Baroque and Counter Reformation

il gesu, including triumph of the name of jesus ceiling fresco, Exterior

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il gesu, including triumph of the name of jesus ceiling fresco, interior

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il gesu, including triumph of the name of jesus ceiling fresco

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St. Matthew, Rome

Carvaggio created three paintings about _______ for the Contarelli Chapel in ________

catholic resurgence in response of the reformation started

Counter Reformation

it shows the miraculous in everyday life

How does Caravaggio's work support ideas of the Counter-Reformation?

Spiritual Awakening

What is the underlying meaning of Carvarggios's Celing of St. Matthew

All of the marble was finished in the same way, unifying the figures with the architecture in the chapel

Which of the following is NOT true of Bernini's Ecstasy of Saint Teresa? The subject is of a saint, canonized in 1622, having a vision of an angel. Bernini based his sculpture on St. Teresa's written accounts of the vision. Both the text and Bernini's sculpture use the physical body and sexual symbolism to convey the spiritual experience. All of the marble was finished in the same way, unifying the figures with the architecture in the chapel. He combines elements of architecture, sculpture, and painting in situating the sculpture in the chapel with polychromed marble, fresco, and stained glass.

Adam

Art historians find it significant that Caravaggio based Christ's hand on which figure in Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling?

Counter Reformation

Bernini expressed ideas of __________ by using the ornate elements of the church to express a direct relationship between the individual and the spiritual realm.

Ceiling of St. Matthew Caravaggio C. 1597- 1601 CE Oil on Canvas Contarelli Chapel

Name: Artist: Date: Material: What it's in:

Henry IV Receives the portrait of Marie de' Medici from the Marie de' Medici Cycle Peter Paul Reubens 1621-1625 CE Oil on Canvas

Name: Artist: Date: Materials:

San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane Rome, Italy Francesco Borromini (architect) 1638-1646 CE Stone and Stucco

Name: Location: Architect: Date: Material: (three images)

il gesu, including triumph of the name of jesus ceiling fresco Rome, Italy Giacomo Da Vignola, plan (architect) Giacomo della Porta, facade (architect) Giovanni Battista Gaulli, ceiling fresco (artist) church 16th century fresco and stucco figures: 1676-1679 CE brick marble fresco and stucco

Name: Location: First Architect + what they did: Second Architect + what they did: Painter + what they did: Chruch's Date: Fresco and Stucco Date: Materials: (three images)

Ecstasy of St Theresa Corner 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.

Name: What it's in: Location: Artist: Date: Materials:

Scientific Perspective

The highly illusionistic ceilings of Baroque artists like Pozzo are the logical extension of which Renaissance interest?

True

True or False Bernini involved the viewer through the entire space of the chapel which suggests we are part of the audience witnessing the spiritual event.

inspire faith

Typical of Baroque art, this sculpture tries to engage the viewer in order to

a hidden window

What did Bernini use to heighten the illusionistic effects of the sculpture groups The Ecstasy of St. Teresa

A triangle

What geometric shape is the basis for Borromini's design for San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane?