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Bernini, Rape of Proserpine (Persephone), 1621-22, marble, 89 inches tall, Galleria Borghese, Rome Story: Hades abducts the goddess, giving us the seasons Patron: The Borghese. Cardinal Shipione Throwback to Giambaologna (novita) Illusion of plasticity (despite hardness of marble) Not seen in the round |
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novità |
Draw from something in the past and manipulate it, do something new especially Baroque artists with Renaissance works |
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Pietro da Cortona, Rape of the Sabines, 1631, oil on canvas Capitoline Museums, Rome In comparison to Bernini's of the same subject |
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Bernini, Apollo and Daphne, 1624, marble, 96 inches, Galleria Borghese, Rome She's turning into a tree, moment chosen very dramatic Not circumnavigate-able! Quoting classical sources (Apollo Belvedere) Erotic Tensions This wasn't a dark subject, it was "titillating" |
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Pietro da Cortona, Allegory of Divine Providence, 1632-9, ceiling fresco in the Gran Salone, Palazzo Barberini Not a papal commission, he's not represented here (barberini family, nephew commissions) Subject is a complicated Allegory, a set of symbols Predestination: his papacy predestined Not Mythological!! Court Poet works with artist Conceito Fictive, Illusionistic Architecture |
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concieto |
Conceit: artist's solution to the task at hand |
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Fictive, Illusionistic, architecture |
In reference to Baroque ceilings, used to create larger illusion of vertical space |
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Quadro reportato |
painting transferred to the ceiling (michelangelo) |
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Quadratura |
creating the illusion that the ceiling opens up to the skies |
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Guercino, Aurora, 1621, ceiling fresco, Casino di Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi, Rome |
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Giovanni Lanfranco, Assumption of the Virgin, 1625-8, ceiling fresco, Sant’Andrea della Valle, Rome |
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Georges de la Tour, The Cheat with the Ace of Diamonds, ca. 1630, o/c |
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Georges de la Tour, The Penitent Magdalene, ca. 1640, oil on canvas |
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Georges de la Tour, St. Joseph the Carpenter, ca. 1635, oil on canvas |
