Baroque Art Exam 1

Titian, Madonna of the Pesaro Family, 1526

-Italian High Renaissance (known for balance and idealized beauty)

-Pesaro fought the turks under pope alexander VI

-Altarpiece, devotional and commemorative

-High renaissance, though it carries some Venetian Renaissance style (diagonals). Even though High Renaissance is known for balance and harmony, the painting shows the Mary in a off center position, unusual for the time.

Paolo Veronese, Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine, 1570

-Venetian High Renaissance, Venetian Mannerist, Diagonals and ornamental richness

-A popular devotional theme where the virgin presents the christ child who places a ring on Catherine's finger

-Colorito defines form

-Counter-reformation art: Council of trent called for clarity and more devotional art but Veronese focused on magnificence that critics felt overshadowed spirituality.

-Venetian approach: devotion through beauty

Ludovico Carracci, Madonna dei Bargellini, 1588

-early baroque

-turn from mannerism towards naturalism, aligning with counter reformation via emotion and humanity

-Madonna surrounded by Saint Dominic, Saint Francis, Mary Magdalene

-Sacra conversazione

Annibale Carracci, Madonna with St. Matthew, 1588

-Baroque, Balanced

-Sacra Conversazione

-St. Matthew the Evangelist (ANGEL AND BOOK)

-Reformation

The Carracci, Founding of Rome, Palazzo Magnani, Bologna, 1590, fresco

-Baroque

-quadri riportati

Annibale Carracci, Twelve Labors of Hercules, Camerino, Palazzo Farnese, Rome, 1597, fresco

Annibale Carracci, The Choice of Hercules, Camerino, Palazzo Farnese, Rome, 1597

-Virtue and VICE

Annibale Carracci, Loves of the Gods, Gallery of the Palazzo Farnese, Rome, 1597-1601, fresco

-diff types of love

Annibale Carracci, Triumph of Bacchus, Gallery of the Palazzo Farnese, Rome, 1597-1601, fresco

Annibale Carracci, Landscape with the flight into Egypt, 1604

-arcadian landscape

Domenichino, St. Cecilia Distributing Alms, San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome, 1614, fresco

-baroque classicism

-abandoning luxury

-diagonal

Domenichino, Archery Contest of Diana and Her Nymphs, 1616

-baroque classicism

-playful

-arcadian/pastoral

Giovanni Lanfranco, Virgin & Child with Sts. Charles Borromeo and Bartholemew, c. 1616

-Early Baroque, tenebrism and chiaroscuro

-Bartholemew has a book

-very golden, elevates the virgin mary

-creates a sort of diagonal with light

Giovanni Lanfranco, Assumption of the Virgin, San Andrea della Valle, Rome, 1628, fresco

-High Baroque

-Went in a new church

-Amazing illusionism, sort of reflects di sotto in su

Guido Reni, Aurora, Rome, 1614, fresco

-commissioned by borghese

El Guercino, Aurora, Casino Ludovisi, Rome, 1621, tempera

Caravaggio, The Cardsharps, 1594

-shady card dealers

-Trompe l'oeil with the backgammon board in the front

-guy in the back is communicating to the other with his hands and such

-the directions of the hands and feathers and other line based elements create a sort of circle/spiral

Caravaggio, Bacchus, 1596

-grape leaf crown and wine indicate that this is bacchus

-connection to the viewer

-draping is classical feeling

-also possibly flirtatious, relaxed, he is playing with his belt/bow

-fruit possibly a memento mori

-possibly acting a role and not actually meant to represent bacchus

Caravaggio, The Calling of St. Matthew, Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesci 1599-1602

-light is very intentional in this painting

-naturalism

-creation of adam hand

-choosing between god and greed

Caravaggio, Death of the Virgin, c. 1602

Orazio Gentileschi, David Contemplating the Head of Goliath, c. 1610

Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Slaying Holofernes, c. 1612

Bernini, Rape of Proserpina, 1622, marble

-HIGH BAROQUE

-Suggestion of movement (BAROQUE)

-They are almost in a coil shape

-Very Dramatic

Bernini, Cardinal Borghese, 1632, marble

Bernini, Ecstasy of St. Theresa, Cornaro Chapel, S. Maria della Vittoria, Rome, begun 1645

-Un Bel Composto (a beautiful whole, meaning that different elements/mediums come together to form one unified composition)

-Capturing ecstasy in her face

-Very theatrical

-HIGH BAROQUE!!!

-Low Relief to suggest depth in the boxes on the side

Pietro da Cortona, Triumph of the Barberini, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, begun 1633

-Barberini had recently had become Pope Paul VIII, he was elected through a secret ballot system. When he rose as pope, there was a sector of the church that believed he was illegitimate and the people rejected the private ballot system. This work means to reinforce him as piece of the wealthy Barberini family as well as the Pope.

-Papal keys and tiara (attributes of st. peter) and the foundation of which papacy is built, which is being handed over by jesus. Rome, Religion, Hope, Faith, Charity, Immortality

Bernini, Baldacchino, St Peter's Basilica, Rome, Begun 1627

-Solomonic Columns (twisting)

-Entabulature (resting on columns

-gilded bronze

-Barberini Bees

Bernini, Saint Peter's Square, Rome, completed 1667 (Vatican City!!!!)

-Portico (covered area supported by columns)

-Colonnade (an area with many columns. the portico is supported by colonnade)

Francesco Borromini, San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome, finished 1676

facade = front

Balustrade = ornamental railing

cartuche = framing device