Quiz 1 Flashcards
Ludovico (and Annibale?) Carracci,
Romulus and Remus with the She-Wolf,
1590.
Fresco, Palazzo Magnani, Bologna
Annibale Carracci (1560–1609),
The Choice of Heracles,
1597.
Oil on canvas, Capodimonte Gallery, Naples
Anniable created own Hercules
central panel in the private library in the farnessi palace
herculas is holding the wooden stick
looks youger, not like the older looking farranessi herculaes statue
Annibale Carracci and assistants,
The Farnese Gallery,
1595–1608.
Fresco, Palazzo Farnese, Rome
Triumph of Bacchus and ariadni
Emulation - studying the past was part of the training
idea was not to imitate but to absorb and excel and surpass the great artists
the palace had the idea of the new natrulism, moveing beyond the artificiality, complex, sophisticated manneristic iages of the 16th century
there is a sense of atmosphere and movement in it, it was new and different and called it natrulism
Annibale Carracci,
Assumption of the Virgin Mary,
1600–01.
Oil on canvas, Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome
Cersai - patron was the treasurer to the pope
small church, right by the city gates, and beloved by the roman people
most privileged space in the popular space
big commission because everyone would see it
called the “dormission” of the virgin, since she was asleep
earlier work by carrachi
*** assumpition of the virgin (1590)
it’s much looser brushwork
more natrulistic!
more straight forward
Annibale Carracci,
The Butcher’s Shop,
1582–83.
Oil on canvas, Christ Church Picture Gallery, Oxford
very large, early italian genra - a scene from everyday life
influence by Campi
Annibale’s uncle and cousins were butchers,
bologna was the center of the meat trade
anti-mannerist work
based off the real flesh and form
he is thinking of other works
**back to the Sistine chpel - ** sacrifice of Noah
Or ** print from Rapheal - Noah’s sacrifice
you can see the young figure sacrificing the lamb
issues of emulation!
Annibale Carracci,
The Flight into Egypt,
1603.
Oil on canvas, Galleria Doria-Pamphili, Rome
classical landscape
might have inspired Poussan in france
key work in Baroque landscape painting and is the “most celebrated example” of the “new landscape style” Carracci developed in Rome of “carefully constructed landscape panoramas”
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610),
The Cardsharps,
1596.
Oil on canvas, Kimbell Art Museum, Forth Worth
moralistic tales, young man being duped (northern dutch)
table sets up the action, invites the viewer
showing off his skills
low-life scene - realistic scenes of street life
Caravaggio came to the notice of the prominent collector Cardinal Francesco Del Monte, who purchased Cardsharps and became the artist’s first important patron
Caravaggio,
Cupid Victorious,
1602 or 3.
Oil on canvas, Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Painting about love (love conquers all)
Plainly, it is painted from life. A youth has stood naked in Caravaggio’s studio, wearing fake wings.
At his feet lie symbols of ambition and creativity: armour, musical instruments, mathematical tools, a crown. Cupid’s insolent nakedness and provocative smile declare casually that everything, in the end, is less important than sex.
pose seems to derive from Michelangelo’s Victory
is carvaggio emulating or mocking?
Sexuality ambiguous
Caravaggio,
The Rest on Flight to Egypt,
1596–97.
Oil on canvas, Galleria Doria–Pamphili, Rome
Earliest religious/biblical work
very venetian (lush landscape)
Caravaggio,
The Calling of St. Matthew,
1599–1600.
Oil on canvas, Contarelli Chapel, Rome (detail follows)
light might reflect enlightenment
moment Christ calls onto him to follow him
contemporary rome
the gesture is a direct quotation from the Sistine chapel Michelangelo, **but more so the hand from adam and not god***
This work was so different from Mannerist paintings of the time and this added to its popularity.
Caravaggio,
The Conversion of Saul on the Way to Damascus,
1600.
The Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome
Caravaggio,
The Entombment,
1602–03.
Oil on canvas, Pinacoteca, Vatican
the composition assumes the traditional pyramidal shape of a traditional Pietà type (Michelangelo’s Pietà as St. Peters)
unmitigated success! after so many rejections
dramatic illusionistic device with the alter corner sticking out
touching details in the anatomy, life draining from the hand and fingers…
The painting has been copied by artists as diverse as Rubens, Fragonard, Géricault and Cézanne.
counter-reformation painting.. it’s not a moment of transfiguration, but of mourning
Themes!
Natrualism
counterreformation
rise of the middle class
genra painting
landscapes, portraits (of middle class people), fruits, nature (butterflies, skulls), scientific revolution
Emulation
Mannerism to Baroque
Workshop practice (carvaggio working directly from the model and not being interested in drawing, doing away with established practice, the long tradition)
(emotive expression – Da Vinci said that the greatest feat is to capture the emotions expression)
there was an intrest in a renewal of religious art (getting away from the stylish manneristic art, it needs to be straightforward and help you achive salvatioin)
The idea of optics then was that it was impressed onto the viewers brain and affected him or her, the art can mold you
so proper religious imagery to perfect you and shape you to get to heaven
Why genra now??
A product of the reformation. - many religious saw human representations as idolatrythey made moralistic imagery of everyday life
that genra painting became a hidden way for painters to surreptitiously express Christian values
by product of the scientific revolution of the early modern period -naturalists carefully studying the flowers and recording its properties discovery of the magnifying glass, gave new insights into the workings of nature
development of the Kunstkammer (cabinet of curiustties) - early modern collections of all of the natural phenomonom by man or not
sign of growing nationalism - Campi - over abundance of food that would be known in Northern Italy
**Rise of the middle class** - shift in power and authority, superceded by the rising middle class
they are going to want imagery that reflects their life
