St. Peter Bernini Analysis
How did Bernini transform the new St. Peter’s from a High Renaissance building to a Baroque style building?
Bernini built Baldacchino as the focal point for the huge interior of St. Peter’s right under the dome. He used bronze for the most part of the architecture which made it looked splendid and striking. Instead of mounting decorations between the columns like Renaissance architects and sculptors did, Bernini cast them on the columns. To make the entire architecture lively, he built some lovely angels statues above the round orb. This alive and splendid sculpture changed the St. Peter’s from a High Renaissance style to Baroque style.
What was the illusionistic impact of ceiling paintings during the Baroque period? In the Baroque period, although paintings are painted in fresco, artists try to paint “frames” or “sculptures” as trompe-l’oeil for the arts instead of using real materials. This is known as quadri riportato which means the viewers’ viewpoint is not considered. On the contrast, di sotto in su means viewpoint is regarded. For example, Carracci uses quadro riportato for his Loves of the Gods. He paints “frames” for each narrative piece to create illusions to the viewers. In addition, the “sculptures” decorated around pieces or “frames” are painted, too. Painters in this period …show more content…
Also, there are no religion themes in these paintings for creating art works liked by everyone. Painters use gentle colors and well-mixed colors to represent the landscapes or architectures under an invisible light source. For example, Pelkus Gate Near Utrecht by Jan van Goyen is a landscape painting gives a sense of distance to the viewers. Van Goyen mainly uses grays and browns to depict the hazy scenes by creating very realistic light to relate to the naturalism. The contrast is natural, too, which harmonized the
Bernini built Baldacchino as the focal point for the huge interior of St. Peter’s right under the dome. He used bronze for the most part of the architecture which made it looked splendid and striking. Instead of mounting decorations between the columns like Renaissance architects and sculptors did, Bernini cast them on the columns. To make the entire architecture lively, he built some lovely angels statues above the round orb. This alive and splendid sculpture changed the St. Peter’s from a High Renaissance style to Baroque style.
What was the illusionistic impact of ceiling paintings during the Baroque period? In the Baroque period, although paintings are painted in fresco, artists try to paint “frames” or “sculptures” as trompe-l’oeil for the arts instead of using real materials. This is known as quadri riportato which means the viewers’ viewpoint is not considered. On the contrast, di sotto in su means viewpoint is regarded. For example, Carracci uses quadro riportato for his Loves of the Gods. He paints “frames” for each narrative piece to create illusions to the viewers. In addition, the “sculptures” decorated around pieces or “frames” are painted, too. Painters in this period …show more content…
Also, there are no religion themes in these paintings for creating art works liked by everyone. Painters use gentle colors and well-mixed colors to represent the landscapes or architectures under an invisible light source. For example, Pelkus Gate Near Utrecht by Jan van Goyen is a landscape painting gives a sense of distance to the viewers. Van Goyen mainly uses grays and browns to depict the hazy scenes by creating very realistic light to relate to the naturalism. The contrast is natural, too, which harmonized the