Franz Hals: An Influential Artist In Baroque Period

The thing that I liked the most were the murals that he drew and the

“In art criticism, the word Baroque came to be used to describe anything irregular, bizarre, or otherwise departing from established rules and proportions,” (Britannica, 2016). Caravaggio, born Michelangelo Merisi (1571), an Italian painter, can be said almost single-handedly to have created the Baroque style during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. None other can be more appropriately defined as “Baroque” than Caravaggio; his character, like his art, was confrontational and uncompromising, and both loved and hated. “He introduced a powerfully frank realism and dramatic, theatrical lighting and gesture into Italian Baroque art. Caravaggio’s unvarnished realism and tenebrism influenced nearly every important European artist of the seventeenth century.”(Stokstad, Cothren).

The artwork I have chosen from the book was the painting by Rogier van der Wayden called the Crucifixion with the Virgin and St. John the evangelist (c. 1400-1464). The work is done with oil painting on wooden oak panels. This painting is very meaningful and descriptive, while also telling a story. It portrays a very complex image of the crucifixion of Jesus Crist on the cross, and his mother, Virgin Mary and disciple John suffering his loss. This painting is divided into two panels, dividing the two scenes. I believe this type of painting would be presented in a church or museum setting, because of the bright and bold coloring. This work overall is resembling a very important time in history, and also has a lot more deep and hidden analysis

The era known as the Baroque period includes the seventeenth and most of the eighteenth centuries in Europe. The Baroque style was a style in which the art and artists of the time focused upon details and intricate designs. Their art often appeals to the mind by way of the heart. During this time the portraits began to portray modern life, and artists turned their backs on classical tradition. Much of the art shows great energy and feeling, and a dramatic use of light, scale, and balance (Preble 302). Buildings were more elaborate and ornately decorated. These works of art created history and altered the progress of Western Civilization. Architecture such as the palace of Versailles, and artists like

Rubens was born in the German town of Siegen, in Westphalia. His father, Jan Rubens, a lawyer and alderman of Antwerp, had fled the Spanish Netherlands in 1568 with his wife, Maria Pypelinckx, and four children to escape religious persecution for his Calvinist beliefs. After Jan’s death in 1587, the family returned to Antwerp, where young Peter Paul, raised in his mother’s Roman Catholic faith, and received a classical education. His humanist education seriously began with his apprenticeship to Otto van Veen, with whom he probably worked with from 1594 to 1598.

<br>Alexander Calder is one of my favorite artists because his work stands out from others. He has a unique style that catches the eye of the viewer. Out of all the artists that I have studied, Calder is the one that catches

Rubens, (Peter Paul Rubens) “was a prolific seventeenth-century Flemish Baroque painter, and a proponent of an exuberant Baroque style that emphasized movement, color, and sensuality. He is well-known for his Counter-Reformation altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects.” He began by visiting many famous artists and copying some of their works of art to

One of which was Hans Memling and another Martin Schongauer. The unusual coloring was said in his best piece the same tone is not repeated in any other area of the canvas, including the whites. He had created new techniques for oil painting which had several different layers to present the idea of transparency and atmosphere. Causing the introduction of religious scenes and a taste for fine detail. Though he was an important artist in life and a century after, he was soon forgotten by the mid 18th century due to the change in artistic taste. He is now known as one of the three greatest Early Flemish artists, along with Robert Campin and van Eyck, and the most influential Northern painter of the 15th

This artist stands up to me because his fine art photographs are different from everyone I saw. Also, his portraits are amazing he has such sharp focus and I enjoy

Albrecht Durer is known as one of the most gifted painters and engravers of the German Renaissance period. His works are known throughout the world and have inspired artists to not only study and learn his techniques but also to broaden his techniques, expanding his already famous style.

I have always been fascinated by the older artists and the pieces of work they did in their lifetimes. One in particular that always fascinated me was the work of Leonardo Da Vinci. While Da Vinci was a sort of jack of all trades, what he’s most famous for is the painting of the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.

The painting that I chose is "Goethe in the Roman Countryside." By J.H.W. Tischbein, 1786. I think it captures the movement with the location that it is at and with the way the person is posing. The outfit he has on also indicates that he was from this particular era, including the big attention seeking black hat. If you study the background carefully it clearly represents the Romantic Period right down to the nail. The part that confuses me about this painting is that it is a male in it when a female would have portrayed this part a lot more conveniently and made it easier to understand. I just think that the fact that there is a man in this role makes the photo a lot harder to dictate the era and what is going on. With

I chose Leonardo’s Light and Shadow. The motivation that led to the discovery was that “Leonardo was ready to test new ideas.” He started to just cover the canvas painting whatever came to mind. He started just to paint the overall design of the thought, then detail the main certain details. For example, the piece that he worked on called the under painting of ‘Adoration of the Magi’, he never completed it, many may have wondered why he had not completed some of the paintings including the ‘Adoration of the Magi’, Gloria Lannom says, “the reason may be that the did not fully fund the commission. The significance of this discovery of color, light and shading was that it moved him to create theories such as, “he considered black, white, red,

He is famous for his sad and depressing paintings, who often had a white background. Also his people in his paintings are famous “matchstick men” because of their skinny bodies. Some of his most famous paintings were sold for up to 5 million pounds. He became an official war artist. Also he was the Official Artist of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. He was a very famous, popular and successful artist.

The painting I chose was a painting of Chrysanthemums by Pablo Picasso. It is a very simple and straightforward, yet captivating image. The way the petals on the flowers were painted are very interesting, each of them were created with unique stroke of the brush. Picasso obviously wanted viewers to focus only flowers as the foreground and background were left somewhat rugged and undetailed. At first it may be hard to notice, however, it can be seen that the source of light for the picture is on the left as the right side is painted with slightly darker colors. When positioned directly in front of the painting the flowers actually do not seem as flowers at all. Only until you move farther back will the blurry strokes of white and red actually