The Baroque in Northern Europe
Baroque Flanders
- 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, Et in Arcadia Ego, 1655
- Rigaud, Louis XIV, 1701
Baroque England
- Wren, Saint Paul’s Cathedral, 1675-1710
Short Answer
- How did Rubens accomplish such an enormous number of large scale paintings in his lifetime?
- Why are religious subjects less prevalent in Dutch Baroque paintings than in the paintings of the same period from Italy, Spain, and Flanders?
- How did patronage and collection of art in the Dutch Republic differ from that of Spain and France?
- What do the skull, timepiece, and overturned glass symbolise in Vanitas Still Life by Pieter Claesz?
- Explain the difference between etching and engraving.
- How did Louis XIV ensure that the classical style dominated French art and architecture?
- What does the vast complex at Versailles symbolize?
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