Art from 1600-1700: Baroque Art in Italy
Baroque painting, sculpture and architecture in Italy seems to miraculously unite the heavenly and the earthly to deepen the faith of believers. We’ll look at the utterly convincing illusions of heaven on the painted ceilings of Il Gesu and St. Ignazio, and the way Caravaggio painted biblical scenes with a gritty realism that makes them look as though they are taking place on the streets of Rome. And of course we explore the great genius of the period, Bernini, who used every means at his disposal—painting, sculpture and architecture—in works like The Ecstasy of St. Theresa and the Cathedra Petri to bring the viewer closer to the divine.
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Bernini, David, 1623-24
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Pluto and Proserpina, 1621-22
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Bernini, Bust of Medusa, c. 1644-48
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Bernini, Ecstasy of St. Teresa, 1645-52
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Bernini, Apollo and Daphne, 1622-25
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Bernini's Cathedra Petri in the Basilica of St. Peters, Vatican City, 1647-53
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Francesco Borromini, San Carlo, 1638 - 1646
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Caravaggio, Narcissus at the Source, 1597-99
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Caravaggio, Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome
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Caravaggio's Calling of St. Matthew, c. 1599-1600
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Caravaggio, Crucifixion of St. Peter, 1601
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Caravaggio, The Supper at Emmaus, 1601
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Caravaggio, Death of the Virgin, 1605-06
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Pierre Le Gros the Younger, Stanislas Kostka on His Deathbed, 1703
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Il Gesu, Rome, consecrated 1584
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Pozzo, St. Ignatius Chapel, Il Gesu, Rome (commissioned in 1695)
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Artemisia Gentileschi, Self-portrait as the Allegory of Painting, 1638-39
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Annibale Carracci, Crucifixion, 1583
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Carracci, Palazzo Farnese Ceiling, 1597-1606
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Bernini, Sant'Andrea al Quirinale
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Pozzo, Glorification of Saint Ignatius, ceiling fresco in the nave of Sant'Ignazio, Rome, 1691-94
