The Triumph of Ariadne and Bacchus

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Discussion Questions

http://artontap.blogspot.com/2010/02/loves-of-gods.html

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The Loves of the Gods

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• Are you convinced that these scenes are appropriate choices for a wedding?

• Why do you think scenes from Greek and Roman (Pagan) Mythology were used by high ranking Catholic clergy?

• Does the room feel cluttered? Does it help the frescoes work together as a whole unit?

• Do you think the use of Classical Mythology is a little ironic? (How did the return to Classical Texts influence the reformation?)

• What piece stands out to you as an interesting reception of classical mythology?

Ceiling Centerpiece

Historical Context

• Palazzo Farnese: Designed by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger.
• Michelangelo completed the redesigned third story

• Paintings commissioned by Cardinal Odoardo Farnese (great-great-grandson of Pope Paul III)

• Rising Protestantism and Declining Holy Roman Empire

• In the 1600s Rome became the center of the Baroque
• Papacy patronized art on a grand scale

• Spirit of the Counter Reformation

Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne

The Love of the Gods: Annibale Carracci

Gallery in the Palazzo Farnese

Wall Scenes

The Frescoes

Perseus and Phineas

• Frescoes indicate a shift from Mannerism to Baroque

• Return to Classicism

• Inspired by the Sistine Chapel and Vatican Logge

• New style: quadro riportato (the illusion of framed paintings)

• Illusionism: giving the sense of architecture which is not present

• These stylistic choices would lay a foundation for the Baroque style

Hercules Liberates Prometheus

Annibale Carracci

• Italian Baroque painter (1560-1609)

• Artistic family

• One of the originators of the Baroque style

• Inspired by Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian

• Embraced the High Renaissance style and rejected Mannerism

• Painted idealized figures

Ceiling Scenes

Hercules and Iole

Jupiter and Juno

Glaucus and Scylla