Art History Definition of Flashcards

Jan Verneer 'The Letter' 1666

Gerrit van Honthorst 'Supper Party' 1620
-Not bright color palete
-Played with light source
--Showed relaxed lifestyle, against Calvinist believes, dangers of having too much fun

Jan Steen 'The Feast of Saint Nicholas' 1660-5
-The modern day Santa Clause
-Things going wrong

Frans Hals 'Women Regents of the Old Men's home of Haarlem' 1664 DUTCH

-The women in the painting are patronages they donated money to old mens home
-Realistic didn't pretty them up

Jacob Ruisdael 'View of Haarlem from the Dunes at Overveen' 1670
-What you see

Jan Vermeer 'Allegory of the Art of Painting' 1670-05

Pieter Claesz 'Vanitas' Still Life c1630s
-Fits nicely into houses
The feelings qualities of life
Memento Mori-the remberence of death
-Material concerns won't last forever

Rachel Ruysch 'Flower Still Life' c1700

Peter Paul Rubens 'Elevation of the Cross' Altarpiece Saint Walburg, Antwerp 1610
-Religious imagery
-Painted after 10 years in Rome
-Many layers of color (Titian)
-Learned from artist before him
-Muscles (Michelangelo)
-Light to dark (Caravaggio)

Rubens 'Arrival of Marie de Medici at Marseilles' 1622-25
Located Palais Luxembourg, Paris
-For powerful Italian family
-A queen asked Rubens to make a series of paintings for her to make her look powerful

Rembrandt van Rijn 'Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp' 1632
-The students learning and all looking at different things
-Individual people and faces

Rembrandt 'Night Watch' 1642
-Comissioned by groups located in Amsterdam
-Original suppose to take plc\ace during the day, but glaze over it made it appear dark
-More diversity more complexity
-Related to military painting

Rembrandt 'Self-Portrait' in Kenwood House 1660
-Not idealized
-Showed who he was as an artist
-He made a lot of self portraits

Rembrandt 'Hundred-Guilder Print' 1649
-Sell multiple
-MAke more of a profit
-Really just one color of ink

Jusepe Ribera 'Martyrdom of Saint Philip' 1639
-Religious figure, not idealized
-Body distressed
-Less glorious
-Face shows agony