superior skill coupled with ability and attention to detail‚ that produces a piece that is more than just pretty‚ or full of symbolic meaning. The sculpture that I choose is a good example of craftsmanship. An artist by the name of Gian Lorenzo Bernini created the sculpture Bacchanal: Faun Teased by Children in the early seventeenth century when he was eighteen years old; it was created of marble and is a little over four feet high. While people could possibly find symbolic meaning in each part
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architecture (Gian Lorenzo Bernini)‚ music (Antonio Lucio Vivaldi)‚ painting (Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio‚ Peter Paul Rubens)‚ and literature (Pedro Calderón de la Barca). Until nowadays people admire a heritage of this period of time. A striking instance of a baroque artist is Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini‚ who was one of the eminent creators of that time. The origin of architecture in baroque style is Rome and this city owes a lot to the supreme artist - Gian Lorenzo Bernini. He started his career
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The ecstasy of St. Theresa by Gian Lorenzo Bernini Basic information: Period of completion: 1647-1652 Medium used: Marble height: c. 11’ 6" (3.5m) Provenance: Santa Maria della Vittoria‚ Rome Interpretation/analysis: The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa (alternatively Saint Teresa in Ecstasy or Transverberation of Saint Teresa; in Italian L’Estasi di Santa Teresa or Santa Teresa in estasi) is the central sculptural group in white marble set in an elevated aedicule in the Cornaro Chapel‚ Santa
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sculpture was designed and constructed from 1648-1651. On June 12‚ 1651 this magnificent masterpiece was unveiled to the world. The famous Italian sculpture and architect‚ Gian Lorenzo Bernini‚ is the brilliant artist responsible for this masterpiece. He won the honor of designing this fountain by subterfuge; an advocate of Bernini had placed a model of the fountain in an area where the pope would hopefully see it and choose him to design the structure. This spectacular piece was built for the Pope Innocent
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While St. Peter’s colonnade designed by Gianlorenzo Bernini displayed Classical designs on the large scale‚ the basilica contains an altarpiece by Bernini symbolic of The Baroque period. Bernini’s The Ecstasy of St. Theresa portrays key characteristic of The Baroque style: mainly‚ theatrically and paradoxical/complex sentiment. Aesthetically‚ the altarpiece catches the eye with its life-size scale and strategic lighting. The detail etched into the marble of each figure draws the viewer in to the
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there were many great artists who created many great works of art‚ but only four Italian artists really stick out for creating the same piece all with different points of views. These artists were Donatello‚ Verrocchio‚ Michelangelo‚ and Bernini‚ all of who created a David sculpture. Each one very unique and different. These four artists all stand out in there own individual ways. David who was supposed to be the second king of Israel‚ killed Goliath with just a sling and a single
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Western European Baroque Era and today’s society In today’s world modern art has been a big factor in the society today‚ whether or not we know it looking at Western European Baroque Era‚ naming some of the best Baroque artist such as Bernini and Caravaggio‚ they used great illustrations such as drama‚ motion and even feeling in the work they presented. It showed life in the time and the effort they put forward. Most of all it showed the truth and the reality in what they work on. Comparing today’s
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Throughout history‚ art and ideas always change and different movement always transit from one to another. The time period‚ politics‚ religion‚ propaganda and place are what the art reflect. From 16th to 19th century‚ the art style that followed after the Renaissance and mannerism was the Baroque era. The baroque style was very distinguish and different from the previous era. It was somehow contradicting because it was grandeur yet asceticism. The style itself characterize by new exploration of form
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Carma Todd June 21‚ 2012 HUMN 2223 Shirley Elliott I took a virtual tour of Versailles‚ Hampton Court Palace‚ and St. Peter ’s Basilica as well as looked at numerous pictures of artwork and architecture in and of the buildings. These three places have things in common as well as many differences. They all have the evidence of the baroque era but they each show different values that are most important to their community. It seems to me that Versailles was more concerned with showing their
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The building that captures the essence of 17th-century western culture is the Baroque sculpture Gianlorenzo Bernini (The Ecstasy of St. Teresa). Because it’s one of the best remarkable pictures to look at for the baroque. Designed to bring holy of the catholic faith. excessive state of amusement. From the far image‚ I see the angel trying to protect ST. Teresa
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