#tenebrism

[disease]

"JUDITH BEHEADING HOLOFERNES" CARAVAGGIO // 1599~1602 [oil on canvas | 195 x 145 cm.]

[annemarieyeretzian]

BAROQUE ART 🎭 love, ur local art mom 🩵

disclaimers and more information under the cut ✂️

hi I’m annemarie and I’m an art historian! not adjuncting for the first time in five years was rly hard for me so I threw some slides together so I could still (sort of) teach the same material as my language of art class but a) I threw these slides together for instagram so space was/is limited and b) language of art is a ten week run through art history so I’m presenting only the most accessible information here – there’s so much more to this art period and to this artist! – please don’t expect it to be comprehensive and please do ask if you have any questions!

oh p.s. my first ever class of art history students came up with the name ‘art mom’ for me at the end of the quarter and yes it does make me cry if I think about it too long thanks so much for asking

[mycelysium]

you know you’re cooked when you can draw The Character like this without any reference whatsoever

[lionofchaeronea]

Title: St. Casilda of Toledo Artist: Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish, 1598-1664) Date: ca. 1635 Genre: religious art (Roman Catholic Christianity) Period: Spanish Golden Age (Siglo de Oro) Movement: Tenebrism Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: 171 cm (67.3 in) high x 107 cm (42.1 in) wide Location: Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain

St. Casilda was the daughter of Yahya ibn-Ismail al-Mamun, Muslim ruler of the Taifa of Toledo from 1043 to 1075. According to tradition, she smuggled food to maltreated Christian captives of her father. On one occasion, she was stopped and searched, only for the hidden bread to transform into roses; it is this moment that Zurbarán chose to depict. After being healed of an illness at the shrine of San Vicente, Casilda converted to Christianity and became a penitential hermit.

Francisco de Zurbarán, one of the most important painters of the Spanish Golden Age, was dubbed "the Spanish Caravaggio" for his careful use of chiaroscuro, influenced by the great Italian master. He excelled both in religious art and in the still life (bodegon).

[solanj]

Goddamn right, you should be scared of me Who is in control? (c) Halsey - Control

[I can't for the life of mine embed a song so that it doesn't take as much space as my art so I'll just put its name here. It's impressively fitting for Silence]

Actually the second picture is closer to what I was going for, but it wasn't quite working and also I liked how the sketch ended up and didn't want to hide it so I ended up with the first one.

[7pleiades7]

The Sacrifice of Isaac (c. 1603) by Caravaggio (Italian, 1571 – 1610), oil on canvas, 104 cm × 135 cm (41 in × 53 in), Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

[diemelusine]

Boy Bitten by a Lizard (c. 1596) by Caravaggio. National Gallery.