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Chapter 25
Northern Europe 1600-1700
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Rubens• Studied the Italian masters, Michelangelo,
Titian, Caravaggio and mixed them all together
• Patrons were Medici and Charles I of England
• Permanent court painter to Spanish governors in Flanders
• Amicable, friendly & well liked
• Studied statues of Hellenistic sculpture
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Rembrandt
• Use of light hallmark of his style
• Inspired by Caravaggio but not as “abrupt”
• Shows mood of his subjects
• Had several self portraits showing him as assertive
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Vermeer• Yes, he painted the Girl with the Pearl Earring
• Renown for his interiors, middle class dwellings with men, women, children doing household chores
• View of his paintings makes us feel like we are peeking or evesdropping
• Used the Camera obscura ( a drawing device meaning “dark room”, preceeded the development of the camera)
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Rubens, Elevation of the Cross, 1610
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Rubens, Arrival of Marie d’ Medici at Marseilles, 1622
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Rubens, Consequences of War, 1638
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Van Dyck, Charles I Dismounted, 1635
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Peeters, Still Life with Flowers, Goblet, Dried Fruit, Pretzels, 1611
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Brugghen, Calling of St Matthew, 1621
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Honthorst, Supper Party, 1620
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Hals, Archers of St Hadrian, 1633
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Hals, The Women Regents of Old Men’s Home at Haarlem, 1664
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Leyster, Self Portrait, 1630
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Rembrandt, Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp, 1632
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Rembrandt, Night Watch, 1642
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Rembrandt, Return of the Prodigal Son, 1665
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Rembrandt, Self Portrait, 1659
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Rembrandt, Christ with the Sick around him, 1649
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Ruisdael, View of Haarlem from the Dunes of Overveen, 1670
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Vermeer, The Letter, 1666
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Vermeer, Allegory of the Art of Painting, 1670
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Steen, Feast of St Nicholas, 1660
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Claesz, Vanitas Still Life, 1630
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Kalf, Stll Life with Late Ming Ginger Jar, 1669
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Ruysch, Flower Still Life, 1700
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Poussin, Et in Arcadia Ego, 1655
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Poussin, Burial of Phocion, 1648
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Lorrain, Landscape with Cattle and Peasants, 1629
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Le Nain, Family of Country People, 1640
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Callot, Hanging Tree, 1629
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De la Tour, Adoration of the Shepherds, 1645
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Rigaud, Louis XIV, 1701
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Perrault, Le Vau, Le Brun, façade of the Louvre, 1667
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Palace and Garden of Versailles
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Mansart & Le Brun, Hall of Mirrors, Versailles
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Mansart, Royal Chapel, 1698
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Jones, Banqueting House at Whitehall, 1619
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Wren, St Paul’s Cathedral, 1675