Powerful use of chiaroscuro. Contrasting of light and shadow. They range from brilliant to deep gloom.Dramatic compositions with strong diagonals and swirling action.Genre scenes – scenes that told stories of everyday life.
Caravaggio 1573-1610An Italian artist who influenced the work of Rembrandt and Dutch artists.He was a master of light and shadow.He unified complex compositions with dramatic effects.
• Martyrdom of St. Matthew, 1600
Bruegal 1525-1569
A Flemish artist. His painting can be seen as a parable, a story that contains a symbolic message. Concerned with detail.
Bruegal 1525-1569Tower of Babel, 1563
BruegalHunter in the Snow, 1565
BruegalPeasant Wedding, 1568
Rembrandt 1606-1669
Baroque artist from Holland. Dramatic use of light and shadow and strong contrast.Influenced by the spotlighting of the theater. Expressive portrait painter of groups and individuals.Work largely devoted to sacred subjects. Also painted mythological subjects.
RembrandtThe Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp, 1632
RembrandtDetail of Anatomy Lesson
Rembrandt
Blinding of Samson, 1636
RembrandtSelf-portrait with Saskia, 1636
Etching
RembrandtSelf-portrait, 1640
Oil on canvas
RembrandtThe Night Watch, 1642Corporate portraits-each person in painting paid to be in it.
RembrandtThree Trees, 1643
Etching
RembrandtDetail of Three Trees
RembrandtLittle children being brought to Jesus, 1647-49
Etching, dry point
RembrandtThe Mill, 1650
Oil on canvas
RembrandtLion Resting, 1650-52, pen & ink
RembrandtAristotle contemplating the bust of Homer, 1653
Oil on canvas
RembrandtDescent from the Cross, 1654
Dry point
RembrandtLife Study of a Youth Pulling at a Rope, 1656-58
Pen & Ink
RembrandtSelf-portrait, 1660
Oil on canvas
Rubens 1577-1640
Captured the dynamic spirit of the Baroque style.He used rich colors, dramatic design and powerful, twisting figures.Used light to illuminate the important parts of his paintings.