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Classicism pertains to a revival in interest in the classical ideals of art in the 17th century, as a counter-movement that paralleled the
Baroque art movement. Classicism is also sometimes called Baroque Classicism or French Classicism, to distinguish it from the Academic Classicism of the 18th and 19th centuries. Principal artists involved in Classicism include Anibale Carracci (Italian, 1560-1609), Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665), and Claude Lorrain (French, 1600-1682). These and other allied artists are often included in the Baroque School. In general, Classicism emphasizes line over colorful flourishes, and modeling over brushwork, although many artists worked in either style, according to what patrons wanted. 
Carracci was a principal influence on both Baroque Art and Classicism. Poussin and Lorrain were French artists who spent the majority of their creative carreers in Rome and Italy, but influenced, through their Parisian and royal patrons, other French artists, such as Charles le Brun, who later became director of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture (founded in 1648), which provided a stamp of approval for artists wishing patronage from the royal court or other aristocratic circles. Although suspended during the French Revolution, it regained its position of authority in the 19th century, as the Academy of Fine Arts (including also music and architecture). Check out our
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Caravaggio born in 1571 in Milan, Italy. He died at the age of 39 in 1610. He was a pupil of Titian. He was reknowned in his lifetime as a brawler who was outlawed from Naples for killing a young man in a fight and survived an attempt on his life by some of the many enemies he had made, before dying of a fever on a journey to Rome in search of a pardon. Caravaggio is one of the key initiators of the Baroque school and one of the most important innovators in the use of the chiaroscuro technique of painting. [More...]
Peter Paul Rubens was born in 1577 in Siegen, Westphalia, in what is now present day Germany, to a Calvinist father and a Catholic mother. After his father died when he was 12, he and his mother moved to Antwerp in Flanders (in current day Belgium), where he was raised as a Catholic. He traveled widely in Italy studying the paintings of the masters of the Italian Renaissance. Influenced by Titian, Veronese, and Tintoretto, one of his most important students was Anthony Van Dyke. Stylistically, Rubens is considered to be one of the principal members of the Baroque movement. He died in 1640 from gout at the age of 62. [More...]
Rembrandt van Rijn was born in 1606 in Leiden, Netherlands. He died in 1669 at the age of 63 in Amsterdam. Initially creating paintings with Biblical themes, Rembrandt prospered early with commissions from the Hague court. He also won many commissions for single and group portraits from the Dutch burghers. Despite his success, Rembrandt suffered bankruptcy in 1656 due to overspending and poor financial management. His common law wife, Hendrickje Stoffels took control of his finances and managed to stave off his creditors. Rembrandt is credited with perfecting the technique of chiaroscuro, which justaposes light and shadow in a dramatic composition. [More...]
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Acis and Galetea Hiding from the Giant Polyphemus
by Francois Perrier (French, c.1590-1650)
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The Death of the Children of Bethel
by Laurent de La Hyre (French, 1606-1656)
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Theseus with Ariadne and Phaedra
by Benedetto Gennari, the Younger (Italian, 1633-1715)
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