Quotes

1. Quotes • What does the quote mean to you? • Based on your interpretation, do you agree/disagree with it? Explain. • How does this connect to art of the past? Present?

2. “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” ― Edgar Degas • “Creativity takes courage. ” ― Henri Matisse • “Art is what you can get away with.” ― Andy Warhol • “The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” ― Aristotle

3. “What do you think an artist is? ...he is a political being, constantly aware of the heart breaking, passionate, or delightful things that happen in the world, shaping himself completely in their image. Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war.” ― Pablo Picasso • “Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” ― Banksy • “A picture is worth a thousand words.” ― Napoleon Bonaparte

4. “I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” ― Michelangelo • “Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.” ― Pope John Paul II

5. “If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint.” ― Edward Hopper • “Colour is a power which directly influences the soul.” ― Wassily Kandinsky, Concerning the Spiritual in Art • “Art is either revolution or plagiarism” ― Paul Gauguin

6. http://sexualityinart.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/berninis-portrayal-of-the-ecstasy-of-saint-theresa/http://sexualityinart.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/berninis-portrayal-of-the-ecstasy-of-saint-theresa/ Bernini & the Ecstasy of St. Theresa

7. Basic facts

8. Gian Lorenzo Bernini • Architect, painter & sculptor • Devout Catholic – inspiration from God • Grew up immersed in Renaissance humanism & theory • Credited with creating Baroque style of art http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini

9. Famous works • Apollo & Daphne (Left) • 1622-1625 • Located in Villa Borghese, Rome • Based on Ovid’s Metamorphoses • David (Right) • 1623-1624 • Located in Villa Borghese, Rome • Based on story of David & Goliath http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini

10. Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi(Fountain of the Four Rivers) – 1651, Piazza Navona, Rome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini

11. Patronage

12. Sculpture commissioned by Venetian Cardinal in Federico Cornaro in 1645 • Paid 12,000 scudi (1 scudi = approx $0.20) • Believed the Cornaros are included in the sculpture

13. Subject Matter & Historical Context

14. St. Theresa • “It is love alone that gives worth to all things” • Carmelite nun, Roman Catholic Saint, Spanish mystic, symbol & writer of Counter Reformation, theologian • Most famous for visions of Jesus Christ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_of_%C3%81vila

15. I saw in his hand a long spear of gold, and at the iron's point there seemed to be a little fire. He appeared to me to be thrusting it at times into my heart, and to pierce my very entrails; when he drew it out, he seemed to draw them out also, and to leave me all on fire with a great love of God. The pain was so great, that it made me moan; and yet so surpassing was the sweetness of this excessive pain, that I could not wish to be rid of it. The soul is satisfied now with nothing less than God. The pain is not bodily, but spiritual; though the body has its share in it. It is a caressing of love so sweet which now takes place between the soul and God, that I pray God of His goodness to make him experience it who may think that I am lying.

16. Formal Qualities & Style

17. Consider: • Line • Colour • Shape • Texture • Space • Balance • Perspective • Proportion • Movement • Unity

18. Baroque • Drama • Movement • Grandeur • Tension http://www.students.sbc.edu/oneal08/St.%20Theresa%20in%20Ecstasy.html

19. http://sexualityinart.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/berninis-portrayal-of-the-ecstasy-of-saint-theresa/http://sexualityinart.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/berninis-portrayal-of-the-ecstasy-of-saint-theresa/

21. http://sexualityinart.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/berninis-portrayal-of-the-ecstasy-of-saint-theresa/http://sexualityinart.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/berninis-portrayal-of-the-ecstasy-of-saint-theresa/

22. “The pain,” she writes, “was so severe that it made me utter several moans. The sweetness caused by this intense pain is so extreme that one cannot possibly wish it to cease, nor is one’s soul then content with anything but God.” (The Life of Saint Teresa of Ávila by herself, Chapter 29) http://www.students.sbc.edu/oneal08/St.%20Theresa%20in%20Ecstasy.html

23. http://sexualityinart.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/berninis-portrayal-of-the-ecstasy-of-saint-theresa/http://sexualityinart.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/berninis-portrayal-of-the-ecstasy-of-saint-theresa/

24. Cornaro http://www.students.sbc.edu/oneal08/St.%20Theresa%20in%20Ecstasy.html

25. Interpretation

27. http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/bernini-ecstasy-of-st.-theresa.htmlhttp://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/bernini-ecstasy-of-st.-theresa.html Critical Judgement – did the work of art succeed in its purpose?

29. Things to include when analyzing a work of art: • Basic facts • Patronage • Subject matter & historical context • Formal qualities & Style • Interpretation • Critical judgement