CARLO MADERO

Santa Susanna

Rome, Italy

1597

Ephatically stressed vertical axis

CARLO MADERNO

St. Peter's

Vatican City, Rome, Italy

1606-1612

Outer 2 bays with bell towers were not part of his plan and detract from the verticality he sought.

Aerial view of St Peter's

Vatican City, Rome, Italy

Piazza by GIANLORENZO BERNINI

Welcome of the Roman CC during Counter Reformation

GIANLORENZO BERNINI

baldacchino

Saint Peter's

Vatican City, Rome, Italy

1624-1633

Gilded Bronze

Marks St. Peter's Tomb and High Alter of church

Bridges human scale and lofty vaults/dome

GIANLORENZO BERNINI

David

1623

Marble

Expansive, theatrical, emontion-packed David moves through time/space

GIANLORENZO BERNINI

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, Italy

1645-1652

Marble

Ignatius Loyola's idea: recreation of spiritual experience would increase devotion/piety

FRANCESCO BORROMINI

facade of San Carlo alle Quattro

Fontane, Rome, Italy

1665-1667

Not flat frontispiece.

Undulating motion, dynamic counterpoint of concave/convex elements.

ANNIBALE CARRACCI

Flight into Egypt

1603-1604

Oil on canvas

Idealize antiquity/idyllic life.

Mary, Christ Child, Joseph wander to Egypt

CARAVAGGIO

Conversion of St Paul

1601

Oil on canvas

Different type of naturalism.

Unidealized figures.

Tenebrism.

CARAVAGGIO

Calling of Saint Matthew

1597-1601

Oil on canvas

Stark contrast of light and dark.

Christ summons Levi the tax collector (St. Matthew) to a higher calling.

CARAVAGGIO

Judith Beheading Holofernes

1599-1600

Oil on canvas

ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI

Judith Slaying Holofernes

1614-1620

Oil on canvas

Narrative of heroic women

Controlled highlights on action in the foreground recall Caravaggio's paintings and heighten the drama.

DIEGO VELÁZQUEZ

Las Meninas (Maids of Honor)

1656

Oil on canvas

Visually complex.

Contrasts of true spaces.

Mirrored spaces.

Picture spaces.