~ Year 10 Baroque Art Assignment ~

BAROQUE

This the term given to the art and architecture of the late sixteenth to eighteenth centuries that was a reaction to Mannerism, and a departure from the Classical values of the Renaissance.

TASK

Browse through the links provided and select a work by any of the Baroque artists listed below, which appeals to you.  Analyse the art work by answering the questions [click here to open your online report form].   

LIST OF BAROQUE ARTISTS

            Annibale Carracci (1560-1609)

            Caravaggio (1573-1610)

            Velasquez (1599-1660)

            Rembrandt (1606-1669)

            Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)

            Frans Hals (1580-1666)

            Sofonisba Angusciuola (1533-1625) - female artist

            Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653) - female artist

Baroque art links

17th-Century Baroque Art
An extensive list of links on the Baroque period and all the individual artists. Many images with comments and biographical details on each artist. An excellent starting point.
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHbaroque.html#Baroque

Baroque Art - Ricker Library 
Find select resources on the style and period including image banks and guides to architecture. Features links to general art history pages.
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/arx/baroque.htm

Gateway to Art History: IV The Renaissance, Baroque & Rococo.
Compiled for use with Gardner's "Art Through the Ages," this extensive web directory includes the Renaissance and baroque.
http://www.harbrace.com/art/gardner/RenBar.html

Renaissance and Baroque Architecture: Architectural History
A University of Virginia art historian maintains an online collection of slides surveying the history of Renaissance and Baroque architecture in Europe. Images portray 15th, 16th and 17th century works from the Renaissance through the New Classicism.
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/dic/colls/arh102/

Baroque Art and Architecture.
WebMuseum: Baroque (1600-1790) Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini.
WebMuseum: Canaletto. Caravaggio. Georges de La Tour....
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/HP/baroque.html

Italian and Spanish Baroque Art 
Collection of art images by painters, sculptors and architects presented on the Web. An educational resource on Baroque Art from Spain and Italy for...
http://www.best.com/~natalew/Baroque.html

Malaspina.com - Baroque Art 
Famous works by the art masters of the Baroque and Renaissance traditions are exhibited electronically at this site. View paintings by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Peter Paul Rubens, Nicolas Poussin and other 16th-century artists.
http://www.mala.bc.ca/~mcneil/a4.htm

Baroque Art 
Browse an alphabetical list of artists and their works. Contains lesser-known artists and multiple works by well-known artists.
http://www-lib.haifa.ac.il/www/art/bar_menu.html

Mark Harden's Artchive: "Baroque Art" 
Explore this virtual gallery of works by Caravaggio, Rubens, Rembrandt, Hals and others. 
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/baroque.html

Triumph of the Baroque - NGA 
Museum provides this exhibit on the baroque style of architecture. Learn about building types and find plans of specific structures.
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2000/baroque/splash.htm

Sofonisba Anguissola 

Sofonisba Anguissola on the Internet 
[Italian Mannerist Painter, 1532-1625] Links to works by Sofonisba Anguissola in
art museum sites and image archives worldwide.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/anguissola_sofonisba.html

Sofonisba Anguissola: A Renaissance Woman 
Unlike most women in Renaissance Italy, Sofonisba Anguissola was educated as a painter. Her accomplishments led to a life of drama and romance on a grand scale. From Smithsonian Magazine.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian/issues95/ may95/ anguissola.html

Women in Art- Sofonisba Anguissola 
Sofonisba Anguissola (1532-1625) Sofonisba was one of the first women to gain a international reputation as a painter. She studied under Campi until...
http://www.mystudios.com/women/abcde/s_anguissola.html

ANGUISSOLA, Sofonisba 
Italian painter (b. cca. 1530, Cremona, d. 1625, Palermo) Preview Picture Data File Info Comment Profile Portrait of a Young Woman 
http://gallery.euroweb.hu/html/a/anguisso/

Women Artists: Sofonisba Anguissola (1532-1625) 
Some paintings by the Italian Renaissance artist Sofonisba Anguissola. 
http://home.webcom.se/art/artists/anguissola/sofonisba.htm

Sofonisba Anguissola (1531-1626)
Sofonisba Anguissola was one the six daughters of a nobleman of
Cremona, Amilcare Anguissola. Her sisters Elena, Europa, Anna Maria, and Lucia were also painters.
http://www.csupomona.edu/~plin/women/16_17century.html

Anguissola, Sofonisba 
Evaluates the work of this Renaissance painter and points out landmarks in her life. Includes examples of her paintings.
http://members.xoom.com/womenart/artists/anguissola/sofonisba.htm

Annibale Carracci 

Annibale Carracci on the Internet 
Annibale Carracci [Italian Baroque Era Painter, 1560-1609] Links to works by Annibale Carracci in art museum sites and image archives worldwide.
http://artcyclopedia.com/artists/carracci_annibale.html

Carracci, Annibale - CGFA 
Provides a gallery of works and a biography of the early baroque Italian artist who was concerned with reforming mannerist excesses.
http://sunsite.auc.dk/cgfa/carracci/

WebMuseum: Carracci 
Carracci. Family of Bolognese painters, the brothers Agostino (1557-1602) and Annibale (1560-1609) and their cousin Ludovico (1555-1619), who were prominent figures at the end of the 16th century in the movement against the prevailing Mannerist artificiality of Italian painting. 
http://www.hol.gr/wm/paint/auth/carracci/

Carracci Family - WebMuseum 
Read about this C16th family of Bolognese painters, brothers Agostino and Annibale and their cousin Ludovico, who are famous for their frescos.
http://metalab.unc.edu/wm/paint/auth/carracci

Fine Art: Carracci, Annibale [Italian, 1560-1609] 
Directory of fine art images contains 11 paintings by the most celebrated member of the Bolognese family of fresco painters.
http://www-fa.c4systm.com/ Fine-art/ Italian/Carracci_Annibale/ index2.php3

Web Gallery: Carracci 
Read about this brother from the family of Bolognese painters, then view a selection of his work. Includes commentary and e-postcards.
http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/c/carracci/annibale

Michelangelo Caravaggio

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio 
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1573 - 1610) Italian baroque painter, who was the most revolutionary artist of his time and the best exemplar of naturalistic painting in the early 17th century.
http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/Caravaggio.html

WebMuseum: Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da 
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1573-1610). Probably the most revolutionary artist of his time, the Italian painter Caravaggio abandoned the rules that had guided a century of artists before him. 
http://www.oir.ucf.edu/wm/paint/auth/caravaggio

WebMuseum: Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da 
Jailed for killing an opponent after a disputed score in a game of tennis, Caravaggio managed to keep his place as one of the most revolutionary painters of the 17th century. Read about his life or view many of his paintings online.
http://sunsite.unc.edu/wm/paint/auth/caravaggio

Caravaggio, Michelangelo 
1573-1610, Italian painter. After his early years in Rome doing GENRE paintings, e.g., Concert of Youths (Metropolitan Mus.) and the Fortune Teller...
http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/02289.html

Art Gallery: Caravaggio 
Appreciate some of the most famous paintings of Michelangelo Merisi Caravaggio in this virtual art gallery. Link to a biography.
http://www.christusrex.org/www2/art/caravaggio.htm

Caravaggio - Artchive 
View digital photos of paintings by Michelangelo Merisi Caravaggio.
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/C/caravaggio.html

Malaspina.com - Baroque Art 
Baroque Art. The Laughing Cavalier Frans Hals (1584-1666) [Scan by Mark Harden] Click Here to Visit our Sponsor. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio...
http://www.mala.bc.ca/~mcneil/a4.htm

Artemisia Gentileschi 

Mark Harden's Artchive "Artemisia Gentileschi" 
Presents images and curatorial information on three famous paintings, including "Mary Magdalen" and "Judith and her Maidservant."...
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/G/gentileschi.html

Artemisia Gentileschi 
The Artemisia Gentileschi page has moved to
http://www.u.arizona.edu/ic/mcbride/ws200/gentil.htm

Gentileschi - From Incompetech! 
* One of many portrayals by Gentileschi Interesting Stuff: A woman ahead of her time, Artemisia Gentileschi is one of the earliest female painters the history books talk about as a master.
http://www.incompetech.com/art/gentileschi.html

European Art: Carvaggio and His Followers
Visit the museum's collection of Carvaggio and his followers to see a representative painting by the daughter of painter Orazio. With commentary.
http://www.dia.org/collections/euroart/carvaggio/52.253.html

Artemisia Gentileschi and The Age of Baroque 
Artemisia Gentileschi Self Portrait as the Allegory of Painting London, Kensington Palace Collection of
Her Majesty the Queen Artemisia Gentileschi was an artist who lived in the seventeenth ce...
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/student.projects/artemisia/Artemisia.html

Spotlight on the Arts 
Artemesia Gentileschi, Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting, 1630 Artemesia Gentileschi was very different from most other artist of her time. She emulated the strong style of Caravaggio, using powerful ... 
http://www.pomona.edu/REPRES/WOMEN/art.html

Artemisia Gentileschi 
An impassioned artist, Artemisia was born in Rome at the end of the cinquecento. Eldest daughter of the painter Orazio Gentileschi, Artemisia became one of the most accomplished followers of Carav...
http://www.webgalleries.com/pm/colors/gentile.html

Artemisia Gentileschi: Works Viewable on the Internet 
Artemisia Gentileschi [Italian Baroque Era Painter, 1593-1652] Links to the artist's works in art museum sites and image archives worldwide. 
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/gentileschi_artemisia.html

Frans Hals

Hals, Frans - National Gallery of Art 
Frans Hals was the leading painter in seventeenth-century Haarlem, a Dutch city whose prosperity derived from brewing beer and weaving luxurous fabrics.
http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg46/gg46-main1.html

Mark Harden's Artchive: "Artchive" - "Frans Hals" 
Fine art image gallery features nine of Hals's best-known works, as well as an excerpt from E.H. Gombrich's "The Story of Art" detailing his era.
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/H/hals.html

Hals, Frans - Web Gallery of Art 
Dutch painter (b. 1580, Antwerpen, d. 1666, Haarlem) Purchasing prints Please send your comments, sign our guestbook and send a postcard. © Web Gallery of Art, created by Emil Kren and Daniel Marx.
http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/h/hals/frans/

WebMuseum: Hals, Frans 
Biographical notes on this Dutch master portrait painter. Admire "The Laughing Cavalier" (1624) and other images.
http://sunsite.unc.edu/wm/paint/auth/hals/

Frans Hals on the Internet 
Frans Hals [Dutch Baroque Era Painter, C.1582-1666] Links to works by Frans Hals in art museum sites and image archives worldwide.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/hals_frans.html

Hals, Frans - Carol Gerten's Fine Art 
Extensive image gallery features a biography and 15 portraits by this Dutch Baroque painter.
http://sunsite.auc.dk/cgfa/hals/

Rembrandt

REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RIJN 
Images in the painting gallery are divided into such categories as portraits, biblical subjects and self-portraits. Also find a biography.
http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/r/rembran/

WebMuseum: Rembrandt 
Rembrandt HARMENSZOON VAN RIJN (b. July 15, 1606, Leiden, Neth.--d. Oct. 4, 1669, Amsterdam), Dutch painter, draftsman, and etcher of the 17th century, a giant in the history of art.
http://metalab.unc.edu/wm/paint/auth/rembrandt/

Rembrandt van Rijn - Artcyclopedia 
Go down a list of museums, image archives and galleries to find reproductions of the Dutch master's works, or order poster art.
http://artcyclopedia.com/artists/rembrandt_van_rijn.html

Rembrandt, an Encarta Encyclopedia Article 
Find a detailed biography of the famous Dutch painter who was alive from 1606-1669. Travel to Paris's WebMuseum to view his masterpieces.
http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?ti=015CB000

Contemporary Review - Winter Sunlight 
Writer ruminates on the sadness and truth in realism of Rembrandt's self-portraits hanging in the National Gallery.
http://www.findarticles.com/m2242/1603_275/55683941/p1/article.jhtml

Rembrandt van Rijn - Rembrandt Mania 
Take a look at the artist's portraits, an excerpt from the book "Rembrandt's Eyes", and an examination of the artist as a collector.
http://www.rnw.nl/doubledutch/en/rembrandt/

The Frick Collection : Paintings : Rembrandt : Self-Portrait 
SELF–PORTRAITDated 1658. Between 1625, the date of his earliest known work, and 1669, the year of his death, Rembrandt painted over sixty self-portraits and drew and etched his own likeness repeatedly..
http://www.frick.org/html/pntg38f.htm

Bücher Chapman - Rembrandt's Self-Portraits : A Study in Seventeenth-Century Identity
http://www.3w-bilderbuch.de/ChapmanHPerry/ChapmanHPerry0691040613.htm

Only a Blur: Rembrandt, Reticence, and Modernity 
A Rembrandt self-portrait as a clue to his modernity, from reviews by John Haber of art galleries and museums
http://www.haberarts.com/blur.htm

Peter Paul Rubens 

WebMuseum: Rubens, Peter Paul 
The Flemish baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens , b. June 28, 1577, d. May 30, 1640 was the most renowned northern European artist of his day, and is now widely recognized as one of the foremost painters in ... 
http://www.oir.ucf.edu/wm/paint/auth/rubens/

P@NOPTIC : Searching Rubens 
This server now contains some 130,000 images - about 48 gigabytes of material Everything is available from the menu below or from the countries menu.
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/

WebMuseum: Rubens, Peter Paul 
Noted as one of the most renowned northern European artists of his day, he's now widely recognized as one of the most forward-thinking painters in Western art history. Read a brief biography and visit his works.
http://sunsite.unc.edu/wm/paint/auth/rubens/

Peter Paul Rubens 
This simple resource can help you learn a bit about the Flemish painter, Rubens. View several of his more popular works, including The Prophet Elijah Receiving Bread and Water From an Angel.
http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/Rubens.html

NGA - Sir Peter Paul Rubens 
Tour: Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640) The most sought-after painter in northern Europe during the seventeenth century, Peter Paul Rubens, was also a diplomat, linguist, and scholar.
http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg45/gg45-main1.html

Uffizi - Rubens Room 
Unofficial guide to Florence's Uffizi Gallery features an image archive of works by this Flemish Baroque painter.
http://www.televisual.net/uffizi/room_41.html

CGFA- Peter Paul Rubens 
CGFA presents this look at the influential painter's life. Includes a biography and scans of select paintings.
http://metalab.unc.edu/cjackson/rubens/

Rubens, Peter Paul - Mark Harden's Artchive 
Peter Paul Rubens images and biography.
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/R/rubens.html

Peter Paul Rubens on the Internet 
Peter Paul Rubens [Flemish Baroque Era Painter, 1577-1640] Links to works by Peter Paul Rubens in art museum sites and image archives worldwide. 
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/rubens_peter_paul.html

Diego Velasquez 

The Spanish Baroque Artists 
Spanish Baroque Artists Murillo, Ribera & Velazquez 1617-1682, 1591-1652 & 1599-1660 Diego Velázquez "Las Meninas" Museo del Prado 1656 Hello! Welcome to the Spanish Baroque artists, Murillo & Velázquez. In order to accommodate all of the paintings 
http://www.best.com/~natalew/BaroqueM-Z.html

Diego Velasquez 
Dedicated to the 400th Birth Anniversary Velázquez, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y (1599-1660), Spanish painter, the country's greatest Baroque artist, was born in Seville on June 6, 1599; both his parents were from the minor 
http://www.values.ch/Velasquez/velasquez.htm

WebMuseum: Velázquez (or Velásquez), Diego 
Velázquez (or Velásquez), Diego (1599-1660). Spain's greatest painter was also one of the supreme artists of all time. A master of technique, highly individual in style, Diego Velasquez may have had a greater influence on European art than any other painter. 
http://metalab.unc.edu/wm/paint/auth/velazquez/

Velazquez 
Spanish painter, the country's greatest baroque artist, who, with Francisco de Goya and El Greco, forms the great triumvirate of Spanish painting. Velázquez was born in Seville on June 6, 1599, 
http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/Velazquez.html