The Sun in European paintings.ppsx

symbol of life, wisdom, knowledge, beauty
symbol of power, of strength and manifestation of the divine presence

2. from Michelangelo to Van Gogh, through Monet and Turner …
red or yellow, setting or rising, impressionist or expressionist, religious or profane …
symbol of life, wisdom, knowledge, beauty
symbol of power, of strength and manifestation of the divine presence

3. The Sun
in European paintings

5. suns that illuminate the history of art ...

6. a Sun in an extraordinary illumination ...
The sun, encircled by a shimmering aureole, rises behind a tall hedge on the horizon
to herald the dawn of a new day.
Cœur is standing in front of the marble slab, gravely reading the inscription
which he had not been able to see the night before:
Beneath this marble shaft, as black as coal, rises the La Fontaine de fortune
He who drinks of it will suffer dire misery.
This peaceful morning will be followed by a trying day, and more to come.
Barthélemy d'Eyck
Livre du Cœur d’Amour épris, Coeur lisant l'inscription de la Fontaine de Fortune
The Book of the Heart Seized by Love Le Cœur d'Amour épris, Cœur reading the inscription of the Fountain
of Fortune
Livre du Cœur d’Amour épris, Cœur lee la inscripción de la fuente
1457-1460
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Wien

10. a Sun in gold leaf …
The universe is shown as a celestial globe,
with the Earth at the center surrounded by a series of concentric circles
representing
the four elements,
the known planets including the sun
and
the constellations of the zodiac.
The solar ring is white, and the Sun appearing in gold leaf at the top.
Presiding over the scene of Creation is God the Father,
bathed in a glowing celestial light as he is borne aloft by seraphim.
Giovanni di Paolo
Creation of the World and Expulsion from Paradise
La Création et l'expulsion du Paradis
La creación y la expulsión del paraíso
1445
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York City

14. a rising sun ...
the trees are leafless and the meadows barren ...
It is winter, but a magnificent sun is visible between two mountain peaks,
its golden rays spreading out from the golden disk in a symbol of renewal
and redemption.
Robert Campin, Maître de Flémalle
La Nativité
Nativity
Natividad
1420-1425
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, Dijon

16. the Sun for the day …
God commanding the celestial bodies into action.
With Gods right arm he is creating the sun and with his left arm the moon,
before continuing to the left side of the fresco to create the plants.
The flowing beard and hair couples with the look of determination
and concentration on Gods face. No time for stopping,
I’ve got things to do.
Te creation is well and truly under way. There is a definite feeling
when you gaze upon this image that you are seeing something special
– THE creation.
Michelangelo Buonarotti
The Creation of the Sun, Moon, and Plants
La Création du soleil, de la lune et des plantes
Creación del Sol, de la Luna y de las plantas
1511
Sistine Chapel, Vatican City

19. Grünewald’s risen Christ is like
the sun rising suddenly in a dark starry sky …
Matthias Grünewald
Isenheim Altarpiece, The Resurrection
Retable d'Issenheim, Résurrection
Retablo de Isenheim, Resurrección
1503-1515
Unterlinden Museum, Colmar

21. A large, dramatic and fierce sky caught in the dichotomy between
the setting sun and the crescent moon …
the clash of two universes, night and day, responding to the clash of two gigantic armies
The sun symbolizes Alexander's victory over Darius' army in 333 BC.
Albrecht Altdorfer
The Battle of Alexander at Issus
La Bataille d'Alexandre ou La Bataille d'Issos
La batalla de Alejandro en Issos
1529
Alte Pinakothek, Munich

24. the bright yellow disc of the sun already sinking on the horizon …
and
a farmer pushes a plow and horse,
a shepherd tends to his flock,
a fisherman casts his net at the water’s edge
and
the legs of Icarus flailing desperately in the air in an almost comical fashion
Pieter Bruegel the Elder Pieter Brueghel l'Ancien
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
La Chute d'Icare
Paisaje con la caída de Ícaro
1560
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels

27. a setting sun, discreet and profane, visible through the tall, barren branches of a tree …
and
people are going about their daily tasks,
the children are playing,
a host of characters is pressing in front of the tax-gatherer's office
and
without attracting attention, Joseph and Mary, they pick their way between
the carts of beer barrels and bales: have come to Bethlehem to be enrolled
in the universal census ordered by Emperor Augustus
Pieter Bruegel the Elder Pieter Brueghel l'Ancien
The Census at Bethlehem
Le Dénombrement de Bethléem
Censo en Belén
1566
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels

31. a calm sky already reddened by the glow of a splendid setting sun ...
boats, figures,
a Renaissance style palace,
a lighthouse …
Claude Gellée dit Le Lorrain
Port de mer au soleil couchant
Sea Port at Sunset or Harbour Scene at Sunset
Puesta de sol en un puerto
1639
Musée du Louvre, Paris

34. a wheat field bathed by the sun …
»I see in this reaper – an undefined figure, struggling in the intense heat like
the devil to finish his work – I see him as an image of death in the sense
that the humans are the corn that is being cut down.
... But this death is not sad, it takes place in bright light with a sun that covers
everything with a light like pure gold.«
Vincent Van Gogh
Champ de blé derrière l'hospice Saint-Paul avec un faucheur, La moisson
La moisson, The Wheatfield behind Saint Paul's Hospital with a Reaper
La cosecha, Campo de trigo detrás del hospicio de Saint-Paul con segador
September 1889
Musée Folkwang, Essen

37. the sun in the horizon, a huge, godlike, bright disk flooding the sky with light ...
The presence of the human figure seems almost coincidental.
Vincent Van Gogh
Le semeur au soleil couchant
The Sower with Setting Sun
El sembrador
Arles, November 1888
Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich

40. … and the sun struggles to break through a light snowfall
Claude Monet
Boulevard Saint-Denis à Argenteuil en hiver
Boulevard Saint-Denis, Argenteuil, in Winter
Bulevar Saint-Denis, Argenteuil, en Invierno
1875
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

43. a red-orange rising sun

and
its reflections on the sea
Claude Monet
Impression, soleil levant
Impression Sunrise
Impresión, sol naciente
1872
Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris

46. the orange color of the sunset
and
the fields of mist and clouds
Nature's grandeur.
Caspar David Friedrich
Sunset or Brothers
Paysage du soir avec deux hommes
Paisaje al atardecer con dos hombres
1830-1835
Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

49. the sun glowing red at sunset
and
sand, water and sky …
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Calais Sands at Low Water. Poissards Collecting Bait
Plage de Calais à marée basse. Les poissardes récoltant des appâts
La playa de Calais con marea baja, Pescadoras recogiendo cebo
Bury Art Museum, Bury

52. The rays of the spring sun …
The landscape with the tips of the sun's sword breaking out of the dark clouds
and …
the sailing boat setting off for new, hopeful shores …
Erich Heckel
Spring
Le Printemps
Primavera
1918
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie, Berlin

55. The wet suns
Of those disheveled skies …
The setting suns …
The world falls asleep
In a warm glow of light.
There all is order and beauty,
Luxury, peace, and pleasure.
Charles Baudelaire's poem, Invitation to a Voyage (1857)
...
a beach, a bay,
a tree trunk, a boat mast,
a group of women
a setting sun...
a representation of Baudelaire's dream, a journey towards the Ideal
Henri Matisse
Luxe, calme et volupté
Luxury, Calm and Pleasure
Lujo, calma y voluptuosidad
1904
Musée d'Orsay, Paris

58. a sun out in a metaphysical urban landscape ...
an Italian Piazza,
a statue
In a surrealist atmosphere, a sun drawn in a childlike manner is linked
by a cord to its shadow, a reminder of Apollinaire’s Calligrammes poems.
Giorgio De Chirico
Place d'Italie au soleil éteint
Piazza d'Italia with sun out
Plaza de Italia con sol naciente
1971
Musée d’Art moderne de Paris, Paris

61. a large omnipresent sun …
shinning from the heavens upon land and sea, its rays reaching out to all eternity.
Inhuman itself, it is the source of all life.
A monumental, yet realistic depiction of the force of life and creativity.
Edvard Munch
The Sun
Le Soleil
El sol
1911
University of Oslo's Art Collection, Oslo

64. and ...
a white and cold sun rises on a scene of the total desolation

65. A scarred landscape created by a battle of the First World War,
with shell-holes, mounds of earth, and leafless tree trunks.

A masterpiece, of sadness and shame for human stupidity ...
Paul Nash
We are Making a New World
Nous construisons un nouveau monde
Estamos construyendo un mundo nuevo
1918
Imperial War Museum, London

68. The Sun in European paintings
Le Soleil dans la peinture européenne
El Sol en la pintura europea
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