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Baroque Architecture & Sculpture Bernini and Ribera Can you discuss the specific formal characteristics of work? Can you explain why the work is Baroque?. Bernini The Baldacchino 1624 bronze, partly gilt St. Peter’s, Vatican. Bernini The Baldacchino 1624 bronze, partly gilt St. Peter’s, Vatican.
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Baroque Architecture & SculptureBernini and RiberaCan you discuss the specific formal characteristics of work?Can you explain why the work is Baroque?
BerniniThe Baldacchino1624bronze, partly giltSt. Peter’s, Vatican
BerniniThe Baldacchino1624bronze, partly giltSt. Peter’s, Vatican
Filippo Brunelleschi Spedale degli Innocenti 1419An exemplary piece of early Renaissance architecture. How is this work different from Bernini’s? Each artist has designed a canopy—a covering—of sorts….
BerniniSaint Teresa of Avila in Ecstasy 1647-52 marbleCappella Cornaro, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome This sculpture represents Saint Teresa as she has a vision.
BerniniSaint Teresa of Avila in Ecstasy 1647-52 marbleCappella Cornaro, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome
BerniniBeata Ludovica Albertoni1671-74 marbleCappella Altieri, San Francesco a Ripa, RomeThis sculpture represents the nun, Ludovica Albertoni, on her deathbed. She is experiencing religious ecstasy as she meets with the Holy Spirit.
MichelangeloPietà1499marble A very spiritual work, yet incredibly different. How?
Portal of the Hospicio de San FernandoPerdo de Ribera1722Madrid
Façade of the Church of Sant’AndreaLeon Battista Alberti1470Mantua