Baroque Art, Part 2

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Baroque Art, Part 2
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This time we will look at the art of four
artistsPoussin, Bernini, van Dyck, and
Velazquez.
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Painting 27 Poussins The Rape Taking of the
Sabine Women
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Nicolas Poussin1594-1665

• Say poo-SAHN

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Poussin was from France,but he worked in Italy.
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In ancient Rome, a man who told the story of the
Romans, Livy,
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wrote that just after the cityof Rome was
started,
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the men of Rome decided to take wives from the
Sabines, their neighbors.
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This is called the rape taking of the Sabine
women. Here is Poussins The Rape Taking of
the Sabine Women.
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Poussins The Rape of the Sabine Women

• Do the women want to go with the men?Werent
  the Roman men being very mean?

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Painting 28Poussins Et in Arcadia ego

• Sayet in ahr-KAH-dee-uh EGG-oh

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Arcadia is an place in Greece,
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but sometimes, Arcadia means a wonderful,
beautiful place in nature.
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Shepherds are peoplewho watch sheep.
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The Romans spoke a language called Latin.In
Latin, et in Arcadia ego means I am in Arcadia
too.
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Here is PoussinsEt in Arcadia ego.
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Poussins Et in Arcadia ego

• Three shepherds are reading Et in Arcadia ego.
  A person is buried here under these stonesit is
  a tomb.
• Do you see the shadow on the tomb? Is the lady
  pretty?

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Sculpture 29BerninisEcstasy of St. Theresa
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini1598-1680
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St. Teresa
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said that an angel came and made her feel that
God was near.
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This gave her ecstasy, which means great
pleasure.She was very, very happy. Here is
BerninisEcstasy of St. Theresa.
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BerninisEcstasy of St. Theresa

• What is the angel holding?
• Do you see the lines coming down behind Teresa
  and the angel? What do you think that is?
• Does it look like Teresa is sitting on a cloud?

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Painting 30Van DycksCharles I of England
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Anthony van Dyck1599-1641

• Say van DIKE

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Van Dyck was from Flanders.
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Flanders was close to England. (See London?
That is England.)
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King Charles I of England was a famous monarch
(king or queen).
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Van Dyck painted many portraits, or pictures, of
Charles I.Here is one of Van Dycks portraits,
Charles I of England.
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Van DycksCharles I of England

• We say King Charles looks like a cavalier.
• What is Charles holding in his hand?
• He got off his horse. What do you think he is
  going to do now?
• What color are his pants?

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VelazquezLas Meninas
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Diego Velazquez1599-1660
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Kings and queens have children. They are princes
and princesses.
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This little girl was the infanta,which means
princess.Her name was Margarita.
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Margarita was the daughter of the King of Spain,
Philippe IV.
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In Spain, people speak Spanish.In Spanish,
Meninas meansMaids of Honor.Here is
VelazquezLas Meninas.
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VelazquezLas Meninas

• Do you see Infanta Margarita?
• Do you see Velazquez painting? What is he
  holding?
• ? A woman and young man here very short, called
  dwarves. They are not children.
• Where are some more paintings?

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Of interest to parents

• (1) Infanta Margarita. She is attended by two
  ladies-in-waiting, or meninas doña Isabel de
  Velasco (2), who is poised to curtsy to the
  princess, and doña María Agustina Sarmiento de
  Sotomayor (3), who kneels before Margarita. To
  the right of the Infanta are two dwarfs
  Maribarbola (4) and Nicolas Pertusato (5), who
  playfully tries to rouse a sleeping mastiff with
  his foot. Behind them stands doña Marcela de
  Ulloa (6), the princess's chaperone, talking to
  an unidentified bodyguard (7). To the rear and
  at right stands Don José Nieto Velázquez (8)the
  queen's chamberlain. Velázquez himself (9) is
  pictured to the left of the scene. A mirror on
  the back wall reflects the upper bodies and heads
  of two figures King Philip IV (10) and his queen,
  Mariana (11). From Wikipedia.

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VelazquezThe Feast of Bacchus
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Here is a crown of laurel,
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and here is Thomas Jefferson wearing a crown of
laurel.
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Do you remember Bacchus,the God of Wine?
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The wine of Bacchus, it is said, made men drunk
and stupid.These men are called drunkards.
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Here is VelazquezThe Feast of Bacchusalso
called The Drunkards.
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Velazquez The Feast of Bacchus, or The Drunkards

• What is Bacchus putting on the mans head? Do
  you see other crowns? Do you think the men are
  drunk?

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