Georges de La Tour, Joseph the Carpenter, ca.

1642, oil on
canvas, 51 x 39
Most iconic Frenc !aro"ue #ainters
$aravaggio%s st&le 'oves nort to(ards to France
Tene)ris' * su#er dar+ )ac+ground (it ,gures e'erging -ro' te
ligt source.
. andle goes troug is ands and a rod going troug te )ox o-
(ood.
/esus is olding a candle -or is ste#-ater /ose# 0te car#enter1
2&')olicall& /esus is te ligt o- te (orld )rougt to te u'an
3ar' colors are red, orange, &ello(, )ro(n
4aint loo+s s'oot, artist )egin to ex#eri'ent (it textures o-
#aintings
/esus% and is "uite realistic in te -act tat te ligt travels troug
is s+in and 'a+es a reddis glo( to 5is and
/ose#%s -oreead loo+s li+e it is sin& -ro' s(eat&.
/ose#%s )eard eac air is a)le to )e di6erentiated
7ealis' is 'ore s#eci,c tan naturalis'
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7ealistic * a regular ever&da& #erson
/esus loo+s li+e a ever&da& +id 0di6erent lengt sleeves, s(eat1
9nvents a ne( t&#e o- #ainting a religious genre scene
Genre 2cene * is an& scene tat is a #art o- ever&da& li-e
/esus and /ose# are connected troug e&e contact
4ut te intense -ater*son relationsi# troug teir )od& #osture
$aravaggio li+e:
;iolating te Fra'e
Ligt is 'uc less dra'atic
More ar'on& less violent
2i'on ;ouet, The Toilet of Venus, c.164<, oil on canvas,
65 x 45.
5is #aintings (ere +no(n -or teir ric colors and use o- ligt and
tus #rovided te interiors o- ro&al residences and a gro(ing
nu')er o- Frenc aristocratic ouses (it a ne( vi)rant
decorative st&le.
;ouet i')ued is ;enus (it an elegant sensuousness tat is
uni"uel& Frenc.
Te use o- continuous s(irling circles, near nudit&, interest in -a)ric,
and lu'inous colors onl& suggest erotic, (ose a##eal (ould
continue (ell into te eigteent centur& and #rovide te )asis
-or te 7ococo st&le #ainting.
=ecorative st&le * )rigt, -un, classical te'es tat (as eas& -or
aristocrats to #urcase and inter#ret.
Te 'ore intense te #ig'ent is te 'ore saturated te #aint is.
Toiletting * re-ers to te 'orning ever&da& getting read& -or te da&
routine.
8icolas 4oussin, Landscape with St. John on Patmos, c. 164<,
oil on canvas, 39 x 53
.)sor)s te lessons o- 7a#ael and $arracci%s classicall& ordered
#aintings and develo#ed is o(n st&le o- rational classicis'.