1. Annibale Carracci
Palazzo Farnese ceiling
c. 1600
An example of the
continuing influence of
Classicism, but with a bit
more naturalism, clarity,
and emotion than in the
Renaissance
2.
3. Giovanni Battista Gaulli
Triumph of the Name of
Jesus
1676-1679
Di sotto in su (as seen
from below)
A more dramatic approach in which
the ceiling of the church appears to
open up to the heavens and the
condemned are falling down into the
viewer’s space
5. Caravaggio, Calling of St. Matthew, Contarelli Chapel, c. 1600
Tenebrism:
brightly lit
figures
against a
black
background,
a dramatic
technique
apparently
invented by
Caravaggio
12. Artemisia Gentileschi
Judith and Maidservant
with the Head of
Holofernes
1625
Caravaggisto (plural:
Caravaggisti)=follower of
Caravaggio
His teneberism and simple,
dramatic compositions inspire a
whole new generation of artists
throughout Europe.
