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Chapter 19: The Baroque in France and England Image Links |
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France- The Age of Versailles
Baroque of the Seventeenth century.
1. Printmaking
a. Callot
Image of Hangman's Tree.
Web site entirely on Callot.
2. Painting
a. De La Tour
Image of Joseph the Carpenter.
Information on De La Tour.
Images of works by De La Tour.
Image of La Buona Ventura.
b. The Le Nains
Image of Peasant Family.
c. Nicolas Poussin
Image of Cephalus and Aurora.
Image of The Abduction of the Sabine Women.
Image of The Birth of Bacchus.
d. Claude Lorraine
Image of Pastoral Landscape.
e. Vouet
3. Architecture
Baroque architecture in France.
a. Mansart
Image of Vestibule of the Chateau of Maisons.
Mansart: many images of Chateau de Blois.
b. Louis XIV, Colbert, and the Louvre
A look at the history of the Louvre and the origins of the building.
c. Palace & Gardens of Versailles
d. Hardouin-Mansart
Many examples of French Baroque architecture Mansart, Hardouin-Mansart,Versaille and the Louvre
Hardouin- Mansart:The Royal Chapel at Versaille.
Hardouin- Mansart: Grand Trianon, Palace of Versailles.
Image of The Hall of Mirrors.
Image of the Salon de la Guerre.
Image of Church of the Invalides.
4. Sculpture
a. Coysevox
Coysevox: Triumph of Louis XIV.
b. Puget
Image of Milo of Crotona.
5. England
a. Jones
b. Wren
Image of Facade of St Paul's Cathedral.
Image of Interior of St. Paul's.
c. Vanbrugh
Image of the Facade of Blenheim Palace.
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