1. Art History 2: Class 4
Note: Today I will do an optional review for the midterm at 7 pm, it will be in the
classroom and should last maybe an hour. It is not mandatory, you do not have to attend.
Also, note: Next week I will do the same review at noon, again in the classroom.
THE MIDTERM IS NEXT WEEK IN THE SECOND HALF OF CLASS.
The midterm goes only through what we discuss today.
Important names and terms from today’s lecture: Carvaggio (Michelangelo Merisi),
Rome, Giuseppe Cesari (Cavalier d’Arpino), Cardinal del Monte, Orazio Gentileschi,
“Baroque Realism,” “Caravaggisti,” Artimesia Gentileschi, Contarelli Chapel (St.
Matthew), Cerasi Chapel (Sts. Peter and Paul), Vincenzo Giustiniani, Malta, Knights of
St. John, Beheading of John the Baptist, Sicily, Spain, Zurbaran, Ribera, Ribalta,
Velazquez, Seville, Pacheco, “bodegones,” Juan van der Hamen y Leon, Sanchez Cotan,
vanitas, Madrid, Philip IV, Count-Duke Olivares, Buen Retiro, Hall of Realms, Las
Meninas
Some possible essay questions:
--Discuss the “Baroque Realism” of Caravaggio—what are some characteristics of the
style? Discuss the chapel commissions in 1600 which brought him to prominence. What
were some of the turbulent aspects of his life?
--Discuss the career of Velazquez. What are “bodegones?” How would some Spanish
painters instill religious meaning into bodegones and still lifes?
Images:
The Calling of St. Matthew by Caravaggio, 1599-1600, page 385
The Musicians by Caravaggio, 1595, page 387
Judith and her Maidservant by A. Gentileschi, 1625, page 388
Las Meninas (“The Maids of Honor”) by D. Velazquez, c.1656, page 402
St. Serapion by F. de Zurbaran, 1628, page 403