ARHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Christian Art, Piazza Navona, Baroque Architecture
24 Oct 2016
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Located in cornaro chapel, st. maria della vittoria, rome, italy. She was canonized a saint in 1622. She had vision during reformation order (happening in statue) Golden rays behind theresa and angel"s head rays of grace. Theresa is floating in air rocks meant to look like clouds. Triumph of the name of jesus with fall of the damned (1676-1679) by giovanni. Battista gaulli located in chiesa del ges (rome, italy) Jesuit churches copied by others a lot. Jesus is chasing lucifer and his followers out of heaven. Chiesa di s. carlo alle quattro fontane (1634-1677) by francesco borromini. He is most baroque sculptor and architect of baroque period. Octagons, hexagons, crosses fit together like puzzle. Borromini liked to make things complicated: ivo alla sapienza (1642-1660s) by francesco borromini located in rome, italy. St. ivo is patron saint of lawyers. Star of david lawyers go to this church two intersecting triangles. Corners of triangles turned into concave/convex circles.
