Chapter 24
Italy & Spain 1600-1700
Baroque
The style began around 1600 in Rome, Italy, and spread to most of Europe
The Baroque is often thought of as a period of
artistic style that used
exaggerated motion and clear, easily
interpreted detail to produce drama,
tension, exuberance, and grandeur
in sculpture, painting, architecture,
literature, dance, theater, and music.
Italy
Maderno, Santa Susanna, Rome, 1603
Maderno, Saint Peter’s, Vatican City, 1612
Aerial view, St. Peter’s, Piazza designed by Bernini, 1667
Church of Gesu, Rome, Italy. Façade. Giacomo della Porta
Giovanni Battista Gaulli
Triumph in the Name of Jesus
Ceiling fresco
Borromini, San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, 1667
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane. Rome, Italy. Borromini 1638-1646. Stone
and stucco
Borromini, San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, dome, 1641
Borromini, Chapel of Saint Ivo, Rome, 1642
Bernini, Baldaccino, St. Peter’s, 1633
Bernini, Scala Regia (Royal Stairway), Vatican City, 1666
Bernini, David, 1623
Ecstasy of St. Teresa. Cornaro Chapel. Church of Santa Maria della
Vittoria. Rome, Italy. Bernini. 1647-1652. marble: stucco and gilt bronze
Carracci, Flight into Egypt, 1604
Carracci, Love of the Gods, 1601
Caravaggio
Tenebrism
Naturalized religious imagery
Makes viewers active participants
Chiaroscuro
Dramatic & theatrical
Caravaggio, Conversion of St. Paul, 1601
Caravaggio, Calling of St. Matthew, 1597-1601
Caravaggio, Entombment, 1603
Gentileschi, Judith Slaying Holofernes, 1620
Caravaggio, Judith Slaying Holofernes
Cortona, Triumph of the Barberini, 1639
SPAIN
Ribera, Martyrdom of Saint Philip, 1639
Angel and Arquebus, Asiel Timor Dei. Master of Calamarca
(La Paz School). 17th century oil on canvas
Zurbaran, Saint Serapion, 1628
Velazquez
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Major patron king Philip IV (Hapsburg)
Wanted prestige, thought of himself as royalty
Caravaggio an influence
“Las Meninas” most renown of his works
Genre painting
A Spaniard
Velazquez, Water Carrier of Seville, 1619
Velazquez, King Philip IV of Spain, 1644
Velazquez, Surrender of Breda, 1635
Velazquez, Las Meninas, 1656