extended‚ never destroyed. Made it more glorious for more people to fit and be inside. 4. How and why did Baroque artistic composition differ from the Renaissance style? * 5. What is the purpose of the sculpted theatre boxes in the Cornaro Chapel? * To witness the
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The Ecstasy of St. Teresa‚ by Gion Lorenzo Bernini‚ is located at the Cornaro Chapel‚ Santa Maria Della Vittoria‚ Rome. Your initial reaction to this sculpture is awe; it’s visually breath-taking. Saint Teresa and an angel are the two dominant figures. Directly above the saint and angel‚ Bernini uses natural light to suggest heaven. “St Teresa and the angel are shown as if suspended on a cloud above the altar‚ the whole scene within the niche being illuminated from heaven by a concealed window (Gion
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Teresa‚ centerpiece of the Cornaro Chapel? a. fascination with modern science and mathematics b. interest in religious emotion and human psychology c. neoclassical preference for order and balance d. dynamism created by conflicting lines Page ref: 260 3. Which of these baroque works best realizes the attempt to combine different arts in a single‚ dramatically unified whole? a. Handel’s Messiah b. Caravaggio’s Calling of St. Matthew c. Bernini’s Cornaro Chapel d. Rubens’ Rape of the Daughters
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User | Allis Faye Luster | Course | World Cultures II | Test | Week 3 Quiz | Started | 7/17/13 9:53 PM | Submitted | 7/18/13 1:32 AM | Status | Completed | Attempt Score | 72 out of 80 points | Time Elapsed | 3 hours‚ 39 minutes out of 4 hours and 30 minutes. | Instructions | | Question 1 2 out of 2 points | Why did Gabrieli organize his compositions around a single note-the tonic note? Answer
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Counter-Reformation and Bernini ’s Cornaro Chapel Careri‚ G.‚ Bernini: Flights of Love‚ The Art of Devotion‚ Chicago‚ 1995 Hibbard‚ H.‚ Bernini‚ China‚ 1990 Lavin‚ I.‚ The Sculptures of Gian Lorenzo Bernini by Rudolf Wittkower. The Art Bulletin‚ Vol. 38‚ 4 (1956)‚ pp. 255-260 (Consulted 31-01-2012) Montagu‚ J.‚ Roman Baroque Sculpture: The Industry of Art‚ London‚ 1992 Perlove‚ S. K.‚ Bernini and The Idealization of Death: The Blessed Ludovica Albertoni and the Altieri Chapel‚ US‚ 1990 Peterson‚ R Scribner
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What makes this piece of art so unique is that the chapel where it sits was actually designed just like a theatre just for this sculpture. The reason this sculpture has such a strong element of light because there is actually a window placed just perfect that allows light from the outside to seep into his
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Periods and their Artists * Chapter 3 Egypt * Old Kingdom (2700-2190 BCE) * Imhotep – Stepped Pyramid of Djoser * Chapter 5 Ancient Greece * Archaic (600-480 BCE) * Andokides Painter –Achilles and Ajax * Ergotimos –[and Kleitius] Fracois Vase * Euphronios –Death of Sarpedon * Exekias –Achilles and Ajax; Suicide of Ajax; Dionysis in a Boat * Polykleitos –Doryphoros * Classical (480-320 BCE) * Kalikrates
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Art History Study Guide for Final Review for final exam‚ Art 2‚ Renaissance to Modern The questions on the test will be taken from the categories below. I have left out some artists entirely and in some cases limited the objects being considered for questions. You will choose ten or twelve questions from 16 or more possibilities. Art of Venice (two questions) Titian Giorgione Palladio (Villa Rotonda only) El Greco (Laocoon [National Gallery‚ DC] and View of Toledo [Met]‚ see Met
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1. Examining a work of art in its historical‚ social‚ and political __________ enables you to better understand it. A. design B. context C. element D. genre E. ideology 2. Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is best known for her extremely realistic and often anguished __________. A. genre scenes B. self-portraits C. landscapes D. still lifes E. assemblages 3. Until modern times‚ art works have been primarily devoted to __________ themes. A. war B. religious C. secular D. rural E. political 4. An anti-commercial
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Gianlorenzo Bernini Kelsey Hardy Born in 1598 in Naples‚ Gianlorenzo Bernini would go on to dominate the art world with his sculptures and architecture. Bernini was born to sculptor Pietro Bernini and Angelica Galante. He was the sixth of thirteen children. Bernini would not marry until May 1639‚ when he wed twenty-two year old Caterina Tezio. She bore him eleven children. He later died in Rome in 1680 and was buried in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore. Bernini’s career began under his
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