Baroque Art in Italy
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David
Artist: Bernini
When: 1623
Where:
What: statue commissioned by Cardinal Scipione Borghese
Ecstasy of St. Teresa
Artist: Bernini
When: 1642-1652
Where: Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome
What: statue
The Calling of St. Matthew
Artist: Caravaggio
When: 1599-1600
Where: Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi
What: oil on canvas (lots of tenebroso)
Judith Slaying Holofernes
Artist: Artemisia Gentileschi
When: 1614-1620
What: oil on canvas
Baroque
drama & theatricality; movement, ephemerality, & dynamism
→ “baroco”: oddly shaped pearl, a period associated with weirdness
Counter-Reformation
a period of spiritual renewal, a reaction to Protestantism/Reformation (basically drawing people back to the church)
Council of Trent (1545-1563)
came up with a set of stipulations on what religious imagery should be like (clear, non-ambiguous)
tenebrism
“shadowy” surrounding the characters
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