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| What kind of realism did Velazquez depict? |
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| What does chiaroscuro mean? |
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Intense contrast of dark and light to create drama
- beam of light illuminates part of the painting, contrasting the dark |
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| What is open composition? |
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| Painting isn't finished, viewers have to finish it with imagination and are introduced to the painting |
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| Ribera, Martyrdom of St Philip, 1639 |
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What type of realism is Ribera's Martyrdom of St Philip? What does that mean?
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Naturalism/maximized realism
- shows all of the flaws |
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Discuss the elements of The Martyrdom of St Philip that make it baroque.
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- chiaroscuro; composition through light
- drama and tension
- diagonals created by the three main bodies in the painting
- limited color
- open composition (the saint is looking up, one man is looking towards us, can't see the bodies of some on the right) |
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What are the 2 major art styles in this painting?
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Renaissance (mythology, canon of beauty)
Baroque (diagonals, movement, expressive) |
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| Valazquez, The Forge of Vulcan, 1630 |
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Describe the diagonals. What is their purpose?
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| The figures create "M composition", which helps show movement. |
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Why is this idealized realism?
What perspective?
Besides diagonals (movement), list one other property of the painting that makes it Baroque.
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The source of inspiration is the Renaissance (genre is mythology). The cyclops are depicted in myths with one eye, but because Velazquez is a realist painter, he painted them with side profiles. You can only see one eye on the cyclops, but it isn't located in the middle of their head (more realistic).
Aerial perspective (blurred face in the background)
Limited color palate and the expressive facial expressions (i.e. shock) also makes this baroque |
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| Velazquez, The Surrender of Breda (The Lances), 1635 |
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Describe the painting
(diagonals, color, perspective, expressions)
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M composition
empathetic receiving the keys from the Dutch (not making them kneel, which would be humiliating)
crowded composition
aerial perspective (the background is indistinct)
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| historical painting, battle painting, self portrait |
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What style is this?
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| Valazquez, Villas Medici, 1629-30 |
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What perspectives?
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| linear, aerial, light/shadow all create volume and dimension |
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| Velazquez, The Spinners, The fable of Arachne, 1657 |
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Plane recession is a feature of baroque art. What does plane recession mean in the context of this painting?
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| The most important scene (the fable of arachne) is in the background of the painting rather than the foreground. |
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Explain what is happening in the painting (the scene)
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Pallas Athena is in the background wearing the helmet. Arachne is looking at her, and behind Arachne is the tapestry made in the mythological context between the two of them. It depicts the Rape of Europa.
In the foreground are spinners, whose outstretched legs and bent positions create diagonals that create the illusion of movement. |
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| What does painterly painting mean? |
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| you can see the brush strokes, dynamic, creates movement |
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| Velazquez, Las Meninas, 1656 |
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| royal painting, life at court (genre scene), self portrait, historic |
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What is the effect of the mirror?
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Permeability between the real and fictional space
The mirror creates the illusion that the king and queen are standing with the viewer looking into the painting. |
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What detail makes this open composition?
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| Velazquez is looking right at the viewer |
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What perspective is this?
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aerial and linear (door is the vanishing point)
light and shadow also create volume. |
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Author, Title Date
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| Velazquez, The Cruxification, 1632 |
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What element of the cruxifiction is typical of Spanish cruxifictions?
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Talk about the characteristics of Baroque in this painting
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- open composition (bottom of cross not finished)
- use of lighting and color to create volume
-idealized realism
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