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APAH Ch. 24
Baroque
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Art History
12th Grade
01/30/2014

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CARLO MADERO

Santa Susanna

Rome, Italy

1597

Ephatically stressed vertical axis

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CARLO MADERNO

St. Peter's

Vatican City, Rome, Italy

1606-1612

Outer 2 bays with bell towers were not part of his plan and detract from the verticality he sought.

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Aerial view of St Peter's

Vatican City, Rome, Italy

Piazza by GIANLORENZO BERNINI

Welcome of the Roman CC during Counter Reformation

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GIANLORENZO BERNINI

baldacchino

Saint Peter's

Vatican City, Rome, Italy

1624-1633

Gilded Bronze

Marks St. Peter's Tomb and High Alter of church

Bridges human scale and lofty vaults/dome

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GIANLORENZO BERNINI

David

1623

Marble

Expansive, theatrical, emontion-packed David moves through time/space

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GIANLORENZO BERNINI

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, Italy

1645-1652

Marble

Ignatius Loyola's idea: recreation of spiritual experience would increase devotion/piety

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FRANCESCO BORROMINI

facade of San Carlo alle Quattro

Fontane, Rome, Italy

1665-1667

Not flat frontispiece.

Undulating motion, dynamic counterpoint of concave/convex elements.

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ANNIBALE CARRACCI

Flight into Egypt

1603-1604

Oil on canvas

Idealize antiquity/idyllic life.

Mary, Christ Child, Joseph wander to Egypt

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CARAVAGGIO

Conversion of St Paul

1601

Oil on canvas

Different type of naturalism.

Unidealized figures.

Tenebrism.

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CARAVAGGIO

Calling of Saint Matthew

1597-1601

Oil on canvas

Stark contrast of light and dark.

Christ summons Levi the tax collector (St. Matthew) to a higher calling.

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CARAVAGGIO

Judith Beheading Holofernes

1599-1600

Oil on canvas

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ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI

Judith Slaying Holofernes

1614-1620

Oil on canvas

Narrative of heroic women

Controlled highlights on action in the foreground recall Caravaggio's paintings and heighten the drama.

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DIEGO VELÁZQUEZ

Las Meninas (Maids of Honor)

1656

Oil on canvas

Visually complex.

Contrasts of true spaces.

Mirrored spaces.

Picture spaces.

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