ARCH 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Ignatius Of Loyola, Counter-Reformation, Ellipse
27 Feb 2019
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Reformation, advancement of science, expanding world of exploration and trade, and rise of private patronage in art. Jesuits build ii gesu: charles borromeo"s instructiones fabricae ei supellectilis, architecture most social of all arts. Ecclesiasticae: he envisioned a restored atmosphere of dignity, cleanliness, uniformity, and functionality for sacred buildings. A dramatic spectacle that would reach out to catholics in the church, and agnostics to enlighten them with the true faith order to reaffirm their faith, to heretics to reunite them with. Baroque zeitgeist: spirit of the time, summarizing the primary intellectual trends as , medieval era, the dominance of the truth of organized religion, renaissance, a holistic embracing of science and art. Baroque literature: ornamental style, overly ornate, use of antitheses and hyperboles, exaggeration, drama, play of words. Baroque music: cantana and the concert, vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, profuse ornamentation, preference for some vocal or instrumental virtuous, such as antonio vivaldi the four seasons 1723.
