Gian Lorenzo Bernini is considered to be one of the important artists from the Baroque period and is considered to be one of the most influential…
Contributors: Sofia Silvosa
View the items in Bernini's Mythological Sculptures
Contributors: Michael Greenstein
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As a renowned sculptor, architect, and painter, Bernini fused all three media in several of his works. Art historian Irving Lavin published the book…
Contributors: Meena Gudapati
View the items in Gian Lorenzo Bernini - "Unity of the Visual Arts"
Introduction: Giovanna Garzoni was born in 1600 in Ascoli Piceno of the Marche region of Italy. She is best known for her still life pieces, with…
Contributors: Cameron DeChurch, Meena Gudapati, Jacob Carnes, Kayla Marr
View the items in Giovanna Garzoni's Work and Comparison Pieces
Contributors: Jenny Chen
View the items in Guido Reni's Religious Works
A collection of Italian Baroque ceiling frescoes demonstrating emerging techniques for painted illusion, such as di sotto in sù and quadratura.
Contributors: Eliza Henne
View the items in Illusion and the Baroque Ceiling Fresco
A swath of work by Lavinia Fontana and other comparative artists.. Her powerful and bold depictions of female noblewomen, biblical figures, and self…
Contributors: M Greenstein, E Henne, J Chen, K Campbell
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This collection explores the extent to which Pope Sixtus V (born Felice Peretti Montalto) transformed Rome into a Baroque city. In the middle of the…
Contributors: Cameron DeChurch
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Contributors: Jacob Carnes
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