Baroque Art, Part 2

1. Baroque Art, Part 2

2. This time we will look at the art of four artists:Poussin, Bernini, van Dyck, and Velazquez.

4. Painting #27 Poussin’s The Rape [Taking] of the Sabine Women

5. Nicolas Poussin1594-1665 • Say poo-SAHN

6. Poussin was from France,but he worked in Italy.

7. In ancient Rome, a man who told the story of the Romans, Livy,

8. wrote that just after the cityof Rome was started,

9. the men of Rome decided to take wives from the Sabines, their neighbors.

10. This is called “the rape [taking] of the Sabine women.” Here is Poussin’s The Rape [Taking] of the Sabine Women.

12. Poussin’s The Rape of the Sabine Women • Do the women want to go with the men?Weren’t the Roman men being very mean?

14. Painting #28Poussin’s Et in Arcadia ego Say:et in ahr-KAH-dee-uh EGG-oh

15. Arcadia is an place in Greece,

16. but sometimes, “Arcadia” means a wonderful, beautiful place in nature.

17. Shepherds are peoplewho watch sheep.

18. The Romans spoke a language called Latin.In Latin, “et in Arcadia ego” means “I am in Arcadia too.”

19. Here is Poussin’sEt in Arcadia ego.

21. Poussin’s Et in Arcadia ego • Three shepherds are reading “Et in Arcadia ego.” A person is buried here under these stones—it is a tomb. • Do you see the shadow on the tomb? Is the lady pretty?

23. Sculpture #29Bernini’sEcstasy of St. Theresa

24. Gian Lorenzo Bernini1598-1680

25. St. Teresa

26. said that an angel came and made her feel that God was near.

27. This gave her ecstasy, which means great pleasure.She was very, very happy. Here is Bernini’sEcstasy of St. Theresa.

29. Bernini’sEcstasy 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?

31. Painting #30Van Dyck’sCharles I of England

32. Anthony van Dyck1599-1641 • Say van DIKE

33. Van Dyck was from Flanders.

34. Flanders was close to England. (See London? That is England.)

35. King Charles I of England was a famous monarch (king or queen).

36. Van Dyck painted many portraits, or pictures, of Charles I.Here is one of Van Dyck’s portraits, Charles I of England.

38. 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? Van Dyck’sCharles I of England

40. Velazquez’Las Meninas

41. Diego Velazquez1599-1660

42. Kings and queens have children. They are princes and princesses.

43. This little girl was the infanta,which means princess.Her name was Margarita.

44. Margarita was the daughter of the King of Spain, Philippe IV.

45. In Spain, people speak Spanish.In Spanish, Meninas means“Maids of Honor.”Here is Velazquez’Las Meninas.

48. 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? Velazquez’Las Meninas

49. 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.