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Unit: Baroque 17th century

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A beginner's guide to Baroque art

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Baroque art in Europe, an introduction
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How to recognize Baroque art
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Francis Bacon and the scientific revolution
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A beginner's guide to the BaroqueGet 8 of 11 questions to level up!

Italy

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Restoring ancient sculpture in Baroque Rome
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Bernini, Pluto and Proserpina
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Bernini, David
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Bernini, David
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Bernini, Apollo and Daphne
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Baldacchino
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Bernini, Bust of Medusa
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Bernini, Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
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Bernini, Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
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Bernini, Cathedra Petri (Chair of St. Peter)
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Bernini, Saint Peter's Square
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Bernini, Sant'Andrea al Quirinale
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Geometry and motion in Borromini's San Carlo
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Carracci, Christ Appearing to Saint Peter on the Appian Way
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Caravaggio, Narcissus at the Source
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Caravaggio, Calling of Saint Matthew
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Caravaggio, The Conversion of St. Paul (or The Conversion of Saul)
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Caravaggio, Crucifixion of Saint Peter
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Caravaggio, Supper at Emmaus
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Caravaggio, Deposition
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Caravaggio, Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness
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Caravaggio, Death of the Virgin
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Caravaggio and Caravaggisti in 17th-Century Europe
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Reni, Aurora
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Gentileschi, Judith Slaying Holofernes
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Gentileschi, Judith and Holofernes
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Gentileschi, Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes
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Guercino, Saint Luke Displaying a Painting of the Virgin
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Il Gesù, including Triumph of the Name of Jesus ceiling fresco
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Pozzo, Saint Ignatius Chapel, Il Gesù
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Pozzo, Glorification of Saint Ignatius, Sant'Ignazio
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Pierre Le Gros the Younger, Stanislas Kostka on his Deathbed
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Practice
Bernini, DavidGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Bernini, Ecstasy of Saint TeresaGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Caravaggio, Calling of St. MatthewGet 5 of 7 questions to level up!
Baroque art in ItalyGet 5 of 7 questions to level up!

Flanders

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Peter Paul Rubens, Elevation of the Cross
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Rubens, Elevation of the Cross
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Rubens, The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus
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Rubens, The Presentation of the Portrait of Marie de' Medici
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Rubens, The Presentation of the Portrait of Marie de' Medici
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Rubens, Arrival (or Disembarkation) of Marie de Medici at Marseilles, Medici Cycle
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Peter Paul Rubens, The Apotheosis of Henry IV and the Proclamation of the Regency of Marie de’ Médici
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Rubens, Venus, Mars and Cupid
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Rubens, the Consequences of War
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Anthony van Dyck, Charles I at the Hunt
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Anthony van Dyck, Samson and Delilah
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Baroque art in FlandersGet 6 of 8 questions to level up!

Dutch Republic

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Saenredam, Interior of Saint Bavo, Haarlem
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Hals, Singing Boy with Flute
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Hals, Malle Babbe
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Frans Hals, The Women Regents
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Rembrandt, The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp
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Rembrandt, The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp
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Rembrandt, The Night Watch
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Rembrandt, The Night Watch
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Rembrandt, Self-Portrait with Saskia
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Rembrandt, Girl at a Window
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Rembrandt, Aristotle with a Bust of Homer
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Rembrandt, Aristotle with a Bust of Homer
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Rembrandt, Christ Crucified between the Two Thieves: The Three Crosses.
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Rembrandt, Bathsheba at her Bath
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Rembrandt, Self-Portrait
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Rembrandt, Self-Portrait with Two Circles
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Rembrandt, The Jewish Bride
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Is it a genuine Rembrandt?
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Judith Leyster, The Proposition
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Judith Leyster, Self-Portrait
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Willem Kalf, Still Life with a Silver Ewer
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Gerrit Dou, A Woman Playing a Clavichord
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Vermeer, The Glass of Wine
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Vermeer, Young Woman with a Water Pitcher
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Johannes Vermeer, Woman Holding a Balance
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Johannes Vermeer, Girl with a Pearl Earring
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Johannes Vermeer, The Art of Painting
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Jan Steen, Feast of St. Nicholas
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Ruisdael, View of Haarlem with Bleaching Grounds
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Jacob van Ruisdael, The Jewish Cemetery
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Andries Beeckman, The Castle of Batavia and Dutch colonialism
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Rachel Ruysch, Fruit and Insects
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Ruysch, Flower Still-Life
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Van Huysum, Vase with Flowers
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Conserving van Walscapelle's Flowers in a Glass Vase
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The Town Hall of Amsterdam
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Huis ten Bosch (House in the Woods)
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Practice
Vermeer, Woman Holding a BalanceGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Baroque art in HollandGet 5 of 6 questions to level up!

Spain and Portugal

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A Still Life of Global Dimensions: Antonio de Pereda’s Still Life with Ebony Chest
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Juan Sanchez de Cotán, Quince, Melon and Cucumber
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Velázquez, The Waterseller of Seville
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Velázquez, Los Borrachos or the Triumph of Bacchus
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Velázquez, Vulcan's Forge
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Velázquez, The Surrender of Breda
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Velázquez, Las Meninas
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Zurbarán, The Martyrdom of Saint Serapion
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Ribera, Martyrdom of Saint Philip
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Jerónimo de Balbás, Altar of the Kings (Altar de los Reyes)
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Making a Spanish polychrome sculpture
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Juan Martínez Montañés and Francisco Pacheco, Christ of Clemency
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Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables
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The Abduction of Helen Tapestry
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Velázquez, Las MeninasGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Baroque art in SpainGet 5 of 7 questions to level up!

France

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Nicolas Poussin, Et in Arcadia Ego
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Poussin, Landscape with St. John
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Antoine or Louis Le Nain, Peasant Family in an Interior
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Rigaud, Louis XIV
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Château de Versailles
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Claude Perrault, East facade of the Louvre
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Versailles Get 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Baroque art in FranceGet 6 of 8 questions to level up!

England

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Anthony van Dyck, Charles I with M. de St. Antoine
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Anthony van Dyck, Equestrian Portrait of Charles I
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Charles I as art collector
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John Michael Wright, The Coronation Portrait of Charles II
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The Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace
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Different Places: Japanese porcelain with English gilt-bronze mounts
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Europe's earliest views of America
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Brought to you by Smarthistory. Stone becomes flesh and ceilings dissolve into the infinity of heaven—artists such as Bernini, Caravaggio, Rubens, Velazquez and Rembrandt were masters of drama and illusion.