IRL 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Italian Baroque Art, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Theatricality

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Interior Design
• Course: IRL 100
• Professor: Julia Scalzo

Document Summary

Bernini"s ecstasy of st. teresa 1647 (7:32) https://www. khanacademy. org/humanities/monarchy-enlightenment/baroque-art1/baroque- italy/v/bernini-ecstasy-of-st-theresa. This is an excellent introduction to the italian baroque as a whole: the convergence of all the visual arts in one work; the appeal to the senses and emotions; theatricality. As tehy say at the end of the video, the sculptural ensemble unites our world with the spiritual world. This is a good introduction to baroque painting. It is similar to the works we will study by. Caravaggio, gentileschi in the strong contrasts of light and shadow; the fact that it convinces us that we are there and witnessing an instant in time is characteristic of much baroque art. Vermeer"s woman with a water pitcher 1662 (4:48) https://www. khanacademy. org/humanities/monarchy-enlightenment/baroque-art1/ holland/v/vermeer-young-woman-with-a-water-pitcher-c-1662. A good introduction to dutch baroque genre painting, scenes from everyday life. Genre painting and landscape will be the subject matters that will become the foundation of modernism in the 19th century.