Italy

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Chapter 24

• Italy Spain 1600-1700

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BaroqueThe style began around 1600
in Rome, Italy, and spread to most of Europe
The Baroque is often thought of as a period of
artistic style that used exaggerated motion
and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce
drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur
in sculpture, painting, architecture,
literature, dance, theater, and music.
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Italy
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82. Il Gesu, including the Triumph of the Name
Jesus ceiling fresco. Rome, Italy. Giacomo da
Vignola, plan (architect) Giacomo della Porta,
façade (architect) Giovanni Battista Gaulli,
ceiling fresco (artist). Church 16th century CE
façade 1568-1584 CE fresco and stucco figures
1676-1679 CE Brick, marble, fresco, and stucco.
(3 images).
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Giovanni Battista GaulliTriumph in the Name of
JesusCeiling fresco
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Borromini, San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, 1667
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88. San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane. Rome, Italy.
Francesco Borromini (architect) 1638-1646 CE
Stone and stucco (3 images)
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Borromini, San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, dome,
1641
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Aerial view, St. Peters, Piazza designed by
Bernini, 1667
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Bernini, Baldaccino, St. Peters, 1633
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Bernini, David, 1623
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89. Ecstasy of Saint Teresa. Cornaro Chapel.
Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria. Rome,
Italy. Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c.1647-1652 CE
Marble (sculpture), stucco and gilt bronze
(chapel). (3 images).
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Caravaggio

• Tenebrism
• Naturalized religious imagery
• Makes viewers active participants
• Chiaroscuro
• Dramatic theatrical

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Caravaggio, Conversion of St. Paul, 1601
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85. Calling of St. Matthew. Caravaggio.
c.1597-1601 CE oil on canvas
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Caravaggio, Entombment, 1603
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Gentileschi, Judith Slaying Holofernes, 1620
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Caravaggio, Judith Slaying Holofernes
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SPAIN
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90. Angel with Arquebus, Asiel Timor Dei. Master
of Calamarca (La Paz School). c.17th century CE
Oil on canvas.
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Velazquez

• Major patron king Philip IV (Hapsburg)
• Wanted prestige, thought of himself as royalty
• Caravaggio an influence
• Las Meninas most renown of his works
• Genre painting
• A Spaniard

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Velazquez, King Philip IV of Spain, 1644
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91. Las Meninas. Diego Velazquez. c.1656 CE Oil
on Canvas