MPC 103 Lecture Notes - Basilica Of Santa Maria Del Popolo, Santa Maria Della Vittoria, Gian Lorenzo Bernini
13 Dec 2013
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Martin luther 1517: 95 theses complaint against the authority of the pope. Church has become corrupt, a call for reform. Sale of indulgences ( a remission of temporal punishment due to sin = alleviation of time spent in purgatory) to raise money for the building of st. peter"s basilica. Principal evolution of baroque art related to what happened in italy. 1450s johann gutenberg invents movable type printing press. Jesuit order formed (1540) st. ignatius loyola, special oath of loyalty to the pope. Council of trent (1545-63) reaffirmed doctrines, purgatory and indulgences, transubstantiation, hierarchy of priesthood, images of the virgin and saint are to be retained, campaign to spread teachings of the catholic faith, war against heresy (inquisition, index of forbidden books) Baroque art energy, limitless space, richness of texture, Fra andrea pozzo- 1691-1694: glorification of st. ignatius. Gives the spiritual vision of the catholic counter-reformation. 1632: bust of scipione borghese (one of bernini"s initial patrons)
