ART 102 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Death Mask, Santa Maria Della Vittoria, Annibale Carracci
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Does not care about ex uno lapide- one block. Focuses on most tension moment before energy is transferred. Head is eccentric - outside of normal placement. Roman church had council about what to do with protestant religion. Art for church should be clear and convincing should move people to faith. Bernini designs plaza in front of church (st peter"s basilica) Cornaro family owns it designed by bernini design is unified not designed separately gesamtwerk- cohesive design painting looks like it"s exploding fog descending towards bottom (scenery- top middle) Bernini makes us think it"s not marble. Bernini includes rods to show scene if sunny- light comes through to show scene. Scene is called: the ecstasy of saint teresa of avila. Wrote down everything about relationship with god. 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.
