Baroque art still life. The new dutch republic was the most prosperous nation in europe and led european trade science and art. Feb 16 2015 explore dechinaceas board baroque still life on pinterest. Dutch golden age painting is the painting of the dutch golden age a period in dutch history roughly spanning the 17th century during and after the later part of the eighty years war 15681648 for dutch independence.
Still lifes is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter typically commonplace objects which are either natural food flowers dead animals plants rocks shells etc or man made drinking glasses books vases jewelry coins pipes etc. In order to fulfill its propagandist role catholic inspired baroque art tended to be large scale works of public art such as monumental wall paintings and huge frescoes for the ceilings and vaults of palaces and churches. Baroque painting is the painting associated with the baroque cultural movement.
Finally the dutch golden age gave rise to natural portraiture which captures a persons spontaneous natural posture and expression. A still life plural. See more ideas about still life dutch still life and still life art.
The movement is often identified with absolutism the counter reformation and catholic revival but the existence of important baroque art and architecture in non absolutist and protestant states throughout western europe underscores its widespread popularity. See more ideas about still life painting still life and painting. Stylestypes of baroque art.
Baroque portraits and the foremost still life and animal painter frans snyders 1579. Flemish baroque painting refers to the art produced in the southern netherlands during spanish control in the 16th and 17th centuries. Still life painting as an independent genre or specialty first flourished in the netherlands during the early 1600s although german and french painters for example georg flegel and sebastian stoskopff.
The period roughly begins when the dutch republic was split from the habsburg spain regions to the south with the spanish recapturing of antwerp in 1585 and goes until about 1700 when habsburg authority ended with the death of king charles ii. 211521 200268 were also early participants in the development and less continuous traditions of italian and spanish still life painting date from the same period. The northern netherlandish provinces that made up the new state.
While still life painting also blossomed in the dutch golden age the most renowned baroque still life artist is likely french artist jean chardin of the rococo period. Dec 29 2013 a collection of my favorite baroque still life paintings.