[ARTH 3312] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (49 pages long)
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History painting - highest level of painting, most intellectual. Could teach viewers lessons, patronage of this was prestigious. Almost all 18th century venetian artists tried history painting. The church was the leading patron of this. Ricci - tiresome, repetitive, pedantic works but he was necessary for rococo. Become very wealthy, glutton, asked very high prices; haughty, exploited whoever he could. Continence of scipio - grand theme from latin writer. Scipio was a great roman general who defeated an army; he returns a princess to her family without violating her (continence) About the virtue of the general, parallels italian opera and theatre. Not historically truthful - no ancient roman accuracy. Appeal in richness of color, sumptuous and static composition. Veronese - where he got his inspiration, ricci makes use of more light. Ricci traveled to florence, patronized by de medicis and important families. Venus and adonis - in summer palace of de medici"s. Architecture is painting, from ovid"s book of transformations.
