ARH 132 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Tenebrism, Aerial Perspective, Chiaroscuro
28 Apr 2016
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Peter paul rubens is main artist: humanist scholar and studied in italy a long time, combines both realist and classicizing tendencies. Slide 3 portrait: realistic depiction and classicizing tendency. Being hoisted and in an effort to create an emotional response, showing jesus in one of his most human moments gazing up into heaven. He is having a moment of doubt as to why he has to go through all this to be holy. We feel empathy as a human = conveys emotion. Localized primary area of colors to help us find key figures. Bacchus: grotesque quality of naturalism, along cva close to picture plane, venetian atmospheric perspective, use of tenebrism, very dramatic lighting and chiaroscuro, choosing key dramatic moment as in process of pouring him another cup of wine. Garden of love: figures in foreground referencing humanist prototype. 2 seated women and one looks like the greek sculpture (slide 7: realistic tendency and venetian influence of aerial perspective.
