History of Art and Architecture HAA 1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Santa Maria Della Vittoria, Piazza Navona, Gian Lorenzo Bernini
28 Mar 2014
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Final exam review lecture 10/15: bernini"s revolution of sculpture bernini"s four river"s fountain. church of st. peter"s 1624-33. rome. baldachin over the tomb. didn"t have any training in architecture. under pope alexander the 7th. Piazza san pietro: 1657-67 rome, st peter"s square. Bernini died in 1680. one period of biographical crisis in life. and financial. focus: how did bernini revolutionize the relationship between sculpture and boulder? every piece engages and manipulates the viewer. construction of piazza navona: put reputation at stake. Egyptian obelisk: appears to rest above docking perforated base in delicate equilibrium. perceive it as tumbling first. Risk as an architect was more astonishing, shortly after 1644. Bernini became almighty ruler of rome, but changed. had plans for belltowers turned into disaster. cut off from commissions. decide to project fact that career running dry into monument of weight and weightlessness and wetness and dryness. Four rivers fountain; monument of a prominent challenge of crisis.
