FAH279H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Amaretto, Parallel Projection, Sacred Conversation
12 Apr 2015
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Caravaggio, boy bitten by a lizard, 1593, london, national gallery. Caravaggio, love conquers all (amor vincit omnia), 1601-2, berlin. Compared to: michelangelo, ignudi (nudes), sistine chapel ceiling, 1508-12, rome. Caravaggio, calling of st. matthew, 1599-1600, contarelli chapel, s. luigi dei francesci, Compared to: caravaggio, card sharps, 1594-95, kimbell art museum, fort worth. Compared to: michelangelo, creation of adam, sistine chapel. Compared to: moretto da brescia, supper at emmaus, ca. When crist appears at an inn disguised as a pilgrim. As he breaks the bread, the diners recognize him as christ (symbols of eucharist) Shows shock- clinging to seat in outer space and flinging of arms/ movement. His is planar, frame isn"t challenged, don"t show shocked. Caravaggio is piecing the picture plane and moving it beyond the picture place. This makes caravaggio"s work baroque- diagonals, openness and the linking of space through diagonals rather than the parallel projection of space together. Interpreting a biblical story- eliminating the setting, shallow etc.
