Today we focus on the Baroque Art in Flanders and Holland. We broke down the Netherlands into the south and north and elaborated on the popular use of Baroque in each place. In the North Netherlands, Peter Paul Rubens was influenced by Caravaggio when he traveled to Rome in the 17th century. We talked about his art pieces like the Elevation of the Cross and the Portrait of Marie de Medici. Both art pieces have diagonals that are being created by how the artists use the contrast of light and dark. We also noticed that he uses instantaneous movements to allude movement of the figures. We then elaborated on how Ruben and Nicolas Poussin became symbols in the 17th century and battled to see who was the most contemporary artist. We then shift our attention to one of Rubens’s students Anthony van Dyck. His work is very similar to Rubens’s because he had to learn to blend like his mentor when they worked together. The mentee then went on to paint for Charles I of England. We then move to the South of the Netherlands. We start with Frans Hals and his portrait of The Jolly Topper. We analyze how he creates the rushed effects and uses highlights and shadows in the painting. We then also look at his Banquet Portrait and conclude that in the South group portraits were popular. We also see Rembrandt van Rijn create almost 100 portraits of himself which demonstrates his exploration of himself. He also creates the Night Watch and The Hundred Guilder Print. One art piece is experimental with drypoint and the other is an influence of Caravaggio and Baroque art.