ART 104L Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Tenebrism, Cerasi Chapel, Annibale Carracci
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Well known ( celebrity) born in milan, worked in rome liked to fight killed someone fled rome, naples and sicily died in rome due to fever in 1610. Most important painter in rome painted main painting (central altarpiece) classissized paintings nobel figures drapery physique under drapery heir of raphael. Saul on way to damascus to crucify jesus. Jesus confronts him and he converts to christianity later changes name to paul broad picture space. No christ, angels or people around saul figures are forward in picture plane. Paul is placed on his back eyes are not seeing soul is seeing golden light - like theresa lifted off ground. Horse takes up most of the space. Gets rid of idealism figures are naturalistic ex. handler"s wrinkles and uneven hair criticized for naturalistic figures very good way to convey spiritual event. Bellorri (historian) - criticized caravaggio said he moved away from idealistic painting.
