CHAPTER 17: The Baroque Style in Western Europe
Key Works
Gianlorenzo Bernini, baldacchino, Saint Peter’s, Rome, 1624–1633
Gianlorenzo Bernini, Aerial view of colonnade and Piazza of Saint Peter’s, Rome, begun 1656
Francesco Borromini, San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome, 1665–1667
Francesco Borromini, view toward the high altar, San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome, 1638–1641
Francesco Borromini, interior dome of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome, 1665–1667
Francesco Borromini, Collegiate Church of Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza, Rome, 1642–1660
Francesco Borromini, interior of dome, Collegiate Church of Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza, 1642–1660
Claude Perrault, Louis le Vau, and Charles Le Brun, east façade of the Louvre, Paris, 1667–1670
Aerial view of the park, palace, and town of Versailles, after a 17th-century engraving by
G. Pérelle
Charles Le Brun and Jean-Baptiste Tuby, Fountain of Apollo, Versailles, 1668–1670
Jules Hardouin-Mansart and Charles Le Brun, Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors), Palace of Versailles, c. 1680
Gianlorenzo Bernini, Louis XIV, 1665
Christopher Wren, Saint Paul’s Cathedral, London, western façade, 1675–1710
Gianlorenzo Bernini, Pluto and Proserpina (Rape of Persephone), front and side views,
1621–1622
Gianlorenzo Bernini, David, 1623
Gianlorenzo Bernini, David, side view (after cleaning)
Gianlorenzo Bernini, Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, 1640s
Gianlorenzo Bernini, Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, 1645–1652
Annibale Carracci, ceiling frescoes in the Grand Gallery, Farnese Palace, Rome, 1597–1601
Annibale Carracci, Venus and Anchises, detail of ceiling frescoes in the Grand Gallery, Farnese Palace
Pietro da Cortona, Glorification of the Reign of Urban VIII, 1633–1639
Giovanni Battista Gaulli, Triumph of the Name of Jesus, 1676–1679
Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi), Boy with a Basket of Fruit, c. 1594
Caravaggio, Medusa, c. 1597
Caravaggio, Calling of Saint Matthew, Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome,
1599–1600
Caravaggio, Conversion of Saint Paul, 1601
Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Slaying Holofernes, c. 1614–1620
Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes, c. 1625
Peter Paul Rubens, Venus and Adonis, c. 1635
Peter Paul Rubens, Straw Hat (Susanna Fourment), c. 1620–1625
Peter Paul Rubens, Raising of the Cross, Antwerp Cathedral, 1609
Peter Paul Rubens, Nude Man with Arms Raised, c. 1610
Anthony van Dyck, Charles I on Horseback, c. 1638
Rembrandt van Rijn, Blinding of Samson (Triumph of Delilah), 1636
Rembrandt van Rijn, Belshazzar’s Feast, c. 1635
Rembrandt van Rijn, Militia Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq (known as the Night Watch), 1642
Rembrandt van Rijn, Self-Portrait, Leaning on a Sill (aged thirty-four), 1640
Rembrandt van Rijn, Saskia, 1634
Rembrandt van Rijn, Self-Portrait as Saint Paul (aged fifty-five), 1661
Rembrandt van Rijn, Self-Portrait in a Cap, Openmouthed and Staring, 1630
Rembrandt van Rijn, Self-Portrait, Leaning on a Stone Sill, 1639
Frans Hals, Laughing Cavalier, 1624
Judith Leyster, The Last Drop (Gay Cavalier), c. 1628–1629
Jan Vermeer, Geographer, c. 1668
Jan Vermeer, Lacemaker, c. 1669–1670
Jan Vermeer, View of Delft (after restoration), c. 1660–1661
Jacob van Ruisdael, Extensive Landscape with Ruins, c. 1670
Maria van Oosterwyck, Vanitas Still Life, 1668
Juan Sánchez Cotán, Still Life with Quince, Cabbage, Melon, and Cucumber, c. 1602
Francisco de Zurbarán, Saint Serapion, 1628
Diego Velázquez, Crucifixion, 1630s
Diego Velázquez, Philip IV on Horseback, 1629–1630
Diego Velázquez, Surrender of Breda, c. 1635
Diego Velázquez, Venus with a Mirror (Rokeby Venus), c. 1648
Diego Velázquez, Las Meninas (after cleaning), 1656
Nicolas Poussin, Assumption of the Virgin, c. 1626
Nicolas Poussin, Dance of Human Life, c. 1638–1640
Nicolas Poussin, Ashes of Phokion, 1648
Claude Lorrain, Landscape with Hagar and the Angel, 1646–1647
Maps, Diagrams, and Projections
Map of Europe during the Baroque period
Plan of St. Peter’s and the piazza
Francesco Borromini, plan of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome, 1638–1641
Francesco Borromini, plan of Collegiate Church of Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza
Longitudinal section and plan of Saint Paul’s Cathedral, London
Key Terms
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Academy
aedicule
asymmetrical
baldacchino
balustrade
burr
camera obscura
cantilever
château
clerestory
drypoint
etching
etching ground
foreshortening
gable (or pitched) roof
illusionism
impasto
naturalism
obelisk
podium
rectilinear
section
silhouette
state
stylus
tenebrism
travertine
vanitas
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Window on the World
Mughal Art and the Baroque
Key Works
Lal and Sanwah, Akbar Viewing a Wild Elephant Captured near Malwa, 1600
Bichtir, Allegorical Representation of the Emperor Jahangir Seated on an Hourglass Throne, early 17th century
Taj Mahal, Agra, India, 1634
Maps, Diagrams, and Projections
Map of India in the 17th century
Key Terms
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calligraphy
chattra
mausoleum, mausolea
minaret
miniature
stupa
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Videos
Art of the Western World, 4-Pack
Volume 2: Realms of Light: The Baroque
55 min., VM
Baroque Art and Music
37 min., Clearvue
Buried Mirror—Program III: The Age of Gold
59 min., VM
Caravaggio
30 min., VM, Crystal
Caravaggio and the Baroque
53 min., Facets Multimedia
History Through Art: The Baroque
43 min., Clearvue
A Reputation: The Rape of Artemesia Gentileschi
30 min., FFHS
The Lowlands
7 min., Green Acre
The Four Seasons, by Nicolas Poussin
30 min., Britannica
Portrait of an Artist: Velázquez
56 min., Clearvue
Rembrandt van Rijn
30 min., FHHS
Self-Portraits by Rembrandt, 1606–1669
30 min., Britannica
Rembrandt: Painter of Man and the Restoration of “The Night Watch”
56 min., MFA
Peter Paul Rubens
32 min., FFHS
The Great Artists: Rubens
50 min., Clearvue
Two Faces of the 17th Century: Rembrandt and Velázquez
28 min., MFA
Velázquez: The Nobleman of Painting
60 min., MFA
Velázquez
27 min., FFHS
The Great Artists: Vermeer
50 min., Clearvue
The Astronomer, by Vermeer, 1668
30 min., Britannica
CD-ROMs
The Baroque
Mac/Windows, Zane Publishing, Clearvue
Van Eyck, Bruegel, Rubens, Rembrandt, and Vermeer
Mac/Windows, Crystal
History Through Art: The Baroque
Mac/Windows, MFA
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