FAH337H1 Study Guide - Jeff Koons, Shepard Fairey, Vatican Museums
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Only on the stuff in the second half. Leading into the baroque period starting with . -> a new kind of artistic challenge --> demonstrating mastery of a material (oil painting: a point of marvel for artists. Boy bitten by lizard: more animated, crystal face, and face of surprise as he was just bitten, able to capture that kind of spontaneity convincingly directly on the canvas also very impressive. Young bacchus: more seductive painting, undo robe while offering wine, appealing to certain patrons, meant to be in a collection, in dialogue with other art works, ex. Caravaggio: playing on audiory sensation --> figure playing the lute, signing. The fortune teller: lady pretending to tell fortune, seducing him while also trying to steal ring from him, seedy scenes of everyday life in rome. Lanfranco, assupation of the virgin: aim that the structure of the dome dissolve into the clouds, traditional of illusionism.
