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Ch 3 - Caravaggio is known for his use of light to accentuate his paintings
Light - focus on central figure
Light - shimmers and reflects off of a soldier's helmet for instance.
Yet we forget to look for contrasts. Notice the contrast in The Crowning of Christ and The Scourging between ...the violence of the jailers and the sereneness emanating from the body of Christ.
— May 16, 2022 01:07PM
Light - focus on central figure
Light - shimmers and reflects off of a soldier's helmet for instance.
Yet we forget to look for contrasts. Notice the contrast in The Crowning of Christ and The Scourging between ...the violence of the jailers and the sereneness emanating from the body of Christ.
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Nancy
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Ch 2: "The Entombment of Christ" (1603):
3 women = 3 different facial expressions of suffering
Nicodemus (large figure has face of Michel-Angelo!
Structure: traditional pyramidal form (...type of Pièta)
Figures: diagonal cascade of mourners \
Innovation: tomb is presented as a thick slab of stone..,not the "door" we often see in images. #ArtHistory....I should have studied it in college!
— May 14, 2022 11:47AM
3 women = 3 different facial expressions of suffering
Nicodemus (large figure has face of Michel-Angelo!
Structure: traditional pyramidal form (...type of Pièta)
Figures: diagonal cascade of mourners \
Innovation: tomb is presented as a thick slab of stone..,not the "door" we often see in images. #ArtHistory....I should have studied it in college!
Nancy
is on page 53 of 160
Ch 2: "The Entombment of Christ" (1603):
3 women = 3 different facial expressions of suffering
Nicodemus (large figure has face of Michel-Angelo!
Structure: traditional pyramidal form (...type of Pièta)
Figures: diagonal cascade of mourners \
Innovation: tomb is presented as a thick slab of stone..,not the "door" we often see in images. #ArtHistory....I should have studied it in college!
— May 14, 2022 11:44AM
3 women = 3 different facial expressions of suffering
Nicodemus (large figure has face of Michel-Angelo!
Structure: traditional pyramidal form (...type of Pièta)
Figures: diagonal cascade of mourners \
Innovation: tomb is presented as a thick slab of stone..,not the "door" we often see in images. #ArtHistory....I should have studied it in college!
Nancy
is on page 53 of 160
So far
....weak point: did not expect so much history of the Vatican/Popes
...strong point: introduced to new paintings I'd never seen before...especially loved "Judith and Holopherne". Have a look on Google and be amazed by Caravaggio's cinematic realism!
— May 11, 2022 11:49AM
....weak point: did not expect so much history of the Vatican/Popes
...strong point: introduced to new paintings I'd never seen before...especially loved "Judith and Holopherne". Have a look on Google and be amazed by Caravaggio's cinematic realism!
