Baroque and the Counter-Reformation On October 31‚ 1517‚ Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses on the doors of Wittenberg Cathedral. Exposing the corruption of the Church and its abuse of power‚ Martin Luther sent a shock wave through all of Europe. Threatened with the growing rise of Protestantism‚ and the crises it revealed‚ the Catholic Church launched the Counter-Reformation. The Council of Trent (1545 - 1563)‚ was a central feature of the Counter-Reformation. Aimed at addressing the abuses of
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Artemisa Gentileschi was born in Rome July 8‚ 1593. She was the oldest child in the family being raised by her father‚ a Roman Painter named Orazio Gentileschi‚ allowing early exposure to the world of art. As she became older she expanded on her art and became a Baroque style painter and was the first woman to become a member of the Accademia di Arte del Disegno in Florence. She was one of the only women in the world of art who got recognition of her ability in the male dominated society (Brash 2014)
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work with the audience in mind An artist will always create a work with the audience in mind‚ this is a false statement as most great artists contradicted what was socially acceptable in their period. Artist such as Edouard Manet‚ Artemisia Gentileschi and Francis Bacon‚ all created much discrepancy with their works through the themes in which they portrayed‚ and the meanings they gave. Hence no‚ artists do not create their works with the audience in mind. Édouade Manet was a French painter
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Church is Caravaggio ’s Conversion of Saint Paul‚ painted ca. 1603. In 1600‚ Caravaggio was commissioned to paint two pictures. One is Crucifixion of Saint Peter‚ a dramatic and unconventional work. The other is Paul ’s Conversion‚ which hangs across the chapel from Saint Peter in the church of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome. Also known as Conversion on the Way to Damascus or The Road to Damascus‚ this depiction of Paul ’s conversion is known as the most intriguing of
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The artwork I selected is Lot & Daughters by Orazio Gentileschi. The piece is on display at the Getty Museum and was painted in 1622. This piece is a dynamic‚ wonderful example of the baroque style. Gentileschi’s strong use of chiaroscuro makes the painting seem to be a living scene being viewed from the other side of a window. His use of the three primary colors for the three subjects clearly defines each of them; while still creating color harmony. The subject matter is the story of the city
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“Nec Spe‚ hec meto‚ without hope and without fear” was the famous motto of Michelangelo Caravaggio noted by Schama in his film‚ Simon Schama’s Caravaggio. This statement was Caravaggio’s life in five words; although bold and brash these words were steadily held true. Caravaggio was a man of vexation and it often was expressed with acts of hostility and violence. There could be many reasons for the artist’s estranged life‚ one being that his father and grandfather died during a critical part of Caravaggio’s
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viewers throughout the centuries. By looking at the art of the following three artists‚ Artemisia Gentileschi‚ Pablo Picasso and Shepard Fairey‚ I will show that although each had different motives and were from different eras‚ they each used their work to try and influence the people of their time. Artemisia Gentileschi was born in Rome in 1593‚ and was a daughter of a well know artist Orazio Gentileschi. When she was seventeen she was raped by an art teacher‚ whom her father asked to train her‚
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Unit 5 IP September 28‚ 2013 Among the three artists Rubens‚ Caravaggio‚ and Rembrandt there have been many magnificent works of art. There are many different similarities and differences within each Artists works‚ aesthetic qualities and symbolic significance‚ as well as the artists’ points of view for each work of art. Rubens‚ (Peter Paul Rubens) “was a prolific seventeenth-century Flemish Baroque painter‚ and a proponent of an exuberant Baroque style that emphasized movement‚ color‚ and
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behead him. This piece has a lot of movement and compares only to Bernini’s on that level in my opinion. The angelic colorful background is unlike any of the other pieces. Caravaggio David and Goliath 1599 Oil on Canvas 110x91 cm Prado This image is very similar to the other works listed here by Caravaggio (8) & (3). I would go as far as calling them before‚ during‚ and after. They are all similar in style and color and immense shadowing. In this image a slight looking David hovers
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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was born 28th September 1571 in Milan Italy. He was a dynamic painter whose vibrant artist techniques of tenebrism and dramatic realism caused uproar throughout his career. He is known today as one of the most innovative artists of his time. Caravaggio’s father‚ Fermo Merisi was a known to be an architect/decorator to the local merchants. His mother‚ Lucia Aratori was the daughter of a baker and came from a well established family within the same region. In
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