Ah 2 Class 5 Donenew
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The midterm exam for Art History 2 will be held during the second half of class today. The material discussed in the first half of class is for the final exam, not the midterm. Some important names and terms covered include Gianlorenzo Bernini, Pietro Bernini, Rome, and various popes. A possible essay question asks students to discuss Bernini's career and contributions to St. Peter's, as well as the more ecstatic style of art during his lifetime in Rome. Relevant images will include Bernini's Baldacchino in St. Peter's and his sculptures of David and the Ecstasy of St. Teresa.
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Ah 2 Class 5 Donenew
- 1. Art History 2: Class 5 Note: The midterm is today in the second half of class. The material we discuss in the first half of class today will not be on the midterm, it is for the final. Names and terms: Gianlorenzo Bernini, Pietro Bernini, Rome, Pope Paul V, Maffeo Barberini (Pope Urban VIII), Scipione Borghese, Pluto and Persephone, David, Apollo and Daphne, “Ecstatic Baroque”/”High Baroque,” Ecstasy of St. Teresa, Giovanni Lanfranco, Domenichino, St. Peter’s, Baldacchino, “Solomonic columns,” Cathedra Petri, Piazza St. Peter’s, Scala Regia (Constantine), Fountain of the Four Rivers, Sant’Andrea al Quirinale, Cornaro Chapel Possible essay question: --Discuss the career of Gianlorenzo Bernini, and the more “ecstatic” style of art that proliferated in Rome during his lifetime. What were some of his important contributions to St. Peter’s? Images: Baldacchino/St. Peter’s by Bernini, 1620s-30s, p.393 David by Bernini, 1623, p.396 Ecstasy of St. Teresa (Cornaro Chapel) by Bernini, 1640s-50s, p.398