FAH279H5 Lecture 2: FAH279-week2
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Stone reading, signed in blood notes: caravaggio signed his name in the blood of the executed saint in his altarpiece, the. Martyr); before dying peter writes the first word of the credo in his own blood: caravaggio writes in john"s blood, not his own though, but paint is his and, in a sense, he suffered for it; his. Naturalism in italy continued, italian religious art: landscape traditionally scene as a subject matter with low value, in 17th c, rise of landscape as independent genre. Impulse towards appreciation of materials is reconciled with religious values. Ovid, metamorphoses, 1st c (book: primary source of mythological stories, ovid was a roman writer, apollo and daphne. 1508-12: similar physique and position of legs to. Artemesia gentileschi, susanna and the elders: ex. 1625-27: trying to escape after murder, still holding sword and have head wrapped in cloth to take with them, moment of drama, suspense, lucretia, 1624.
