Italian Baroque Flashcards

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Italian Baroque time

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  • concentration of power of individuals
  • renewed strength of the pope
  • art attemps to overwhelm the senses / becomes theatrical
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Baroque

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originates from Portuguese word for misshapen, irregular, or ugly

fugly

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Baroque architecture

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  • still based on classical orders, but interpreted more freely

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Design features of italian baroque

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  • curved lines/plans based on circles and elipses
  • flowing surface forms
  • element of excitement
  • naturalistic painting and sculpture blended with architecture to create gradiose experience
  • compartmentalized paintings on ceilings / plaster mouldings
  • gilt capitals that flank niches
  • theatrical / scenic effect / drama
  • use of faux materials
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St Peters

  • Bernini
  • Earliest evidence of italian baroque
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Baldachin

A canopy used above alters or thrones, often supported by columns and occasionally embellished. The most recognizable example is Bernini’s baldachino in St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome.

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St. Peters throne

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Vignola

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Italian baroque furniture

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  • cassones no longer used
  • large, heavy furniture
  • furniture painted to look like other materials
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  • Majolica ware
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Italian baroque accessories

  • glass introduced for tableware
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Mirrors

  • used to be polished tin
  • became glass coated with mercury
  • strategically placed so more light could travel through rooms
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writing chair

  • barley twist legs
  • bell turning or inverted cup turning on stretchers
  • two levels of stretchers
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Venetian center table

  • use of C and S scrolls
  • large foliated scrolls
  • paw feet
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demi-lune console table

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Venetian bedroom

  • use of curves
  • Putti
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Putto

An Italian term for a small, chubby figure of a young boy, sometimes with wings and depicted as a cherub; often as subjects in Italian Renaissance paintings and sculptures.