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ARTH 104 1nd Edition Lecture 5Outline of Last Lecture I. Ending the Renaissance periodOutline of Current Lecture II. Introduce Baroque ArtIII. Baroque art in ItalyCurrent LectureBaroque period – 17th and early 18th century; A time where art takes a change and becomes highly dramatic ItalyDustus Sustemans – Portrait of Galileo 1639o Age of scientific revolutiono Galileo discovers that Earth is not the center of the universe, which society becomes mad about.o Science is married to theology and starts to question the church.Depiction of Wheel – 16th centuryo Depicts counter reformation which frames the baroque periodo Protestants form council of Trent because they were upset at this art work and they thengo on to govern things that they felt went against the church, therefore they had the right to govern art. The council of Trent wanted to get rid of classicism in art. They also had the nude figures in the Sistine chapel covered for a long time.Annunciation – 1609o Lots of contrast and diagonal lines creating movementChurch of Santa Maria – Cardinal Cornaro Chapel 1642-52 Berninio Devoted to the teachings of Mother Teresa who had become a saintThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.o Mother Teresa became a sort of controversial figure because of her writings which depicted in detail of her physical experiences of divine ecstasy that connected her to GodDavid – Bernini, 1623o Naturalistic which is a lot more like the classical arto This figure is partially clothed because now that is more frowned upon by the council of Trento Bernini was a good architect however he was not educated on itMichaelangelo’s St. Peter’s Basilica – Along with Bernini’s plans for the plaza 1546 o Western Christianity’s oldest churcho Built over St. Peter’s burial siteBernini’s courtyard – entryway to above church 1607o Seen as the “arms” of the churcho Piazza – courtyardo Portico – collumso Colomade – rows of columnsChurch of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane – Borramini (Bernini’s enemy) 1638-67o Entire space is geometrico Made for Trinitarians who were a religious order of monkso Incorporates triangles in 3’s to represent the holy trinityo Coffers creating an illusion on the inside that the dome is much taller than it really is Gaulli – Triumph of Name of Jesus and fall of the damned 1672-85o Realistico Incorporates natural light to make it appear natural and realistico Stucco – plaster; most art work is used with this


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