ARTHI 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Annibale Carracci, Contarelli Chapel, Holofernes
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Combined greek temple facades with new idea of long curvy arms. His piazza was a response to the catholic representation. Name comes from latin for wart" - used derogatorily. Academies can teach more broad set of skills. Foreshortening is often used in baroque art, showing objects projecting in depth. Rejected church"s self-indulgence, written works since the bible, idolatry of art etc. Designed councils to reform the , held in trent. Role of arts chosen as a model of behavior, no gratuitous nudity. Fleeing after charges of manslaughter: luigi dei francesi - caravaggio. Painted altarpiece and laterals in oil on canvas. No traditional teaching, didn"t know how to draw of create frescoes. Painted to commemorate cardinal matthieu cointerel, so is called contarelli. Scene set in late antiquity but figures dressed in renaissance clothing. Sent swordsman to stab matthew as he was creating a altar. Matthew"s figure is in the shape of a cross.
