{"id":2152,"date":"2024-03-20T16:07:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T16:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/?p=2152"},"modified":"2024-03-20T16:07:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T16:07:49","slug":"3-18-class-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/2024\/03\/20\/3-18-class-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"3\/18 Class Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In class on Tuesday, we began by discussing some contextual information about Europe in the 17th century. As the Reformation spread, countries started to associate with one religion. A country’s religious alignment contextualized the art produced in that region during this time. In class, we looked at art from the Netherlands which was split into southern and northern regions where the north became Protestant and the south remained Catholic. The first artist we looked at was Peter Paul Rubens who we learned would go on to influence art for decades and was a catalyst for impressionism in France. Although Rubens converted to Protestantism at one point in his life, he ultimately converted back to Catholicism when he moved back to Flanders. This contextualizes his work The Elevation of the Cross<\/em> which is not only an altarpiece with religious subject matter but was made in the style of a triptych so as to call upon historical Catholic traditions. We’ve discussed in previous classes that the Counter-Reformation employed religious imagery as a strategy to differentiate themselves from Protestantism which was a fairly anti-iconic religion. In terms of style, Rubens’ Marie de Medici Queen of France Landing in Marseilles <\/em>is an example of Rubens’ painterly technique which became very influential. In addition to the painterly brushstrokes which add a sense of movement and spontaneity, Rubens constructs a dynamic composition (diagonals and figures in motion). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Northern Holland, while the subject matter was not religious, the dynamic Baroque style is still present. We looked at Frans Hals’ The Jolly Toper<\/em>. The work is animated as the figure holds his hand out toward the viewer as if to offer his glass. He looks as though he has been caught in mid-action which is a quintessential element of Baroque style. Additionally, much like in Rubens’ work in the southern Netherlands, there are visible brushstrokes that add a sense of spontaneity. However, we learned that Hals added these brushstrokes after painting an otherwise traditional portrait. He called these added loose brushstrokes his “handwriting”. I think it is interesting that while the goal was to make the work look spontaneous and quick, it was very calculated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In class on Tuesday, we began by discussing some contextual information about Europe in the 17th century. As the Reformation spread, countries started to associate with one religion. A country’s religious alignment contextualized the art produced in that region during this time. In class, we looked at art from the Netherlands which was split into […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11953,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2152"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11953"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2153,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2152\/revisions\/2153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}