as a bridge between the High Renaissance and the Baroque period.
By e end of is chapter I wi …
* understand why the Baroque style developed
* be able to discuss innovations of the style * understand why particular themes were
favoured
* be able to describe and discuss a painting * be able to describe and discuss a sculpture * understand how town planning in the 17th
by Caravaggio by Bernini century changed the city of Rome. Before the Baroque
The Renaissance was influenced by the rediscovery of Classical Greek and Roman philosophy, culture and art. This great period of art and culture ended towards the mid-16th century as Florence, Rome and other Italian states came under financial pressure and tastes changed.
The more ornate style of Mannerism became popular in Italy. This was a more stylised and exaggerated form of Classicism, and is regarded
CHAPTER 7 ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN 17TH-CENTURY ITALY
Figure 7.1 Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata, 1590–95, by El Greco, oil on canvas, 114 × 104 cm, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin.
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Mannerists abandoned the more naturalistic colours and often used quite garish tones. This is famously associated with El Greco, a Spanish painter who adopted the Mannerist style when he moved to Rome (Fig. 7.1).
