Northern Renaissance and Spanish Baroque by Mrs. M

The Holy Thorn Reliquary of Jean-Duc de Berry

2025-04-28 21:42:16 UTC

I think this is an great example of Northern Renaissance art due to the fact that there's a lot of detail and how it has this wide view.

Saint Ursula Shrine by Hans Memling

2025-04-28 21:46:53 UTC

The form of this piece captured my eye. It's a good example of Northern Renaissance art because it's an altarpiece of local pride, and the space in the paintings is busy and "overwhelming."

Claus Sluter

2025-04-28 21:47:08 UTC

I really liked how thick the cloth looks in the statue. With so much of the body covered I feel like the interpretation it gives to the beholder could help give you a feeling of mystery.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Hunters in the Snow (Winter)

2025-04-28 21:48:47 UTC

This piece has made me impressed due to how it portrays the background.

Most paintings that I've seen in the Renaissance only highlight the importance of specific figures using the background to redirect us to the figures.

This image is different in which the figures to the left aren't just the main focus, there's an elaborate background, city, houses, trees, and a full fledged mountain!

hunters in the snow

2025-04-28 21:49:06 UTC

Ive never seen something so beautiful, the scenery and situation of two men going hunting with their dogs of various shapes and sizes. And the lake is frozen over people are ice skating. People are just living in the monent not a phone in sight.

The Large Piece of Turf

2025-04-28 21:52:33 UTC

Hi, I'm Timothy. I chose this piece because I really like the amount of detail put into the individual blades of grass and all the different and clearly distinguishable shades of green.

Saint Wolfgang Alterpiece

2025-04-28 21:54:31 UTC

I love the intricate use of light and space. It feels as if it's taking up real space, and as if the people are really in front of you. It's a great representation of the key attention to detail during this time. - Ava Forn

Melancholia

2025-04-28 21:55:22 UTC

I really enjoy the intricate detail in all of the piece, the symbolism is EVERYWHERE and I love it.

2025-04-28 22:03:34 UTC

I enjoyed looking at the Unicorn Tapestries due to how the mythilogical Unicorn is seen. Everyone one is surrounding the unicorn and cornering it. It's interesting how Unicorns have been a subject matter for a long time.

Model of the Dutch East India Company ship “Valkenisse”

2025-04-28 22:04:45 UTC

hi, timothy again, I don't think this piece is very telling about the Dutch baroque, however, I am personally interested in ships and boats and I quite like the amount of precision and detail put into this model.

Still Life with Glasses and Tobacco-Willem Claesz

2025-04-28 22:05:15 UTC

Still life with glasses shows that specific lighting as we see in other Dutch Baroque pieces. The items shown in the painting were common Dutch household items.

rembrant

2025-04-28 22:06:29 UTC

I think its a good depiction twords how professionalism was veiwed, thease nine doctors all unified stand aound a skeleton cadaver. And tamper with it, the clothes reflect the fashion of the era, this is the equivalent of 2025 linkedin profile.

Rembrandt, Self-Portrait with Saskia

2025-04-28 22:06:48 UTC

I thought this was really interesting because it's not in color, and it was etched rather than painted.

Fruit And Insects

2025-04-28 22:09:21 UTC

This is a still life by Rachel Ruysch, its a still life, specifically Sotto Bosco, a subgenre of the category due to its fruit and buggy nature in a forest scene. I love the vibrancy in the lighting on the grapes, it reminds me of fake fruit I would find at my grandparents house. - Zoë

Fruits and Insects by Rachel Ruysch

2025-04-28 22:10:23 UTC

This piece caught my eye because of its beautiful simplicity. It's a good representation of the Dutch Baroque era because of the use of light and the simple yet thought-provoking subject matter.

Jacob van Ruisdael, The Jewish Cemetery

2025-04-28 22:10:56 UTC

I love the detail in the landscape and the focus on the earth. The balance taken to display the hopeless feeling of mortality and the beauty and hope in life display themselves in the contrasting broken roots of the tree and bright, clear sky in the upper right. I also love the vast feeling of nature, and how the man made objects feel as if they are being taken over by the surrounding landscape. - Ava Forn

Rembrandt, The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp

2025-04-28 22:11:28 UTC

I chose this art-piece out of bias and admiration. The painting just portrays so much emotions emanating from the men's faces.

You can see disgust, curiosity, and almost a sense of unease across multiple of the mens face as they're learning about the human body.

It's charming in a way, and also a bit silly, of course you can see why they react, they're watching Dr. Tulp dissect a deceased man in front of their eyes to educate them.

As an unrelated side-note since I didn't delve into doing research instantly, only just describing the picture, I do believe that there wasn't any other proper way to figure out about the human anatomy, so they took a body and opened it up for showcasing, ewie creepy!

2025-04-28 22:12:30 UTC

I liked the Still Life with Silver Ewer because of its intense realism and detail. The fruit I incredibly detailed with all the peel of it having that bumpy texture. And how the fruits reflect on the ewer.

"Museum Wormianum" by Ole Worm

2025-04-28 22:16:40 UTC

I like this one because I think it would be super cool to own a curiosity cabinet one day. I think it's interesting how the shading is still present even when it's not in color.

Rubens, the Consequences of War

2025-04-28 22:21:46 UTC

This painting by Rubens uses strong classical allegories to illustrate the horrors and yet inevitability of war, with Venus trying to hold Mars back. The drama and fine detail including a detailed background is characteristic of Dutch Baroque.

"Meat Stall" by Pieter Aertsen

2025-04-28 22:21:46 UTC

I like this one for many reasons, such as the chaotic bloodiness, the pockets of other stories, and how it's very still-life-y with a bunch of stuff on a table.

there is the realism and the light shining on the various meat as well as the light on the teapot which makes it renaissance-y.

The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables

2025-04-30 21:22:39 UTC

This piece seems to have that same blurriness that most Spanish art have. What appeals to me is the focus on the Virgin and all the cherubs surrounding her.

Diego Velázquez, The Waterseller of Seville

2025-04-30 21:23:37 UTC

Timothy here, I don't really know why I like this one,I just kinda felt drawn to it

this painting really shows the baroque style with its very stage-like lighting, the very realistic people with expressive, detailed faces. also the almost pitch-black background and no landscapes.

A Still Life of Global Dimensions: Antonio de Pereda’s Still Life with Ebony Chest

2025-04-30 21:23:54 UTC

I liked this still life because it had lots of bright colors. It's really well drawn, but the subject looks realistically messy, which I think well represents the realistic elements of Spanish Baroque art.

pedro de mana

2025-04-30 21:24:08 UTC

it appeals to me because his sculptures have suc beautiful clean cut features, their faces have the most emotional eyes and they look really realistic. And in this sculpture its a brutal scene of jesus after a whipping hes still so beautiful and captivating, his skin is like pearl and his face is sorrowful but really peaceful.

2025-04-30 21:27:09 UTC

I love how real these two sculptures look. The way the skin is painted and the tears on the Mater Dolorosa stand out because of how lifelike they are. The thorns on the crown look as if they are sharp and hurt due to the care that was taken in it's sculpting and painting. - Ava Forn

The Immaculate conception of Los Venerables

2025-04-30 21:27:29 UTC

2025-04-30 21:27:30 UTC

This is my favorite Still life from the Spanish Baroque because of how detailed the vegetables/fruits are painted. I like how dramatic the composition looks with the shadow in the background makes the veggies pop out.

The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables

2025-04-30 21:28:08 UTC

I really like this piece because of the soft background that almost seems like a haze. I like Mary being in the center and having the bright blue outfit to stand apart from the rest. The darkness in the background and the drama show how its baroque but there is still a softness to it.

Still Life with Ebony Chest - Antonio de Pereda

2025-04-30 21:28:44 UTC

I love this still life, the scene depicts dishes that would be used for making chocolate (of the hot variety) and shows so many delicate things. The cups on the tray likely came from three different places around the world so it in turn shows the emergence of global trade during this time period. - ZOEE

2025-04-30 21:29:05 UTC

The Christ of Clemency is a piece that shows crucifixion. It shows christ's body looking weak and famished. It portrays him to have little strength and power with his body limp and his head down to the ground.

Quince, Cabbage, Melon and Cucumber by Juan Sanchez Cotan

2025-04-30 21:29:16 UTC

This piece caught my eye because it's very simple, yet very thought-provoking and it makes me wonder about its intentions. You can tell that it's Spanish Baroque because it's a still life depicting fruits, something seen in Dutch Baroque as well. The use of a dark background and light on the subject matter also makes it Baroque.

"Still Life with Quince, Cabbage, Melon, and Cucumber" by Juan Sánchez Cotán

2025-04-30 21:56:29 UTC

I like this painting because I like still-lives and I like how the cabbage is painted- it's very shaded.

The heavy sanding and still-lifeness shows that it is from the baroque period