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and 18th century. Music derived from Europe but mostly Rome to be exact. Religious but chaotic. Pleasing to the ear‚ calming‚ yet highly unorganized and mind-blowing at the same time. The irony is that “The Ecstasy of St. Theresa” by Gianlorenzo Bernini‚ can be articulated quite the same to me. And what pulls it together is that this marble statue‚ was created in the Baroque period of art‚ in Rome‚ in a window in the Santa Maria church. Being a Christian girl myself‚ I often find myself bearing off
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TIME CAPSULE NAME HUM 102: Intro to the Humanities II DATE Introduction Throughout time the humanities have evolved and proof of this evolution is seen in each of the different concepts that humanities cover. There are several time capsules that are rumored to contain pieces of some of the most influential art‚ music‚ architecture‚ philosophy‚ and literature in the Renaissance and Baroque periods. To find these capsules would be to travel back in time and hold in one’s hands the true measure
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Neptune and Triton is a life-sized marble sculpture made by an Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini which was commissioned by Cardinal Alessandro Peretti Montalto in 1622. [Figure 1] It depicts the figure of Neptune and his son Triton‚ captured mid-movement as they play out their roles in the narrative to which this scene belongs. Bernini uses his talent and artistic skills to create an illusion of action‚ an atmosphere of anticipation as we wait for the figures to come alive and break free from
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Baroque in the Vatican Throughout the ages‚ civilizations around the world have expressed themselves through various kinds of art such as dance‚ music‚ painting‚ and architecture. Styles of art vary from culture to culture‚ and over time each style evolves into something completely new. In the mid 1500’s‚ there was a change in culture that completely reshaped the European world. Known as the Renaissance‚ individuals persevered to recreate‚ and reinterpret the forgotten knowledge and accomplishments
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Renaissance: the development of linear perspective and other techniques of rendering a more natural reality in painting‚ and gradual but widespread educational reform . In politics the Renaissance contributed the development of the conventions of diplomacy‚ and in science an increased reliance on observation. Renaissance scholars employed the humanist method in study‚ and searched for realism and human emotion in art Florentine painters led byMasaccio strove to portray the human form realistically
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Chapter 21 Study Guide – The Baroque in Italy 1. What did Bernini desire to symbolize with his colonnade? * “The motherly arms of the Church.” –meant embracing the church 2. What is a defining characteristic of Baroque art? * Baroque art was usually large in scale because of its role to be propagandist in its religious subject. Paintings were usually strong in movement. 3. How did Carlo Maderno transform Michelangelo’s plan for St. Peter’s Basilica? * It extended‚ never destroyed
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Fine Art Unit 1 Study Guide · Description of David‚ by Italian Baroque artist Gianlorenzo Bernini. The sculpture was one of many commissions to decorate the villa of Bernini’s patron Cardinal Scipione Borghese · What are Italian Baroque characteristics of Gianlorenzo Bernini’s Fountain of the Four Rivers? The fountain served as a public emblem of the Catholic Church’s dominance and authority. · Caravaggio’s paintings depart from Renaissance traditions to reflect the Italian
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The Baroque Period was the age of reason when minds and imaginations opened up new worlds of scientific knowledge as well as artistic creativity. (Fleming‚ 75) The Baroque era was a period of opulence and magnificence that gave off a powerful awe inspiring style that was full of flamboyant concepts and overall dramatic quality. From Venice‚ as well as from Rome and the centers where international mannerism flourished‚ the roads to Baroque art fanned out in all directions. The style of Baroque art
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Dutch artist‚ Gerrit Dou‚ started painting “A Dentist by Candlelight” in 1660 and completed it in 1665. The medium of this art is oil on an oak panel. While the painting is small in size‚ the imagery is much larger. The painting itself measures just a little over fourteen inches by ten inches. The brush strokes are soft and airy‚ as if it was painted on silk. Most of the colors used are dark‚ except for the gold and yellow tones that are used to make the center of the image seem to glow. In fact
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