Caravaggio & the Baroque
This Italian painter is known for his intense realism and dramatic use of light and shadow.
Who is Caravaggio?
“Chiaroscuro” refers to the contrast of these two visual elements.
What are light and shadow?
The Council of Trent met from 1545 until this year.
What is 1563?
Parmigianino was born in this Italian city that shares his name.
What is Parma?
This aspect of Mannerist art distorted normal spatial relationships.
What is perspective or proportion?
Caravaggio’s famous painting of a divine calling was created around this time period.
What is circa 1599–1600 AD?
Chiaroscuro developed during this major artistic era.
What is the Renaissance?
One aim of the Council of Trent was to fight this movement.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
The Madonna with the Long Neck was painted by this Mannerist artist.
Who was Parmigianino?
Mannerist artists often used these kinds of lighting and color choices to create mood.
What are unnatural lighting and color?
In Caravaggio’s scene of a calling, this former tax collector is shown being chosen as an apostle.
Who is St. Matthew?
Tenebrism differs from traditional Chiaroscuro because it creates this kind of intense lighting focus.
What is a spotlight effect?
The Council of Trent sought to reform this institution from within.
What is the Catholic Church?
This tiny figure in the corner of Madonna with the Long Neck represents the author who wrote about Mary’s perpetual virginity.
Who was St. Jerome?
Artists of the High Renaissance mastered this realistic focus that Mannerism reacted against.
What are portraiture, perspective, composition, sculpture, and the figure?
Baroque artists often used striking contrasts of light and darkness to create this kind of emotional impact.
What is dramatic or theatrical intensity?
In Chiaroscuro, the “turning of the form” helps the viewer perceive this visual quality.
What is three-dimensional shape (modelling)?
After the Council of Trent, Catholic teaching stressed faith and accuracy based on this sacred text.
What is the Bible?
Parmigianino’s Madonna with the Long Neck can be found in this famous gallery in Florence.
What is the Uffizi Gallery?
Ironically, this Renaissance master actually pioneered Mannerism in his later works.
Who was Michelangelo?
Baroque art frequently captures this kind of fleeting instant, heightening its emotional immediacy.
What is a moment in time?
Tenebrism often features a dark background and this dominant quality of light.
What is violent contrast or extreme illumination?
Baroque art served the Church’s goals by being theatrical and doing this to the viewer emotionally.
What is engaging or moving them emotionally?
Mannerist painters often twisted the human body using this serpentine compositional style.
What is “figura serpentinata”?
Mannerism is derived from the Italian word “maniera,” meaning this.
What is style or manner?