Baroque
Architecture & Sculpture
Bernini and Ribera
Can you discuss the specific formal characteristics of work?
Can you explain why the work is Baroque?
Bernini
The Baldacchino
1624
bronze, partly gilt
St. Peter’s, Vatican
Bernini
The Baldacchino
1624
bronze, partly gilt
St. Peter’s, Vatican
Filippo Brunelleschi Spedale degli Innocenti
1419
An exemplary piece of early Renaissance architecture. How is this work different from Bernini’s?
Each artist has designed a canopy—a covering—of sorts….
Bernini
Saint Teresa of Avila in Ecstasy
1647-52 marble
Cappella Cornaro, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome
This sculpture represents Saint Teresa as she has a
vision.
Bernini
Saint Teresa of Avila in Ecstasy
1647-52 marble
Cappella Cornaro, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome
Bernini
Beata Ludovica Albertoni
1671-74 marble
Cappella Altieri, San Francesco a Ripa, Rome
This sculpture represents the nun, Ludovica Albertoni, on her deathbed.
She is experiencing religious ecstasy as she meets with the Holy Spirit.
Michelangelo
Pietà
1499
marble
A very spiritual work,
yet incredibly
different. How?
Portal of the Hospicio de San Fernando
Perdo de Ribera
1722
Madrid
Façade of the Church of Sant’Andrea
Leon Battista Alberti
1470
Mantua