Arth 112 1st Edition Lecture 19 Current Lecture Gianlorenzo Bernini Pope Urban for whom Bernini worked died The succeeding pope mistrusting of the previous and all who worked for him wouldn t hire Bernini again Bernini had to find commissions elsewhere o Ecstasy of St Theresa Meditated religiously she would supposedly levitate when in communication of Jesus Would have out of body experiences that were described as painful but ecstatic Flaming arrow going in to her and out the other end o Came from an angel visiting her thrusting an arrow into her chest repeatedly o Angel s fabric are fire life folding in on itself o Sexual overtone to the sculpture but the divine overtone makes the piece unquestionable Chiaroscuro effect contrast what is seen and what is obscured intensified o Male figures conversing on separated balconies on both sides of the Angel and Teresa Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio Posthumous portrait 1621 o Supposedly a bad boy in the art world Murdered a Spanish man from a rival gang over a game of Tennis Was forced to run away o Makes tenebroso dark shadowy paintings Merisi da Caravaggio Boy with Basket of Fruit o Suggestive boy is offering himself up o Fruit is over ripe Bordering rotting o Beseeches the observer San Luigi Chapel built for a man named Contarelli Hired Carvaggio to paint his patron saint Matthew o Calling of Saint Matthew Hand is a reference to the creation of Adam
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