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History of Art through the Art Institute - Baroque Art
Notes - Sept 15, 2013
The Art Institute of Chicago Building was 1893 structure built as the World's Congress Auxiliary Building and was built for the Columbian Expo. 5The Art Institute of Chicago opened as the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts on May 24, 1879. Chicago is a young city.
1577 painting… Artist moves with color
El Greko, born Doménikos Theotokópoulos, was a painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El Greco" (The Greek) was a nickname, a reference to his national Greek origin
12 apostles. Mary as a symbol she is a queen. Red stands for love. White for purity, goodness. Good as gold. “Assumption of the Virgin”. Mary was assumed body and soul to heaven. Between 1577 – 79. Art Institute purchased in 1906.
Golden age of Holland 1600s. Rembrandt van Rin. Holland had a middle class that purchased non-religious paintings. Rembrandt master of Chiar Oscor.
Composition… Triangular shape gives unity and stability.
Officer with gold chain, portrait of artist father, old man with gold chain. Likey commoner modeling for Rembrandt of Amsterdam.
Impressionism. Art Institute has the biggest collection outside of Paris. Claude Monet, one of the fathers of Impressionism. “The Artist House” 1873. Rules, state art should be about history or religion, should show knowledge, teach something, or have a moral lesson. Art should be smooth and polished.
Impressionist were rejected by Salon, big art show. They broke all the rules. “Impressionist” was originally an insult. They wanted to capture a moment in life and to work quickly and capture light. They were very interested in optics. They began their own independent shows in 1870s.
Renoir could paint people very well. Wealthy people sought him out for portraits. In older age, he stated would have spent more time learning how to draw and less time listening to Monet.
“On the Terrace” was also known as “Two Sisters”. Pierre-Auguste Renoir painted this delightful homage to springtime, youth, and

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