Bernini: Apollo and Daphne,
1624
Is there a baroque style and what is it?
artistic developments:"sculptural" rather than painterly: emphasis
on non-linear movementdepiction of extreme emotion
allegorical and theatricaltenebrism
"dynamism, theatricality, and elaborate ornamentation, all used to spectacular
effect..." (p. 670)
Italy in the 17th Century:
Pt. 1: Sculpture
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Part 2: Architecture
Revising St. Peter's after the Reformationfacade by Carlo Maderno, 1606-12
piazza and colonnade by Bernini (completed, 1666)
dome: Giacomo della Porta's dome (as built) compared with Michelangelo's second design (on the left)
Ecstacy of St. Theresa (Coronaro Chapel), 1645-1652
David, 16235'7" ht.
Bernini:Pluto and Persephone, 1621-2
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Borromini: San Carlo alle Quatro Fontane,
1638-41; 1665-7
made for the Discalced Trinitarians
Bernini's architectural sculpture in St. Peter's:
Baldacchino with view toward Cathedra Petri (reliquary throne of St. Peter)
1624-33
solomonic columnsht. of baldacchino = 100 ft.
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Guarini: Chapel of the Holy Shroud,
Turin, 1667-94
San Ivo della Sapienza
1642-50
a chapel for a theological university
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Artemisia Gentileschi: Danae, c. 1612, oil on copper, 16 x 20-5/8"
the Cerasi Chapel:
Martyrdom of St. Peter (left wall)Conversion of St. Paul (right wall)
1600-01
each: oil/canvas, 7'6 x 5'9
Caravaggio: Calling of St. Matthew, 1600-01, for the Contarelli chapel, oil/canvas, 11'1 x 11'5
Pt. 3: Painting
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Juan Sanchez Cotan: Still Life with Game Fowl, ca 1600/03; oil/canvas, 2'2 x 2'10
Francisco de Zurburan:
St. Serapion
1628o/c
3'11 x 3'4
Spain
Giovanna Garzoni: Plate of Figs
c. 1651-62, gouache on parchment
La Pittura (Self-Portrait as the
Allegory of Painting)
1630, o/c, 38x29"
Judith beheading Holofernes, ca 1620 (left) and 1612 (right)
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baroque painting as a response to the Renaissance:
Ren. clarity and order versus Baroque tenebrism and drama
Ren. stasis versus Baroque movement
extreme naturalism and extreme psychology
Las Meninas (Maids of Honor)
1656
oil on canvas
10'5 x 9'
Velázquez: The Surrender of Breda, June 2, 16251635, oil on canvas, 10'1 x 12'
Velazquez: Water Carrier of Seville
ca. 1619, o/c, 44 x 32 in.
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