Chapter 24 Italy & Spain
Baroque The 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.
Italy
Maderno, Santa Susanna, Rome, 1603
Maderno, Saint Peter’s, Vatican City, 1612
Aerial view, St. Peter’s, Piazza designed by Bernini, 1667
Church of Gesu, Rome, Italy. Façade. Giacomo della Porta
Giovanni Battista Gaulli Triumph in the Name of Jesus Ceiling fresco
Borromini, San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, 1667
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane. Rome, Italy. Borromini Stone and stucco
Borromini, San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, dome, 1641
Borromini, Chapel of Saint Ivo, Rome, 1642
Bernini, Baldaccino, St. Peter’s, 1633
Bernini, Scala Regia (Royal Stairway), Vatican City, 1666
Bernini, David, 1623
Ecstasy of St. Teresa. Cornaro Chapel. Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria. Rome, Italy. Bernini marble: stucco and gilt bronze
Carracci, Flight into Egypt, 1604
Carracci, Love of the Gods, 1601
Caravaggio Tenebrism Naturalized religious imagery Makes viewers active participants Chiaroscuro Dramatic & theatrical
Caravaggio, Conversion of St. Paul, 1601
Caravaggio, Calling of St. Matthew,
Caravaggio, Entombment, 1603
Gentileschi, Judith Slaying Holofernes, 1620
Caravaggio, Judith Slaying Holofernes
Cortona, Triumph of the Barberini, 1639
SPAIN
Ribera, Martyrdom of Saint Philip, 1639
Angel and Arquebus, Asiel Timor Dei. Master of Calamarca (La Paz School). 17th century oil on canvas
Zurbaran, Saint Serapion, 1628
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
Velazquez, Water Carrier of Seville, 1619
Velazquez, King Philip IV of Spain, 1644
Velazquez, Surrender of Breda, 1635
Velazquez, Las Meninas, 1656