Gianlorenzo Bernini. St. Teresa of Ávila in Ecstasy.
1645–1652. Height of the group 11’ 6”.
OBJECTIVES
• Understand and assess the impact of the Council of Trent’s guidelines
for the Counter-Reformation art of the Roman Catholic Church.
• Identify and explore the work of Bernini and Caravaggio, the dramatic
intensity, technical virtuosity and unvarnished naturalism that informed
the transition to the Baroque period.
• Trace and recognize the broad influence of Caravaggio’s style on art
ACROSS Europe during the 17th century.
• Understand, recognize, and analyze the how and why 17th century
artists created works that expressed the power and prestige of the
monarchy.
• Understand, recognize and analyze the development of portraiture, still
life, landscape and genre scenes as major subjects in painting,
particularly in the prosperous art mark of the Netherlands.
17th-Century Europe.
Italy
St. Peter's Basilica and Piazza, Vatican, Rome.
Carlo Maderno, façade, 1607–1626;
Gianlorenzo Bernini, piazza design, c. 1656–1657.
Gianlorenzo Bernini.
Chair of St. Petter
1657-66. Height
approx. 100’.
Gianlorenzo Bernini. Baldacchino. 1624–1633. Height approx. 100’.
1446-60
1501-1504
Gianlorenzo Bernini. David. 1623. Height 5’ 7”.
Gianlorenzo Bernini. Pluto and Proserpina. 1621. Height 5’ 7”.
How does
Bernini’s St.
Theresa personify
the Baroque style
of 17th century
Italy?
Gianlorenzo Bernini. Cornaro Chapel, Church of Santa Maria Della Vittoria,
Rome. 1642–1652.
Francesco Borromini. Façade, Church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane,
Rome. 1638–1667.
Francesco Borromini. Plan of the Church of San Carlo alle
Quattro Fontane, Rome. 1638–1667.
Francesco Borromini. View Into the Dome of the Church of
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome. 1638–1667.
Painting
Annibale Carracci. Ceiling of Gallery, Palazzo Farnese, Rome.
1597–1601. Approx. 68’ × 21’.
Caravaggio. Bacchus. 1595–1596. 37 × 33 1/2”.
Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi Dei Francesi.
Paintings by Caravaggio 1599–1602.
Caravaggio. The Calling of St. Matthew. 1599–1600. 10’ 7 1/2" × 11’ 2”.
Tenebrism
Caravaggio. The Conversion of St. Paul. c. 1601. 7’ 6" × 5’ 8”.
Artemisia Gentileschi. Susannah and the Elders. 1610. 67 × 47 5/8”.
Judith and Holifernes
Artemisia Gentileschi. Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting.
1630. 38 × 29”.
Giovanni Battista Gaulli. The Triumph of the Name of Jesus and
Fall of the Damned. 1672–85.
Spain
Juan Sánchez Cotán. Still Life with Quince, Cabbage, Melon,
and Cucumber. c. 1602. 27 1/8 × 33 1/4”.
Francisco de Zurbarán. St. Serapion. 1628. 47 1/2 × 40 3/4”.
Diego Velázquez. Water Carrier of Seville. c. 1619. 41 1/2 × 31 1/2”.
Diego Velázquez. Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor). 1656. 10’ 5" × 9’ 1/2”.
West Façade, Cathedral of St. James, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
South tower 1667–1680; north tower and central block finished
mid-18th century by Fernando de Casas y Nóvoas.