SpainDates and Places: • 1600 to 1700• Iberian peninsula and the

Americas

People:• Catholic nation • War leaves economy in

decline• Absolute monarchs

DIEGO VELÁZQUEZ, Water Carrier of Seville, ca. 1619. Fig. 10-15.

SpainThemes : • Martyrs • Genre• Portraits

Forms :• Realism• Tenebrism• Dramatic chiaroscuro

DIEGO VELÁZQUEZ, Water Carrier of Seville, ca. 1619. Fig. 10-15.

Spain

FRANCISCO DE ZURBARÁN, Saint

Serapion, 1628. Fig. 10-14.

SpainExample: • Brutal realism • Dramatic chiaroscuro• Tenebrism• Martyr• Attention focused on

tragic death• Common-looking saint

FRANCISCO DE ZURBARÁN, Saint Serapion, 1628. Fig. 10-14.

Spain

DIEGO VELÁZQUEZ, Las Meninas, 1656. Fig. 10-

16.

SpainExample: • Royal portrait• Enigmatic image of

absolute monarchy• Artist’s status in creating

king’s image• Vision, space, reflection• Spanish realism• Art of painting as

subjectDIEGO VELÁZQUEZ, Las Meninas, 1656. Fig.

10-16.

FlandersDates and Places: • 1600 to 1700• Belgium

People:• Part of Spanish Empire• Catholic • Connections to other

European courts

ANTHONY VAN DYCK, Charles I Dismounted, ca. 1635. Fig. 10-19.

FlandersThemes : • Life of Christ • Portraits

Forms :• Dynamic and exuberant• Theatrical treatment of

space and figures• Rich color and painterly

techniqueANTHONY VAN DYCK, Charles I Dismounted,

ca. 1635. Fig. 10-19.

Flanders

PETER PAUL RUBENS, Elevation of the Cross, 1610. Fig. 10-17.

FlandersExample: • Combines

Michelangelo, Titian, and contemporaries

• Composition with strong diagonal

• Herculean figures twist and strain

• Rich color, chiaroscuro PETER PAUL RUBENS, Elevation of the Cross, 1610.

Fig. 10-17.

Flanders

PETER PAUL RUBENS, Arrival of Marie de’ Medici at Marseilles,

1622–1625. Fig. 10-18.

FlandersExample: • Series of Life of Queen of

France• Propaganda• Dramatic allegories of

her right to rule• Lavish spectacle• Decorative splendor• Vigorous, monumental

figuresPETER PAUL RUBENS, Arrival of Marie de’

Medici at Marseilles, 1622–1625. Fig. 10-18.

Dutch RepublicDates and Places: • 1600 to 1700• Holland

People:• Free from Spanish rule• Protestant • Merchant and middle

class• Civic groups• Wealth from trade,

agricultureREMBRANDT VAN RIJN, Self-Portrait, ca.

1659–1660. Fig. 10-23.

Dutch RepublicThemes : • Portraits• Landscape• Genre scenes• Still life

Forms :• Realistic treatment of

form and surface • Convincing illusionism• Obsessive description RACHEL RUYSCH, Flower Still Life, after 1700.

Fig. 10-28.

Dutch Republic

JUDITH LEYSTER, Self-Portrait, ca. 1630.

Fig. 10-21.

Dutch RepublicExample: • Portraits of middle class• Convey personality,

character• Spontaneity • Calvinist austerity but

social status visible• Self-portrait of woman

artist• Emphasizes act of painting JUDITH LEYSTER, Self-Portrait, ca. 1630.

Fig. 10-21.