HUM-2020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: The Groundlings, Monastery, Caravaggisti
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They were sent back to their dynasties, forcing celibacy. The counter reformation: measures taken by the catholic church. Council of trent- met three times, change popes. Mannerism- elongated style, long necks and torsos, not a representation of reality, a stylistic change. Philip ii- on the throne of spain, very catholic. Everything is painted huge, commissioned by a family for grotesquely muscled something in italy. Michelangelo changes his style of art three times, sees god as angry later in life (thought he was. Neck- mary has a really long neck, baby christ is 2/3 mary"s size, body is proportionally sized loving in youth) Hired by fredrico gonzalgo to do erotic paintings of jupiter. Veronese- commissioned for first painting for monestary,, painted more than the 12 apostles, had to rename the painting, almost like a triptych (three part painting), cosmopolitan nature, sense of enormous wealth and privilege created by correggio. 1492- convert to catholcosim or youleave, forcing remaining.
