the paintings “Judith slaying Holofernes” by Caravaggio and Artemisia. Caravaggio (1571–1610)‚ was the greatest and most influential painter of the Baroque style. He was also a quick-tempered Bohemian who was often jailed for brawling and was forced to flee from the law and his enemies‚ escaping to Naples‚ Malta‚ and Sicily at various times. His "travels" helped to spread his extraordinary style‚ which was soon imitated across Europe. Caravaggio infused his work with more gritty naturalism than
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Baroque Period through the Romantic Age Introduction When we look at Baroque Art we are looking at the art of the 17th century. There seem to be a strong influence on the spiritual activity; this art creates a form of energy‚ movement and passion. Artist were able to capture the essence in soul of what they were feeling and expressing themselves through their work. The Following three works of art focus on a religious content and are from the Baroque period. Image #1 “ The Raising of the Cross”
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century that both heads‚ Goliath’s and David’s‚ are self-portraits at different stages of life though David is described as “il suo Caravaggino”‚ or in English “his little Caravaggio.”1 This clearly refers to how Caravaggio painted himself when young because although his real name was Michelangelo Merisi he was known in Rome as "Caravaggio".2 Remarkably‚ despite this‚ few art historians have noted Caravaggio’s self-identification in both figures. One thought it was partly sub-conscious‚ a psychic echo of
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always written using first-person point of view. A autobiography is usually book length because it covers a long period of writer’s life. However‚ there are shorter types of autobiographical writing such as journals‚ diaries‚ and memoirs. 2. Biography: A biography is the true story of a person’s life told by someone else. The writer‚ or biographer‚ interviews the subject if possible and also reaches the person’s life by reading letters‚ books‚ diaries‚ and any other information he or she can find.
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light‚ scale‚ and balance (Preble 302). Buildings were more elaborate and ornately decorated. These works of art created history and altered the progress of Western Civilization. Architecture such as the palace of Versailles‚ and artists like Caravaggio‚ Rembrandt‚ and Goya symbolize these ideas. The palace of Versailles is a grand building outside of Paris‚ which exhibits the characteristics of the Baroque style. It was elaborately decorated and the product took 20 years to create. “The architects’
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rules of that game. In his title‚ however‚ Barthes plays with Lejeune’s requirement of identity between author‚ narrator‚ and protagonist in suggesting that his book is a biography written by its subject: One does not expect autobiographies to be titled with the autobiographer’s name‚ but we are not surprised when biographies are titled with the subject’s name.
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Galilei and was safeguarded by the influential and mighty de’ Medici family. In 1621 Artemisia Gentileschi relocated back to Rome. She also may have spent some time in Venice between 1627 and 1630. This was not a very flourishing decade. Similar to Caravaggio‚ who held a great deal of influence during that time‚ Gentileschi traveled to Naples‚ in 1630. In 1638‚ Gentileschi also worked in England for a bit. Her father was hired to paint at the court of Charles I. Shortly after his death in 1639 she returned
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Continuing into the Renaissance‚ Lucas Cranach the Elder’s Judith with the Head of Holofernes‚ was created in the midst of both the High and Late Renaissance. The oil painting on linden created in 1530‚ is in traditional portrait style‚ and showcased Judith immediately after the beheading. The image of Judith holding the decapitated head of Holofernes uses the contrasting nature of the scene in its advantage. The painting contains both the gruesome head and the elegant beauty of the murderous widow
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Notes - Sept 15‚ 2013 The Art Institute of Chicago Building was 1893 structure built as the World’s Congress Auxiliary Building and was built for the Columbian Expo. 5The Art Institute of Chicago opened as the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts on May 24‚ 1879. Chicago is a young city. 1577 painting… Artist moves with color El Greko‚ born Doménikos Theotokópoulos‚ was a painter‚ sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El Greco" (The Greek) was a nickname‚ a reference to his national Greek
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his pieces and the only real way to do that‚ is to show the truth. Caravaggio wanted to tell the true story of his subjects. He did not want to idealize the truth like the classical works did. Bellori was known to have preferred the classical style. Caravaggio had some form of imagination in order to place the models as well as ingrain that drama that he and the baroque time period is oh so famous for into his paintings. Caravaggio would influence many artists to come with his strong use of depth
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