Case Study Guide: The Baroque In Italy
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. Made it more glorious for more people to fit and be inside.
4. How and why did Baroque artistic composition differ from the Renaissance style? *
5. What is the purpose of the sculpted theatre boxes in the Cornaro Chapel? * To witness the …show more content…
In contrast, Bernini’s sculpture captures the young hero in the midst of action.
7. What was Bernini’s intended message with his Four Rivers Fountain? * Intended the obelisk to represent the triumph of the Roman Catholic Church over the rivers of the world, represented by the four large figures lying on the stones below- the Danube for Europe, the Nile for Africa, the Ganges for Asia, and the Plata for the Americas.
8. What is the Biblical message of Andrea Pozzo’s dramatic ceiling painting? * Refers to the Jesuit belief in the power of the gospel to transform the world.
9. Caravaggio was a master of tenebrism; briefly describe this painting technique. * It is a style of painting in which light is used to focus attention on a single figure or particular figures in a composition, with the rest of the painting being in shadow and the background very dark.
10. Why did Artemesia Gentileschi’s indentify herself with the biblical character Judith? * Because Judith is a self-portrait of Artemisia. She transformed her personal tragedy in her painting, “Judith and Maidservant with Head of
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. Made it more glorious for more people to fit and be inside.
4. How and why did Baroque artistic composition differ from the Renaissance style? *
5. What is the purpose of the sculpted theatre boxes in the Cornaro Chapel? * To witness the …show more content…
In contrast, Bernini’s sculpture captures the young hero in the midst of action.
7. What was Bernini’s intended message with his Four Rivers Fountain? * Intended the obelisk to represent the triumph of the Roman Catholic Church over the rivers of the world, represented by the four large figures lying on the stones below- the Danube for Europe, the Nile for Africa, the Ganges for Asia, and the Plata for the Americas.
8. What is the Biblical message of Andrea Pozzo’s dramatic ceiling painting? * Refers to the Jesuit belief in the power of the gospel to transform the world.
9. Caravaggio was a master of tenebrism; briefly describe this painting technique. * It is a style of painting in which light is used to focus attention on a single figure or particular figures in a composition, with the rest of the painting being in shadow and the background very dark.
10. Why did Artemesia Gentileschi’s indentify herself with the biblical character Judith? * Because Judith is a self-portrait of Artemisia. She transformed her personal tragedy in her painting, “Judith and Maidservant with Head of