Artwork Trading Cards

Inspired by the flashcards we made last week, each of you will create (2) artwork trading cards. Download and fill in the card template to create your cards.
Requirements:

Image and identification of artwork (non-blurry or pixelated images)
Identify the period and location (i.e. Baroque Dutch)
Symbols, icons or reminders of the key components of the work (i.e. a crown to represent royalty, skull to represent death, etc.)
Key facts organized under easy-to-read notes (Patron, subject and key facts are included but consider: composition, symbolism, scene, technique, etc.)
Include what makes this piece BAROQUE

Tips:

Use bullet points to organize and simplify your notes
Be sure text wrapping is tight to maximize your card's space
Put important phrases or terms in BOLD

Assignments:

1. Valeria – Rubens, Elevation of the Cross, p. 675

De la Tour, Adoration of the Shepherds

2. Clare – Judith Leyster, Self-Portrait, p. 682

Palace of Versailles, p. 698

3. Evelyn – Van Dyck, Charles I Dismounted, p. 678

Hardouin-Mansart, Hall of Mirrors, Versailles, p. 699

4. Eleanor – Hals, Archers of the Saint Hadrian, p. 681

Rigaud, Louis XIV, p. 696

5. Somaje – ter Brugghen, Calling of St. Matthew, p. 679

Inigo Jones, Banqueting House, p. 701

6. Sebastian – Rembrandt, Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp, p. 683

Wren, St. Paul’s Cathedral, p. 702

7. Julia – Rembrandt, Self-Portrait, p. 685

Vermeer, The Allegory of the Art of Painting, p. 689 (pic on p. 672)

8. Dante - Rembrandt, The Night Watch, p. 684

Honthorst, Supper Party, p. 681

9. Andy - Poussin, Et in Arcadia Ego, p. 691

Kalf and Ruysch – still life painting, p. 690-1)

10. Roujia – Rembrandt, Return of the Prodigal Son, 1665

Callot, Hanging Tree, p. 695

11. Lorenzo – Ruisdael, View of Haarlem from the Dunes, p. 687

Perrault, le Vau, Le Brun, The Louvre, p. 697

12. Matt – Claesz, Vanitas Still Life, p. 690

Versailles Park/Gardens, p. 698-9

13. Marquise – Rembrandt, Christ with the Sick around Him, p. 686

Eglise du Dome, Paris p. 700

14. Michael – Vermeer, The Letter, p. 688

Cuyp, Distant View of Dordrecht, p. 687

15. Emily – Steen, Feast of St. Nicholas, p. 689

Hals, Women Regents of the Old Men’s Home at Haarlem, p. 682

16. Morgan – Lorrain, Landscape with Cattle and Peasants, p. 693

Peeters, Still Life with Flowers, Goblet, Dried Fruit and Pretzels, p. 678

Things to Look for in Baroque Art:

Direct, obvious, and dramatic images
Tries to draw the viewer in to participate in the scene, breaks down barriers
REALISM - Depictions feel physically and psychologically real. Emotional intensity
Extravagant settings and ornamentation, ostentatious at times
Dramatic use of color.
Dramatic contrasts between light and dark, light and shadow. (TENEBRISM)
Baroque art has continuous overlapping of figures and elements, contrary to Renaissance art with its clearly defined planes, with each figure placed in isolation from each other.
Common themes: grandiose visions, ecstasies and conversions (transformation), martyrdom and death, intense light, intense psychological moments.

SAMPLE: