Baroque Art 
 
The aim of the project was the discussion of painters from the European baroque in which, at the fore, was the artistic realisation of the prevailing themes.

Anthonis van Dyck (1599-1641) "Susannah in the spa"
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Alte Pinakothek, München

The story originates from the Old Testament (Daniel 13, verses 1-64). Susannah is sexually assaulted by two old men. When she tries to refuse her attackers, she is slandered by them, accused of adultery and condemned to death. Through the clever invention of Daniel, who finds the old men guilty of lying, she is pardoned.
 
 
  Van Dyck
 
This topical theme of sexual assault, in which today, the innocent party often becomes a victim of the person responsible for the crime, was realised in a drawing with collage (Iris Schmidt ku 12) in which van Dyck`s original composition is retained. 
 
Iris Schmidt GK Kunst
   
Jan Davidsz de Heem  "Still-life"  (1634) 
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart 

The baroque still-life with vanity elements (overturned cup) has been reproduced in the form of a painted background in a contemporary style by Iris Schmidt, ku 12
 

Heem  Wunderlich 
 
Pieter Claesz "Vanity still-life" (1625) 
Germanic National Museum Nuremberg  
 
Claesz  Weißfloch 11 a
 
Albrecht Dürer "Likeness of mother" (1514) 
Kupferstichkabinett Berlin 

Although this drawing by Dürer originates from the Renaissance period, our pupil Verena Wüstinger (ku 12) has impressively reproduced the baroque ideas of memento mori and forcibly represented the modern fears about ageing (note the use of all possible cosmetics).
 

Wüstinger
 
Adrian Brouwer (1605-1638)   
"Smoking and drinking peasants in a pub"
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Alte Pinakothek, München 
 
Brouwer  Huber 

and 
 
Adriaen van Ostade "Painter in his workshop"  (1663) 
Sempergalerie, Dresden 

The composition of both interiors was taken up by Anja Huber, 11a, and Elena Vozdaeva, ku 12, and transferred to a modern life situation. Elena Vozdaeva`s picture makes a reference to our Comenius Project. 
 
Ostade  Vozdaeva
 
Katharina Klimscha, AWG 11b  

The pupil, in her timeless portrait (Renaissance), illustrates the sceptical view of a young person who is conscious of the abyss of life.
 

Klimscha
 
Peter Schmid, AWG Grundkurs Kunst  

The young artist supplies a completely original presentation of a person who has split in two – on the left baroque man and on the right modern man. Evident here is also the sceptical view
 

Schmid
Kolo Tysowski