Chapter 3 Flashcards
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Mochi
The Annunciation (The Virgin Annunciate)
1603-09
- the two sculptures originally stood on a railing on either side of the entrance to the choir as part of a large decorative scheme
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St. Veronica
1629-32
St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican (Rome)
- Very large piece that required three blocks of marble whose joints are concealed
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Bernini
Apollo and Daphne
1622-25
Galleria Borghese, Rome
- Apollo was modeled after the Apollo Belvadere
- Was the third in a series of four large-scale narrative works for Cardinal Borghese
- Although now free-standing, it originally stood near a wall so that it resembled high-relief sculpture in emulations of some late-antique statuary
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David
1623-24
Galleria Borghese, Rome
- belief that it is a self-portrait
- this was originally placed in front of a wall
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Baldacchino
1624-33
St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican (Rome)
- bees that cover the columns signify the Barbarini family
- bronze from Pantheon
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Tomb of Urban VIII
1627-47
St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican (Rome)
- female figure was originally bare breasted
- three Barberini bees are on the tomb
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Bernini
The Cornaro Chapel
The Ecstacy of St. Teresa
1647-52
Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome
- Shortly after, she was canonized
- said that she levitated while in ecstacy
- presented as a drama performed on stage
- lit from above by a concealed window
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Fountain of the Four Rivers
1648-51
Piazza Navona, Rome
- in ancient times it was a racetrack (the oval around the fountain)
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Triton Fountain
1642-43
Piazza Barberini, Rome
- made during time of Pope Urban VIII
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Plan of St. Peter’s Basilica and Piazza San Pietro
Vatican (Rome)
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Sant’Andrea al Quirinale
1658-76
Rome
- white-streaked rose marble was used
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The Annunciation (Angel of the Annunciation)
1603-09
- the two sculptures originally stood on a railing on either side of the entrance to the choir as part of a large decorative scheme
