ARTS 105 1st Edition Lecture 12 Outline of Lecture 11 I II III IV Baroque Period Bernini Caravaggio Artemesia Gentileschi Outline of Lecture 12 I Painting Genres Spanish Empire II Jusepe de Ribera III Diego Velazquez IV Dutch Republic Spanish Netherlands V Peter Paul Rubens VI Peiter Claesz VII Rachel Ruysch VIII Jacob can Ruisdael Current Lecture 12 I Painting Genres a History painting depictions of the human figure in historically significant moments this is who we are and where we come from b Portrait painting c Genre painting genre as in general not category depicts everyday life d Landscape e Animal Painting f Still Life inanimate objects History painters were considered the highest but still life paintings were most popular with the people Spanish Empire II Jusepe de Ribera a Martyrdom of St Bartholomew Naples Baroque i Martyred by being skinned alive ii Knife and knife sharpener form a cross iii Bartholomew is looking up to God iv Style is very different from Ren not symmetrical lower bodies are cut off 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 III Diego Velazquez a Water Carrier of Seville Spain i Depicts a water carrier man drinking water was a valuable commodity ii Man wears burlap clothing is very tan older man iii He is giving a young man a glass of water iv Glass would not have actually been used by this kind of man but Diego puts it in to show off that he can paint glass v The ceramic jugs have detailed and believable texture vi Deeper religious meanings baptism need water to survive nourishment of Christianity nourishing cleansing by a humble working man Jesus was a carpenter vii Makes background very undetailed like a blurred background in photography b Las Meninas the maids of honor Spain i Shows a dwarf nobleman artist king and queen in a mirror Meant to understand that what the artist is painting what is in front of him that we can t see king and queen that are reflected in the mirror ii As you get closer to the painting the details that seemed so realistic from afar are actually just a jumble of lines and dots IV Dutch Republic Spanish Netherlands a Dutch Republic was a protestant region that broke off from the Spanish Netherlands i Not as much patronage for painting because people were unhappy with the church b Spanish Netherlands were still catholic plenty of religious patronage V Peter Paul Rubens a The Raising of the Cross Flanders Spanish Netherlands b Henry IV Receiving the Portrait of Marie de Medici Flanders i Shows Henry seeing a picture of Marie for the first time clearly falling in love ii Zeus and Juno looking down iii France is depicted in the allegorical figure of the man next to Henry c Marie de Medici i Shows Poseidon and his nymphs that carried the boat safely to its destination Rubenesque applied to a woman who has similar proportions to those in paintings by Flemish painter Peter Rubens a woman who is portrayed as heavier than women portrayed in current media Dutch have first stock market painters produce paintings that are then placed in galleries and buyers can peruse them and buy things that they like versus commissioning specific paintings VI Peiter Claesz a Still Life with Tazza i Shows luxury goods of the day an orange olives lavish goblet ii Vanitas enjoy the world as it is luxury foods etc but be aware of the world to come clock knocked over goblet b Still Life i Snuffed out candle skull knocked over goblet Women could not paint male nudes so many turned to lower genres such as still life VII Rachel Ruysch a Flower Still Life i Her father was a botanist had access to lots of books about plants b Some vanitas incorporated by a few dying and droopy flowers she out sold Rembrandt VIII Jacob can Ruisdael a View of Haarlem from the Dunes at Overveen Dutch Republic i Most of the painting is given over to the sky represents God ii Most prominent building is a church iii Home up front where people are making linen adds an element of genre common life These are a couple feet by a couple feet home sized