Studied by 2 peopleAnnibale Carracci, Galleria Farnese, Palazzo Farnese, 1600
Caravaggio, Conversion of Saint Paul, 1601
Artemisia Gentileschi, Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting, 1639
Poussin, Et in Arcadia Ego, 1638
Claude Lorrain, Landscape with Aeneas at Delos, 1672
Quadro riportato
the Italian phrase for "carried picture" or "transported paintings". It is used in art to describe gold-framed easel paintings or framed paintings that are seen in a normal perspective and painted into a fresco
pentimento
a visible trace of earlier painting beneath a layer or layers of paint on a canvas.
quadratura
describes a form of illusionistic mural painting in which images of architectural feature are painted onto walls or ceiling so that they seem to extend the real architecture of the room into an imaginary space beyond the confines of the actual wall of ceiling.
Chiaroscuro
Abrupt transition from dark to light
Bernini, David, 1624
Bernini, Saint Theresa in Ecstasy 1652 (cornaro chapel)
Bernini, Baldacchino, 1634, Vatican, Saint Peter’s Basilica
Borromini, Corridor, 1630
Andrea Pozzo, Ceiling (fresco) and Dome (canvas), 1694 (saint ignazio)
di sotto in su
“from below to above”) in drawing and painting, extreme foreshortening of figures painted on a ceiling or other high surface so as to give the illusion that the figures are suspended in air above the viewer
quadratura
a mixture of geometrically accurate architecture in forced perspective and elements of fantasy, like cherubs and floating saints.
trompe l'oeil
a painting rendered in such great detail as to deceive the viewer concerning its reality
forced perspective
a technique which employs optical illusion to make an object appear farther away, closer, larger or smaller than it actually is. It manipulates human visual perception through the use of scaled objects and the correlation between them and the vantage point of the spectator
Jan Brueghel and Pieter Paul Rubens , Sight (From a series of the Five Senses) 1618
Jan Brueghel and Pieter Paul Rubens, Madonna in a Garland, 1620
Rubens, Marie de Medici Series: 4. The Presentation of Marie’s Portrait to Henry IV, 1624
Rubens, The Horror of War, 1639
Jan Van Kessel the Elder, Painting Cycle—The Four Parts of the Earth, 1666
Juan Sánchez Cotán, Quince, Cabbage, Melon and Cucumber, 1602
Francesco de Zurbaran, Crucifixion, 1627
Velazquez, The Waterseller of Seville, 1618
bodegón
is a still life painting depicting pantry items
Velázquez, The Surrender of Breda, 1635
Velazquez, Las Meninas, 1656
Biombo with the Conquest of Mexico and View of Mexico City, New Spain, late 17th century
Virgin of Guadalupe, 16th century
acheiropoieta
a work not made by human hands
Juan Baptista Cuiris, image of Christ made with feathers, 1600
Baltasar de Echave Ibía, The Hermits, Saint Paul and Saint Anthony, 1620
Parish of San Sebastián, detail from the Procession of Corpus Christi series, 1680
Frans Hals, Officers of the Saint George’s Militia Company, 1616
Rembrandt, Self Portrait (34), 1640
Rembrandt, The Hundred Guilder Print (Matthew Chapter 19) 1642
etching (an intaglio process)
lines or areas are incised using acid into a metal plate in order to hold the ink
Vermeer, Woman Holding a Balance, 1663
Jan Steen, In Luxury Look Out, 1663
Willem Kalf, Still Life with a Nautilus Cup, 1662
Ruisdael, View of the Dunes near Overveen, ca. 1675
Willem van de Velde the Younger, Ships in a Gale, 1660
Frans Post, View of the Rio São Francisco Brazil with Fort Maurits and a capibara, Frans Post, 1639
Albert Eckhout, Tapuya Woman, 1641
Jacques Callot, Miseries of War: the Hanging, 1633
Georges de la Tour, The Penitent Magdalen,1640
(Louis) Le Nain, A Peasant Family, 1640
Philippe de Champaigne, Ex Voto of 1662, 1662
Charles Le Brun, Everhard Jabach and His Family, 1660
Hyacinthe Rigaud, Louis XIV, 1701
Louis Le Vau and Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Versailles 1685
Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Hall of Mirrors 1684
Louis Le Vau and Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Salon of War 1686
Louis Le Vau and Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Salon of Peace 1680
Le Nôtre, Latona Fountain, 1670
Le Brun (designed), Apollo Basin, 1671
François Girardon and Thomas Regnaudin (sculptures) Thetis and Apollo Grotto, 1675
Salon
public exhibition
Jean François de Troy, A Reading of Molière or Reading in a salon, 1728
Germain Boffrand, Salon de Princess, 1740
(hotel de soubise, Duke of guise, Rohan-Soubise family)
hôtel
(grand town house)
Jean-Antoine Watteau, Cajoler & Faun 1708
Jean-Antoine Watteau, Fêtes Vénitiennes, 1719
fêtes galantes
These were scenes in which exquisitely dressed young people idle away time in dreamy, romantic, pastoral settings. They appear joyful but are often tinged with melancholy.
salon(small s)
a room
Watteau, Gersaint‘s Shop Sign, 1721
Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin, A Lady Taking Tea, 1735
François Boucher, The Triumph of Venus, 1740
François Boucher, Madame de Pompadour, 1759
(mistress to louis XV, gained power in the political sphere)
Fragonard, The Progress of Love, 1763
(madame du berry, mistress of louis xv)
Jacques-Louis David, Oath of the Horatii, 1784
Élisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun, Self-Portrait, 1790
Hogarth, Signing the Contract, from Marriage a la Mode, 1745
Thomas Gainsborough, Mr. and Mrs. Andrews,1750
Thomas Gainsborough, The Cottage Door, 1778
Joseph Wright of Derby, An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump, 1768
Henry Fitcroft and Henry Hoare II, The Park at Stourhead, Wiltshire, England, 1750.
(end of the seven years war, george the III)
Henry Fitcroft and Henry Hoare II, Alfred's Tower, 1750
Henry Fitcroft and Henry Hoare II, Temple of Ceres, now Flora, 1750
Henry Fitcroft and Henry Hoare II, Temple of Apollo, 1750
Henry Fitcroft and Henry Hoare II, Temple of Hercules - now the Pantheon,1750
Henry Fitcroft and Henry Hoare II, the grotto,1750
Giovanni Paolo Panini , Modern Rome, 1757
(Duke de Choiseul, ambassador to Rome from 1753 to 1757; he is shown seated in an armchair)
Johann Zoffany, Charles Towneley in his Sculpture Gallery, 1782
Joshua Reynolds, Sir William Hamilton, 1777
Johann Zoffany, Group Portrait of Sir Elijah and Lady Impey, 1783
Shaikh Zain ad-Din of Patna (attributed) Mary, Lady Impey, Supervising Her Household, 1783
