of landscape design with architecture Nicolas Poussin Abduction of the Sabine Women oil on canvas o Figures derived from famous greek sculptures o Very active painting static background o Drama balanced by symmetry o Romulus and Remus thought there weren t enough women for their country so they took Sabine women All myth Claude Lorrain The Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah oil on canvas o Ideal landscape doesn t exist o Foreground middle ground background Music at Versailles o Jean Baptiste Lully French Overture Organized in A B form stately beginning followed by contrasting more lively section