the 17th 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
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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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In both stories the girls‚ Pomana and Daphne‚ have decided to shun away men and never to fall in love. Both Vertumnus and Apollo see these women from afar for their first meeting and instantly deeply fall in love. In both stories the ending revolves around one key aspect of transformation. In Pomona and Vertumnus‚ Vertumnus transformed
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Test #1 Review List • Jan van Eyck‚ Arnolfini Portrait‚ 1434‚ oil on wood panel‚ 33 x 22 ½” [pic] • Robert Campin‚ Merode Altarpiece‚ c. 1425-1430s‚ oil on wood panel‚ center 25 ¼ x 24 7/8”; each wing approx. 25 3/8 x 10 ¾” [pic] • Jan van Eyck‚ Ghent Altarpiece‚ 1432‚ oil on panel‚ 11’ 5 ¾” x 15’ 1 ½” [pic] • Rogier van der Weyden‚ Deposition‚ c. 1435-1438‚ oil on wood panel‚ 7’ 2 5/8” x 8’ 7 1/8” [pic] • Hugo van der Goes‚ Portinari Altarpiece
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accounts‚ Baroque is associated with strange‚ bizarre‚ and spectacle. The biggest contributions to Baroque art were made by its greatest sculptor‚ Gianlorenzo Bernini (1598-1680). Born the son of an Italian sculptor‚ Pietro‚ he worked with his father and produced a bust at the age of ten. He was a child prodigy much like Dali and Michelangelo. Bernini enjoyed immense popularity and networked with the powerful elite of Europe‚ contributing important works of architecture and sculpture‚ especially
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our realm of existence. Through the selected tragedies within this work‚ the irresistibility and power of love are shown in relationships between gods‚ demigods‚ and mortals. In the story of Apollo and Daphne‚ Apollo mocks the god Cupid‚ underestimating love’s power. Cupid’s scorn is returned‚ and Apollo is shot with one of the love-god’s
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the tree-like state in which the nymph‚ Daphne‚ of Greek myth finds herself in order to escape Apollo. Pound begins the poem explaining how he was a “tree amid the wood” meaning a changed being amid a familiar yet under-perceived environment. He likens this form to the myth of Apollo who chases Daphne until she asks the god‚ Peneus‚ to change her into a tree. Even though she is transformed into a “laurel”‚ which happens to be the Greek word for Daphne‚ Apollo is still able to recognize her by the inner-beauty
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congregations. Moderno chose to extend the nave‚ transforming the building into the Latin cross plan; causing it to resemble the Old St. Peter’s. He also gave the building a new façade‚ completing the current basilica. Gianlorenzo Bernini made the final addition to the structure. Bernini worked on statues for the decoration of the dome until 1657 when he began his construction of the Piazza San Pietro‚ or‚ St. Peter’s Square. Designed to exemplify the magnificence of St. Peter’s Basilica‚ this tremendous
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the moral person will not fall in love but feel disgusted. One of the famous story contain Eros arrow shooting is the story of Apollo and Daphne. In the story‚ Eros shoot the golden arrow toward to Apollo‚ while shot the lead arrow to Daphne. Apollo felt in love quickly‚ but Daphne doesn’t have feelings for him so in the end she turn in to a tree in order to escape from Apollo. In the Greek mythology‚ Eros is a handsome man‚ he felt in love once too with Psyche. In the story‚ Aphrodite was jealous of
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Mannerism (1527-1600) * Confusing * Counterpart to High Renaissance Southern Italy * “…stylish style…” – John Sherman * Started in central Rome * Catholic church started to take problem with it Jacopo da Pontormo – Deposition * 1527 * Original Context: Commissioned for Capponi private chapel in Florence (Santa Felcita) * Materials: Oil on panel (unusual for Southern Italian art) * Other unusual things: * Jesus isn’t the center of the painting (VOID –
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