Art Annibale Carracci, "Flight into Egypt" 1603-1604 This painting is a lunette, or a half-moon shape. However, the composition within the painting is triangular in nature, with the point of the triangle facing down at the precise point of Mary's f Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Evocation of Emotion in Annibale Carracci's "Landscape with the Flight into Egypt": Exploring Baroque Sensibilities This essay would delve into the emotional landscape that Annibale Carracci creates in his painti Continue Reading...
e. Jesus Christ, Virgin Mary, St. John the Baptist, are not depicted as ideals, perfect exterior forms but as specific and personal figures who are able to inspire and stir emotions. The viewer is no longer separated from the object of the painting, Continue Reading...
Baroque vs. Rococo The Baroque style in art dates its earliest manifestations to the later years of the 16th century, when the Catholic Church launched the Counter-Reformation. Faced with the growing wave of simple, unsophisticated art style promote Continue Reading...
statues of David I choose the two contrasting statues of David, the one created by Michaelangelo, the other created by Bernini. They seem to me to represent two juxtaposing poses and two variants of the same mythical figure, David. Both statues ar Continue Reading...
His loyal servant, Urbino, died too in 1556. Though he was known for his temperamental temper, tagged as the terrible Michelangelo, no friends or companions, had complexity in dealing with others and only used boys as his assistants, his desire to g Continue Reading...
Ackerman, Jonas. "The Gesu in light of contemporary church design." This short essay by Jonas Ackerman traces the history of the Church of the Gesu in Rome, a structure which is widely considered to represent one of the most significant architectura Continue Reading...
