1. ARTH 335, Class 4
NOTE: WE WILL TAKE THE EXAM DURING THE SECOND HALF OF CLASS
TODAY; THE FOLLOWING ARE LECTURE NOTES FOR THE FIRST HALF
Some important names and terms: Gianlorenzo Bernini, Pietro Bernini, Rome, Pope Paul
V, Maffeo Barberini (Pope Urban VIII), Scipione Borghese, Pluto and Persephone,
David, Apollo and Daphne, “Ecstatic Baroque”/”High Baroque,” Ecstasy of St. Teresa,
Giovanni Lanfranco, Domenichino, Pietro da Cortona, St. Peter’s, Baldacchino,
“Solomonic columns,” Cathedra Petri, Piazza St. Peter’s, Scala Regia (Constantine),
Fountain of the Four Rivers, Sant’Andrea al Quirinale, Louis XIV, The Louvre, St.
Peter’s Bell Towers, Truth Revealed by Time, Cornaro Chapel, Pope Innocent X
Possible essay question:
--Discuss the career of Gianlorenzo Bernini, and the more “ecstatic” style of art that
proliferated in Rome during his lifetime. What were some of his important contributions
to St. Peter’s?
This week online: You will find two readings posted about Bernini; one is a very brief
summary of his biography, the other details some of his contributions to St. Peter’s.