ARTH 253 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Santa Maria Della Vittoria, Baldachin, Gian Lorenzo Bernini
27 Nov 2017
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The interior of a building, being overwhelmed with stimulants, s(cid:272)ulptures, pai(cid:374)ti(cid:374)gs, fres(cid:272)os (cid:272)reate a religious e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)e. Breaking through framework to connect with other art mediums. Magnificent stain glass at the end of a church. Event that too place to combat the carnival in rome, church wanted to come up with an event just as splendid for lent. Work of art meant to go up for an event and taken down once here event is done. Latin for shrine, something that goes inside a church over a shrine, covering it. Very small space but so packed with so many visual stimulants that it makes it seems large. This is where it begins for baroque italy. Ceiling paintings were done by abbatini, who worked closely with. Painting spills out over the architecture, breaking free of the boundaries of the frames, combining 2 mediums in harmony.
