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Caravaggio 1595 Musicians sort of homoerotic enticement, poetic fantasy, dude with wings is cupid, denotes theme of love, violin at angle draws in, invitation |
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Caravaggio 1596 Bacchus model dressed as bacchus, feet and hands are red, body pale, you can tell this boy is usually clothed. sheet reveals dirty modern mattress. he gestures offering up wine, other hand fiddling w/bow like "yo can i take this off" extreme idealism |
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Caravaggio 1599-1602 Calling of St. Matthew Contarelli Chapel, Rome Tenebrism A genre-ish religious scene tenebrism created w/bright light and deep shadow from window light suggests religious enlightenment christ's feet point out like hes already walking away |
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Caravaggio St Matthew and the Angel 1599-1602 Contarelli Chapel the first version of this was rejected, second version is used. matthew looks mor nobel, angel is dictating and he is writing gospel, his foot stubbornly remains in position of first, where he appeared to be kicking the priest |
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Caravaggio 1601 Conversion of St Paul Cerasi Chapel, Rome painted directly from live models all staged in this scene, dramatic light, figures are big in comparison to canvas, seem to be bursting out |
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Caravaggio 1608 Martyrdom of St John the Baptist Oratory of the Knights of Malta, Valletta, Malta painted this to get into order of maltese knights, it's horizontal because chapel was short. holding the platter is presumably salome, other prisoners watch from a window |
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Artemisia Gentileschi Judith Slaying/With the Head of Holofernes, 1625 tail end of caravaggism, tenebrist style, gritty realism, visceral and dramatic. liminal area between life and death- possibly related to real life feelings |
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Artemisia Gentileschi Self Portrait as Painting 1638-39 post-caravaggism she does something only a female artist can do- represents herself as abstract concept of pittura, wears a mask necklace to signify that |
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Annibale Caracci, Farnese Ceiling Palazzo Farnese, Rome 1597-1601 pope paul iii's family palace, in a room for relaxed receptions. theme is loves of the pagan gods, probably commissioned to celebrate a marriage looks back to sistine ceiling, painted "broken" marble architecture putti reminiscent of creation of adam overall style more jazzy -like a picture gallery hoisted up to ceiling quadri riportati |
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Annibale Caracci Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne Farnese Ceiling 1597-1601 one of the quadri riportati- bacchanale, revelrie. she is being crowned, and soon after this they're gonna boink and she's gonna be transformed into a constellation. christian interpretation, of course, is human soul uniting with god and being given immortality |
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Annibale Caracci Hercules and Omphale Farnesi Ceiling 1597-1601 hercules is modeled on farnese hercules, which a visitor would see in a courtyard before entering the gallery. hercules rendered feeble by love for omphale, she carries his club and he wears silly robes and plays a tambourine, dandified and goofy. slung leg motif- they did the do. |
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Annibale Caracci Polyphemus Hurling the Rock Farnese Ceiling 1597-1601 throwing boulder at Galatea and lover Acis, Acis dies RIP |
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Annibale Caracci Landscape with Flight into Egypt 1603 landscape corresponds to unusual shape of lunette rising hill- town and rotunda at center series of diagonals radiate from holy family, between donkey and mary. deliberately constructed landscape but it still looks natural |
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Guido Reni Aurora Ceiling Casino Rospigliosi, Rome 1613 quadroriportati fresco, painting without perspective applied, carried to ceiling. she drops rose petals, reference to homer- dawn is rosy fingered. apollo surrounded by the hours, dancing- might be an allegory to an era of a new pontificate, uncle of the house's owner was the new pope Paul V |
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Guercino Aurora Ceiling Casino Ludovisi, Rome 1621-23 commissioned by nephew of the next pope, refers to aurora marrying a mortal, asking jupiter to make him immortal- jupiter makes him immortal but not eternally youthful, he keeps getting grosser and grosser so she gets up like "ick" and voila dawn painted perspective architecture enlargens the vault, mathematically complicated. seen di sotto in su- from below. only 1 ideal viewpoint. |
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Pietro Da Cordona Barberini Ceiling -center, Glorification of the Reign of Urban VIII Palazzo Barberini, Rome 1633-39 figures are within and outside fictive architecture. center scene is glorification of the current pope, 3 bees are barberini coat of arms, figure of gold is "divine providence," divine providence holds a wreath of stars / "crown of immortality" to crown the bees- an allegorical scene |
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Pietro da Cortona Minerva Defeating the Rebellious Giants Palazzo Barberini 1633-39 allegory alluding to defeating protestant heretics in north |
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Pietro da Cortona The Cyclops Forging Arms Palazzo Barberini 1633-39 Pope Urban VIII built up Papal Armory- believed in peace through strength. There is also a "closing the doors of the temple of janus", doors closing means rome is at peace. |
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Giovanni Battista Gaulli, Triumph of the Name of Jesus, Gesu, Rome, 1672-79 jesuit mother church, extensively decorated. jesuits are dedicated to the name of jesus itself. in the central burst of light are initials "IHS" which are first 3 letters of jesus in greek alphabet. also "in hol signo" - in this sign, referring to constantine's vision of cross. first circle are a stew of putti adoring the name, second circle is rows of saints on clouds, below are lucifer and rebellious angels who refuse to worship god. pictoral illusion of spatial perspective, frame expresses boundaries which are then violated by painting itself. plaster is spread out, fictive cast shadows painted onto gold leaf, gold and white parts are 3d figures in relief, so is frame. |
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Andrea Pozzo Apotheosis of St Ignatius Loyola, S Ignazio, Rome, 1691-94 named for jesuit founder. quadratura- illusionistic extension of architecture. it's like a courtyard is seated above the church. the 4 continents are at the sides/piers, alluding to jesuit missionary work, light beaming out from ignatius points to 4 piers. ignatius, jesus and god in descending size order, illusion of them getting higher up. DOME IS ALL ILLUSIONISTIC. |
