Art History Movements Summary (Renaissance to Modernity)
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Art History
Institution
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RuG)
Short summary of each movement, with artworks from the Renaissance to Modernity (Content: Northern Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque, Rococo, Enlightenment, Romanticism, Realism, Symbolism, Impressionism, Surrealism, Modernism, Pop Culture).
▫ dark colors, focus in on suffering
▫ pain but hope for salvation
▫ emphasis on individuality (bourgeoisie)
▫ more individual relationship with god
▫ religious cartoons/critics through prints
▫ sola scripture: only the scripture
▫ ciritical thinking: humanism / individualism
▫ iconoclasm: images of divine are banned
garden of earthly delights - hieronymus bosch
▫ secular art: landscapes, still-lifes, portraits
(1490- 1510)
▫ music: adapted to their audiences
self-portrait - catharina van
hemessen (1548)
MANNERISM 1520-1550
▫ a protest to the demand of clarity and directness of the council of trent
▫ art is reflecting on the virtuosity and sophistication of its practitioners
▫ rejection of classical renaissance
▫ music: polyphonic chants
▫ elongated proportions, nudity, distorted, artificial poses
transfiguration - raphael (1516-1520)
last judgement - michelangelo (1536–1541)
, BAROQUE (COUNTER-FORMATION) 1550 - 1750
▫ collective
▫ exploration of reality, through fiction
▫ drama, ecstasy, mysticism, sensuality, movement
▫ regulated forms of religious experience
▫ high-contrast (light & shadows)
▫ theatrum mundi: everyone is always acting
▫ light representing the presence of god
▫ obedient, rational & intellectual
▫ horror vacui: fear of emptiness
▫ importance of language (ROL, dialogue, printing, books)
judith and holofernes -
artemisia gen�leschi (1620-21)
the calling of st matthew - caravaggio
(1599-1600)
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