FAH332H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ferrante Imperato, Clara Peeters, Scientific Revolution
8 May 2020
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Brusati reading: self-reflexive nature of baroque painting, painting about itself, relationship between nature and art during baroque period, collecting desire to acquire knowledge, encyclopedic knowledge, possessing knowledge is form of status and power. Lots of bourgeoisie buying genre paintings for their homes: phenomenon of collecting, art market artists producing works for sale and not commissioned. Marchese vincenzo giustiniani (died 1637, inventory taken: over 300 paintings, 15 by caravaggio. Including love conquers all, incredulity of st. thomas , and portrait of a. Cornelius van der geest: flemish spice merchant. Self-made man upper bourgeoisie who did not inherit his wealth worked for it. Gallery of cornelius van der geest 1628, willem: paintings displaying collections; dutch subject of painting, showing encyclopedic/wide-ranging collections, even if just paintings; wide range of style and time and origin, sometimes fictional/ideal collections, often collaborative efforts, ex. Sight and smell 1630, jan brueghel the elder and three others: painted as gift to governors of southern netherlands,
