ARHI 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Tenebrism, Contarelli Chapel, Human Beings In Buddhism
9 Jul 2016
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Rc made attempts to reconcile with luther he does not. The council of trent (1545-1563) meeting of high ranking of cials of rc in europe to discuss how they"re gonna deal with the protestant reformation affecting their nancial and spiritual base. Rc reaf rms the use of images/objects for devotions for people who are illiterate to better understand the bible doesn"t really change any of its theological positions spent time trying to clean up the corruption. Rome and papacy want to reassert their power by commissioning art need art to have a much more emotional appeal need to speak out to normal masses solicited emotional appeal form the view so they"d want to covert to rc. Caravaggio (michelangelo de merisi), the taking of christ, 1602. Oil on canvas term: tenebrism : emphasis on light and darkness (the extreme contrasts) [adds to emotional appeal] commissioned to create emotional paintings like this.
