Caravaggio

desert, but he cannot remember his name. He believes others assume he is an englishman based on the sound of his voice. The patient is actually is László de Almásy a hungarian count and dessert explorer, also one of many british cartography groups. Caravaggio is a Canadian thief that is in the British Foreign Intelligence Service, had…

very strong sense of style. In the paintings, both men were known as “criminals” before their death therefore showing more dramatized dullness and very little architecture as well. There is no background in either painting as stated previously. Caravaggio and Rembrandt both used Christ-like iconography for the corpse. The timing and locations for these two paintings are very different, one being painted in Vatican City, and one in Amsterdam but both seem to have a similar outlook on death.…

Two summers ago, I experienced an epiphany in the Contarelli Chapel in the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome. While I am certainly not the first to have had a revelatory experience there, mine was not of the religious kind. Rather, mine was the illuminating realization that my path leads where my dual and symbiotic passions for history and art have been inexorably guiding me my entire young life. I have long been fascinated by the past and drawn to museums and other repositories of the…

Humanities 1020 Study Guide Chapter 15-17. Identify each in complete sentences: 1. Council of Trent The main principal of the counter reformation, the Council of Trent was one of the Roman Catholic Church’s most regal councils 2. Jesuits A member of the Society of Jesus, which was a Roman Catholic order of priests, founded by Ignatius Loyola 3. Ignatius Loyola Ignatius Loyola was the founder of the Society of Jesus 4. Counter Reformation The reaction of the Catholic Church to the Protestant…

several artists in their reaction against the Mannerist Greeks and subjective interest in distortion, asymmetry, odd juxtapositions and intense colours. The two most prominent artists who led this first Baroque were Annibale Carracci and Caravaggio. The art of Caravaggio was influenced by Miguel Ángel humanistic naturalism and the Renaissance. In his paintings are often characters, drawn from everyday life, engaged in activities of daily living, as well as also passionate scenes of mythological…

Critically Looking at Art Artemisia Gentileschi, Susanna and the Elders, 1610, painting at first glance expresses thoughts that show peoples cruelty and temptation. The reason is shows cruelty is because it appears the men have some inappropriate thoughts that they want to do on the Susanna. When you first look at the panting you see the Susanna’s sad and frightened face, then you see the men looking viscously at her. If I had to describe the painting to someone who could not see I would first…

The Effects of Emotions in The English Patient Love is a kind of emotions which have powerful effects on people’s values and life. Sometimes people would like to change themselves because of love. At the same time, love is imperceptibly changing them as well. In the novel The English Patient written by Michael Ondaatje, the main character named Almásy has been a cold and rational man. The emotions which created by love between him and a married woman named Katharine influences him. Almásy’s love…

According to The Humanistic Tradition Vol. 2, “Baroque is associated with such features as ornaments, spatial grandeur, and theatrical flamboyance” (p. 47). However, the manner that I would define Baroque would be that Baroque involves dark lifelike paintings; scrupulous and carefully crafted sculptures; meticulous, spatial, and secular architecture; attentive and diligent performances. The manner that the Baroque movement reflected on social realities involved delivering a new perspective on…

In 1517 when Martin Luther penned his 95 Theses, he set off a movement that would forever change the world: the Protestant Reformation. Martin criticized the Catholic Church and argued for things like the supreme authority of the Scriptures and justification by faith alone would spread throughout Europe via the printing press, making converts and starting new Protestant denominations. During this reformation a new era emerged called the Baroque Era. In the Baroque Era new styles of art and music…

countries who turned Protestant, and the Southern countries who remained Catholic, developed two distinctive artistic styles. In Italy and Spain, the Counter-Reformation was in full swing, promoting complex and dramatic paintings and sculptures such as Caravaggio and Bernini. Although Southern Europe (i.e. Italy and Spain) were united by the Counter-Reformation and its ideals projected by the Council of Trent, Northern European countries and its arts were splintered. The Netherlands, were…