The Baroque in Northern Europe
Baroque Flanders
- Rubens, Arrival of Marie de’ Medici at Marseilles, 1622-1625
- Rubens, Consequences of War, 1638-1639
Baroque Netherlands
- Hals, Archers of Saint Hadrian, c. 1633
- Leyster, Self-Portrait, c. 1630
- Rembrandt, Night Watch, 1642
- Rembrandt, Self-Portrait, c. 1659-1660
- Vermeer, Woman Holding a Balance, c. 1664
Baroque France
- Poussin, Landscape with Saint John on Patmos, 1640
- Lorrain, Landscape with Cattle and Peasants, 1629
Baroque England
- Wren, Saint Paul’s Cathedral, 1675-1710
1. How did Rubens accomplish such an enormous number of large scale paintings in his lifetime?
2. Why are religious subjects less prevalent in Dutch Baroque paintings than in the paintings of the same period from Italy, Spain, and Flanders?
3. How did patronage of art in the Dutch Republic differ from that of Spain and France?
4. Briefly describe the process of etching.
5. How did Rachel Ruysch add dynamism to her flower paintings?
6. What is a vanitas still-life?
7. How did Louis XIV ensure the dominance of the grand Baroque style in France during his reign?
8. What does the vast complex at Versailles symbolize?
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