ART 001B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Hellenistic Period, Santa Maria Della Vittoria
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Everything is from our ppts in class. Story: apollo chases daphne and to escape him she turned into a loral tree. The motion - these figures aren"t posing. They"re caught in the peak point of the action. Pluto & persephone - intense struggle between the 2 figures. Unfinishedness of marble at the tree trunk - plays well into the story of transformation. Bernini was obsessed with using one piece. First representation of a running figure (apollo chasing daphne) What do you think is first visible when you walk into the room. You see apollo first and walk around to see daphne. You can"t see what"s fully happening unless you go all the way around the statue. Male figures at this time - genitalia always covered. Art has never been lacking in social and political context. Artists" goal = make statue out of 1 single block. Mortise -tenon for hands in this sculpture though.
