Santa Maria della Vittoria

Baroque is a style in art. It is an era of artistic style that used sensational motion and obvious, easily interpreted features to produce drama, tension, and magnificence in architecture, sculptures, paintings, literature, theatre, dance and music. Baroque art is usually very frisky and has several ornaments. It was between the styles of Renaissance and Neoclassicism. This means it began at the begging of the 16th century (around 1600), at that time, there were absolutist monarchs in Europe.The

Michelozzo –Palazzo Medici Ricardi * Perugino –Delivery of the Keys to St. Peter, Sistine Chapel * Pollaiuolo –Hercules and Antaeus; Battle of the Ten Nudes * Robbia, Luca della –Madonna and Child with Lilies, Orsanmichele * Rosselino –Tomb of Leonardo Bruni, Santa Croce * Signorelli –Damned Cast into Hell * Uccello –Battle of San Romano * Verrocchio –David; Bartolommeo Colleoni * Chapter 22 Italy (16th century) * High Renaissance

People used to describe the Baroque period as grand, joyful, exuberant and dynamic. The term 'Baroque' originally represented an irregular, oddly-shaped pearl in Italian. The Baroque took the design of the Renaissance and transformed it into its own interior style. As with the Renaissance, the Baroque was born in Rome, date from the late 16th century. While in some parts of the world, especially Germany and colonial South America, certain culminating achievements of Baroque did not appear until the

Baroque is a complex term used to describe what was thought to be a messy, vaguely disgusting style. Potentially coming from the Spanish words "barrueco" meaning a "rough or imperfect pearl" or “berruca” the term for “wart”, Baroque came to be a generalized term for art, architecture, music, and sculpture from the 16th century to the early 18th century (Klindt-Jensen 2015). Not only was the “Baroque period” long lasting, but it was far reaching as well. From Holland to Spain, Germany to France, the

Baroque is a style of art that was influenced by the papacy in Rome, with sculptor and architect Gianlorenzo Bernini behind the rise of the popular period of the style. The view of the Baroque style has changed over time, but during the seventeenth century it was considered as having a dramatic and theatrical essence. Gianlorenzo Bernini was a prodigal architect and sculptor by whom the Roman papacy employed for their empire. He is considered one of the greatest sculptors in the seventeenth century

The Ecstasy of Sculpture: A Comparison of Sculpture in Italian Baroque Art Focus Question: To what extent was the Italian Baroque art, specifically Bernini, a support for the Catholic-Counter Reformation compared to The Neoclassical era, not even a century later? A comparison of Bernini’s “The Throne of Saint Peter” and “Ecstasy of Saint Teresa”; and Antonio Canova’s “Amor and Psyche”. Michael Thiessen IBN: 000874-0212 Friday, March 20, 2015 Word Count: 2000 IB Art History─Period 5 Jamie

bled Spaniards dry. Their kingdom, crushed by economic and social injustice wounds still found arts of importance. [6] Italian Baroque art is Bernini’s Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, ca.1645-1652, in the Cornaro chapel of the Roman church of Santa Maria della Vittoria. The work exemplifies the Baroque master’s refusal to limit his statues to firmly defined spatial settings. [6] Bernini, to please his patrons, depicted the Carmelite nun of great

Critiques Chapter 1: 1. Mona Lisa is one of the most famous pieces of art work in the world. Leonardo da Vinci used a light and dark contrast in this portrait to achieve the emphasis of her mysterious facial expression. (Page 2). 2. The artwork of the “Kenyan woman” there was a variety of colors. The colors in this work portrayed the beauty in different cultures. The smile of the Kenyan woman shows that happiness is beauty. (Page 3). 3. This picture is of the Column of Trajan in Rome

Renaissance Figures Cosimo de' Medici, also known as Cosimo the Elder, lived from 1389--1464. He was the first Medici to rule Florence. He was exiled from Florence in 1433, but he returned in 1434 and doubled his wealth through banking. He ended Florence's traditional alliance with Venice and supported the Sforza family in Milan. His historical significance was being a patron to such artists as Brunelleschi, Donatello, and Ghiberti, and as the founder of the Medici Library. ?