FA 30b Chapter Notes - Chapter 19: Contarelli Chapel, Italian Baroque Art, Gian Lorenzo Bernini
19 Mar 2017
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The baroque in italy and spain pages 661 697. Caravaggio and the new style: caravaggio"s the supper at emaus (oil) of the italian baroque depicts life size figures who encounter the resurrected christ. The three create a triangle around christ directing the viewer to him. The two outstretched hands and the bowl of fruit enter the viewer"s space. This painting brings the spiritual into the viewer"s space: caravaggio"s the calling of saint matthew (oil) (contarelli chapel, s. luigi dei. Francesi, rome) is one of three paintings about st. matthew that caravaggio made for the. Caravaggio based christ"s hand on michelangelo"s adam from the sistine chapel. The scene is set in a common environment. The light streaming in from the corner indicates the presence of the divine. Artemisia gentileschi: artemisia gentileschi"s judith beheading holofernes (oil) uses tenebrism and emphasizes the force it took judith to behead the general holofernes, unlike. Caravaggio"s version which depicts judith as weaker and dainty.
