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Bernini tree sculpture

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Apollo and Daphne

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How did Catholics win back members lost to protestants?

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Counter Reformation: took a sensual turn in appealing to range of emotions, grandoise form known as the BAROQUE style.

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who commissioned changes to Saint Peters

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Pope Paul V

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Who was commissioned for new facade of Saint Peter’s Basilica

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Carlo Moderno,

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Michaelangelo’s st. peters style

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basilican latin-cross style

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Naturalism

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decorative with technical SKILL

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inaugurated renewal of the city & ordered a piazza

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Pope Sixtus V

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comissions young Bernini to design a cast baldachino

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Pope Urban VIII

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Ecstasy of St Theresa in _________

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Cornaro Chapel

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in cornaro chapel active relationship to the space around ecstasy of st theresa called

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invisible compliment

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___ made the _____ fountain

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Bernini, Four River Fountain

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Made Facade of II Gesu

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della Porta

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Facade of Gesu where

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Facade of Santa Maria Novella in Florence

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Pilaster

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Rectangular Column

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Apotheosis of Saint Ignatius by

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Pozzo

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In Apotheosis ______ follows christ into heaven

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St. Ignatius Loyola

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How did Loyola feel about the sensual ornamentation of the church

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he encouraged it

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More boring/white dome

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Dome of San Carlo alle Quottro

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Boring dome by

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Boromini

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floating dome effect

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Borromini made dome seem to be floating by putting windows at bottom of it

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Borromini also designed the facade of ______ which looked like _________

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Facade of San Carlo alle Quottro, fosters home for imaginary friends

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cartouche

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oval frame

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Facade of San Carlo alle Quottro signifies what about Renaissance? What is the facade seen as?

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balance and symmetry of Renaissance is DEAD. Building is seen as living thing with opp for innovation and freedom LIBERATING

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Caravaggios first major commission

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The Calling of Saint Matthew

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The Calling of Saint Mathew painted for where?
Contarelli chapel
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Caravaggio's style of lighting
TENEBRISM
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Tenebrism
makes use of large areas of dark contrasting with smaller brightly illuminated areas
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Chiascuro
used to create depth through slight gradations of light and dark
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Conversion of Saint Paul implied
SEXUALITY (Saint Paul has fallen off a horse, hears his name called/is on ground)
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Sirani's Virgin and Child portrays Mary as
a young Italian mother, wearing the turban of a Bolognese peasant woman
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Judith and Holofernes by
Artemisia Gentileschi
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Artemisia painted five versions of biblical story of
Judith and Hologernes
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Where was Gentileschi from?
Rome
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Gentileschi's abuser who might appear in her paintings
Tassi
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Gentileschi's Judith is a
self portrait
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Name of peeping through the curtain Gentileschi painting
Judith and Maidservant with head of Holofernes
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Secular Madrigals by
Gabrieli
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Who created Opera?
Monteverdi
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What was new about opera?
a new relation of text and music
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First group to perform opera
Camerata of Florence
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Who wrote works of solo vocal "basso continuo"?
Caccini
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Who created the Sonata?
Corelli
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Sonata
That which is "sounded by instruments"
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Cantata
That which is sung
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Who created the Concerto?
Vivaldi
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program music
or purely instrumental music in some way connected to a story or idea
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Most famous of Vivaldi's Concertos?
The Four Seasons
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Who wrote program music?
Vivaldi
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What distinguishes Baroque Music?
Modulation
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Modulation
Moving from different keys and then returning to tonic
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Who painted Apollo Conducting a Choir of Maidens?
Guarana
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Who was commissioned first to remake palais du louvre?
Bernini
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Who complained about Bernini remaking palais du louvre?
French Artists
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Architecht who ended up redoing palais du louvre facade
Le Vau
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Painter who ended up redoing palais du louvre facade
Le Brun
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What did Gianlorenzo Bernini - Vatican (St. Peter's) Square symbolize?
Motherly arms of church
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What marks northern takeover of Baroque era?
French artists win architecture contest over Bernini of Palais du Lovre

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