Feast in the House of Levi

Paolo Vernoese

*inspired by the venetian party scene

Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne

Carracci

quadro reprotato: transported painting

didactic: has a particular message which will be displayed to the viewer

Bacchus

Caravaggio

The Fortune Teller

Caravaggio

St. Matthew and the Angel

Caravaggio

Last Communion of St. Jerome

Domenichino

emphasizes the role of the priest in a time when the Catholic Doctrine was being tested

Assumption of the Virgin

Carracci

use of color

model for the classical/academic ideal of carraci

Judith and Holofernes

Artemisia Gentileschi

*rape of Artemisia helps to influence her artwork of women either dominating men or being vunerable

similar style to caravaggio

S. Bibiana

Bernini

commissioned by Urban VIII as a cardinal

Palazzo Barberini

Carlo Maderno-Bernini

Triumph of Divine Providence

Pietro da Cortona

bay leaves: symbol of achievement

Papal Tiara: church

HUGE keys of St. Peter

3 Barberini Bees

Monument to Urban VIII

Bernini

funerary monument

*Pontifex Maximus: bridgebuilder

SS. Luca e Martina

Pietro da Cortona

Collegio di Propaganda Fide

Borromini

super pretty faulted ceiling and intricate

Dedicated to the Magi- Chigi

S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane

Borromini

built for the Trinitarians: Borromini emphasizes the use of three throughout the church

3 zones of the interior of church

1. columns

2. entablatures with frieze

3. ceiling and dome

Baldacchino 

Bernini

*represents the possesso of the Pope from the S. Giovanni in Laterano to St. Peter's.

-The Pope would have been carried in a canopy shaped like the Baldacchino

*multimedia piece of work.

Raimondi Chapel

Bernini

-builds out chapel and includes lightbox to cast over sculpture and illuminate it.

"Luce alle Bernina"= Light in the way of Bernini

St. Peter's Basillica

Carlo Maderno

*Alexander VII: wants the piazza enclosed with porticos and no buildings on top

wanted this space to be grander in scale than the rest of the buildings surrounding the area.

Barcaccia Fountain

Bernini

"ugly boat"

Four Rivers Fountain

Bernini

grotto was built to place river gods in.

obelisk was lifted up high to serve as a marker for pilgrims

Four Rivers Nile

Bernini

Four Rivers Ganges

Bernini

Four Rivers Rio de la Plata

Bernini

Four Rivers Danube

Bernini

*holding up papal tiara because the Danube was controlled by the Hapsburg Dynasty and it was important for them to maintain relations with Rome.

S. Ivo alla Sapienza

Borromini

Piazza Navona

Bernini and Borromini

Pamphili Papacy

Ecstasy of St. Teresa: Cornaro Chapel

Bernini

*Innocent X

Sant' Agnese

Borromini

Piazza del Popolo

twin churches frame the streets

triumphal arch

trident street system to filter people

*Bernini in charge of re-systematizing the streets

Santa Maria del Popolo

Bregno

*contains the Chigi Chapel

Chigi Chapel

Raphael

chigi family already had ties to this church so it made sense for Alexander to take over and improve the Piazza del Popolo

Scala Regia

Giovanni Battista Falda

frame for the activity of reception

winding staircase to visit the pope

Palazzo Spada

Borromini

perspective- compare to scala regia

S. Maria della Pace

Pietro da Cortona

chigi family also had a chapel in this church which kept the theme of peace alive in his family

star in family emblem is a symbol of peace

S. Andrea alle Quirinale

Bernini

Alexander VII got Innocent X to fund the project 

Jesuit monestary

turns the corner on the architecture