- bernini & borromini made the "baroque rome" look
Bernini:
- brought before the pope when he was 8
- arrived in rome in 1605 when caravaggio's art made the church think of a new style
- his personality was opposite of caravaggio's
- extremist of his art
- believed that people give themselves away the moment before or after they speak
- rome's supreme virtuoso
- sculptor, painter, playwright, etc.
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| ecstasy of saint teresa- bernini |
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| apollo & daphne- bernini apollo wants the nymph daphne, she doesn't want him she ran away & the gods answered her prayers by turning her into a tree |
Francesco Borromini:
- brilliant architect
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| San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane- Borromini |
Caravaggio:
- italy 1610- he's on the run for murder, price on his head
- father & grandfather died at 5, mother died at 19
- grew up in carravagio so that's what they called him
- trained as a painter in milan
- he went to rome & was told to go to old masters, be humble, copy, & learn
- he never drew- just looked & painted
- he didn't want to do things the way that the masters did- challenged the way things should be
- gives us nature w a twist
- used street people as models
- demolishes safety barrier btwn viewer & figures
- francesco maria del monte asked him to move into the palazzo
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| boy bitten by a lizard- caravaggio rose, glass, reflection= short-lived lizard looks less menacing than boy painting about temptation middle finger= homosexual gesture? painted God of wine who drank too much |
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| david w the head of goliath |
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