1. I, Juan de Pareja,
Art, and Artists
by
Anna J. Small
Roseboro
Teaching Middle School Language
Arts: Incorporating Twenty-first
Century Literacies

2. Historical Novel by
Elizabeth Borton de Trevino
In English
En espanol

3. Set in 17th Century Spain
Madrid
Seville

4. Learn about PAINTERS who
may have influenced
Velázquez.
 Caravaggio
 Rembrandt
 Rubens
 Titian
 Raphael and

5. a variety of styles of ART
Chiaroscuro
Baroque
Realism
Idealism
All are reflected in Velázquez’ painting.

6. Chiaroscuro
n., [It., lit., clear, dark < L. clarus, clear +
obscurus, dark] 1. the treatment of light
and dark in a painting, drawing, etc., to
produce the illusion of depth, a dramatic
effect.
Painting seems to have spotlight
highlighting a portion of it.

7. Caravaggio – Self as Bacchus
Reflects
chiaroscuro in his
work.
Bacchus c. 1597 (160 Kb); Oil on canvas, Uffizi, Florence

8. Seems to have spotlight
Supper at Emmaus by Caravaggio
c. 1600-01 (National Gallery, London)

9. Rembrandt HARMENSZOON
VAN RIJN
Amsterdam, Dutch
painter, draftsman,
and etcher of the 17th
century.
Self-Portrait 1640 National Gallery, London

10. Notice Rembrandt’s use of
chiaroscuro
Seems to have a
spot light shining

11. The Night Watch by Rembrandt
Seems to have a
spot light shining
1642; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

12. Baroque Period
An era in the history of the Western arts roughly
coinciding with the 17th century.

13. Baroque Art
stylistically complex
to evoke emotional
states
appealing to the
senses
in dramatic ways.

14. Peter Paul Rubens
The Flemish baroque
painter and one of
the foremost
painters in Western
art history.
Self-Portrait (?)

15. Ruben’s Daniel in the Lion’s Den
Emotional scene –FEAR
c. 1615 (140 Kb); Oil on canvas, 224.3 x 330.4 cm (88 1/4 x 130 1/8 in);
National Gallery of Art, Washington

16. qualities associated with
the Baroque Period:
vitality,
movement,
tension,
emotional exuberance

17. Vitality
Movement
Color
Rubens Battle of the Amazons 1618

18. Realism
1. what is real and true rather than abstract
or theoretical.
2. present things as they actually are.
3. representing things as normally seen. (Cf.
idealism.)
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19. Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)
Venetian painter born
in Pieve di Cadore, by
his own account, in
1477.

20. Titian
Notice detail –
drape of clothing.
Penitent Mary Magdalen 1560s Hermitage, St. Petersburg

21. Raphael
Master painter and
architect of the Italian
High Renaissance.
Bindo Altoviti c. 1515 National Gallery of Art, Washington

22. Raphael’s Realism
Realistic
Clothing of the
Period
Madonna of the Chair Galleria PalatinaPalazzo Pitti, Florence

23. Diego de Velázquez
Spain's greatest painter
A master of technique,
a greater influence on
European art than any
other painter.
c. Self Portrait 1640 Museo de Bellas Atres de San Pio V, Valencia

24. Velázquez’ Bacchus

25. Caravaggio’s Bacchus
Velázquez’ Bacchus
Notice: Similarities in subject and style

26. Vitality
Velázquez
The
Count-
Duke of
Olivares
on
Horseback
Color
Baroque Movement
Style
1634 Museo del Prado, Madrid

27. Velázquez’ Painting reflects both
Seems to have Notice
a spot light torn
shining clothing
Chiaroscuro Realism
The Water Seller of Seville

28. The Dwarf Sebastian de Morra
(Museo del Prado, Madrid)
Velázquez
paints
both with
dignity.
KING PHILIP IV OF SPAIN
Painted in 1644.

29. Diego and Juan
Travel from
Spain
to
Italy

30. Their
destination
Rome
to view
Italian
art.

31. Michelangelo,
Sculpture and Painter
Self Portrait

32. Michelangelo’s
Pieta
c. 1498-99 Marble Basilica of St Peter, Vatican

34. Creation of the Sun and Moon
This one
Creation Section of Sistine Chapel Fresco

35. The Creation of Adam
Creation Section of Sistine Chapel Fresco

36. Renaissance Women Artists
Female painters often taught in studios
by their fathers. Women artists often
painted portraits and religious subjects.

37. Artemisia Gentileschi
&
Elisabetta Sirani
Important Painters of the
Baroque Period

38. Artemisia Gentileschi
born in Rome,
lived in Florence,
Naples, and
elsewhere from
1593 to 1652.
Self Portrait

39. Paintings by Gentileschi
Classical/Biblical
Subjects
Women in Power
Porcia Wounding Her Thigh, by Elisabetta Sirani.
oil on canvas. Samuels & Company, NY.
Judith with the Head of Holofernes by
Elisabetta Sirani. Oil on Canvas

40. Elisabetta Sirani
 Sirani, born in 1638,
lived all her short life in
Bologna.
 She opened the school
in 1652, when she was
just fourteen years old!
 Portrait of Elisabetta Sirani
painted by her sister, Barbara
Sirani, one of Elisabetta’s
students.

41. Paintings by Elisabetta Sirani
Virgin and Child, by Elisabetta Sirani. Oil Portrait of Beatrice Cenci, by Elisabetta
on canvasNational Museum/Gallery of Sirani (c. 1662).. Rome Galleria Nazionale
Women in the Arts d'Arte Antica,

42. Well-known then; not now.
Upon the death of
Elisabetta Sirani in
1665, a large public
funeral was held
with a distinguished
crowd of mourners
paying tribute to her
life and work.
Muse of Tragedy. E.Sirani

43. Raphael’s Painting of Pope Leo X
Velázquez is
commissioned to
paint the Pope
Innocent X.
No, neither is related to
Malcolm X.

44. Velázquez’ Pope Innocent X
c. 1650 (120 Kb); Galleria Doria-Pamphili, Rome

45. Velázquez’s Juan de Pareja

46. Juan de Pareja
Pope Innocent X

47. Velázquez’ Masterpiece
Chiaroscuro, like
Caravaggio
Baroque, Seems to have a
like Rubens spot light shining
Strong colors
Pose, Realism, like
similar to Titian
Raphael’s
Notice detail –
painting.
drape of clothing.
Pope Innocent X c. 1650 (120 Kb); Galleria Doria-Pamphili, Rome

48. Bartolome Murillo
Student of Velázquez
(1617-82)

49. Murillo’s THE HOLY FAMILY
OF THE LITTLE BIRD
Like master, Velázquez: chiaroscuro and realism

50. Murillo’s
The Young
Beggar
Notice torn
clothing, and
dirty feet.
Realism
Oil on canvas Musee du Louvre, Paris

51. Novel is
based on
the
painting,
Las
Meniñas

53. The MYSTERY…..
Who
painted
Velázquez the
painted
himself in
picture.
Cross of
Santiago?
Las Meniñas 1656-57 Museo del Prado, Madrid

54. The Calling of Saint Matthew by Juan de Pareja
Juan de Pareja paints
himself in picture.
1661 Prado Museum, Madrid

55. Like his teacher, Pareja uses chiaroscuro,
baroque and realism.
Can you find examples of each?

56. Try now, to define these
styles of art.
Chiaroscuro
Baroque
Realism
Idealism

57. Check out books from nearby
library with art by these painters.
Velázquez
Raphael Rubens
Caravaggio
Titian Rembrandt Michelangelo

58. or log on
to the
Internet
and
view art.

59. Sources of Images
Art Archive http://www.artchive.com/
Art Cyclopedia http://www.artcyclopedia.com
Art Renewal Center http://www.artrenewal.org/
Christus and Rex www.christusrex.org/
The Frick Collection http://www.frick.org/
Museum of El Prado http://www.spanisharts.com/
WebMuseum http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/

60. Visit a MUSEUM and
see some of the
paintings.
The Beginning.

61. Characteristics of Baroque
Art
stylistically complex, …
the desire to evoke emotional states by appealing
to the senses, often in dramatic ways. Qualities
most frequently associated with the Baroque are
grandeur, sensuous richness, drama,
vitality, movement,tension,
emotional exuberance!
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62. Realism
1.an interest in or concern for what is real
and true rather than abstract or theoretical.
2.a tendency to see or present things as they
actually are.
3.a movement in the fine arts and literature
that is concerned with representing things
as they actually are or as they are normally
seen. (Cf. idealism.)
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