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French Baroque

French Baroque. Characteristics. Academic Pyramidal Symmetrical Appears very “Renaissance”. France. Bourbon monarchs Henry IV Louis XIII(Marie de Medici, Richelieu) Louis XIV(Anne of Austria, Mazarin). Louis XIV. “Sun King” Scientific Revolution Copernican theory Sunflowers Apollo

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French Baroque

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  1. French Baroque

  2. Characteristics • Academic • Pyramidal • Symmetrical • Appears very “Renaissance”

  3. France • Bourbon monarchs • Henry IV • Louis XIII(Marie de Medici, Richelieu) • Louis XIV(Anne of Austria, Mazarin)

  4. Louis XIV • “Sun King” • Scientific Revolution • Copernican theory • Sunflowers • Apollo • 1635: French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture-strict control

  5. HyacintheRigaud: Louis XIV

  6. How does Louis XIV “use” art?How does his use of art differ from the Catholic Church?

  7. Peasant Dinner, LeNain,

  8. Family of Country People, LeNain, 1640, oil on canvas

  9. Nicolas Poussin

  10. Poussin, Holy Family on the Steps, 1648

  11. Poussin: Bacchanalia

  12. Poussin

  13. Hyacinthe Rigaud, Louis XIV, 1701 Poussin, Et in Arcadia Ego, 1638

  14. Mansart and LeVau: VERSAILLES

  15. LeBrun

  16. De La Tour

  17. Poussin: John in Patmos

  18. Lorrain, Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, 1648

  19. Miseries of War, Callot, 1633, etching

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