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annibale: fornesce gallery becoming a saint: canonization Oscar Romero (assassinated) Pope Paul the sixth: work with the poor workshop in Bologna (academic ideals) importance of drawing earliest work were genre paintings painted in an appropriate style unidealized naturalism of the figure aware of academic tradition decorum history painter on the grand scale he’s looking back at great examples from the past and transforming them mythological painting: choosing a great model (Titian) venus and adonis Annibale 1588 TItian-esque style, atmospheric interest in pagan mythology crazy about adonis, if adonis went out hunting he'd be killed sensual painting, different turns her to us characteristic of Annibale: artistic personality, figures that are dimensional and plastic Northern Italian painting, very impressed by the work of Michelangelo, classism that is seen in the Italian design Michelangelo (the virgin mourning Jesus) and Annibale’s virgin mourning Jesus patagone: comparison he compared the different art to painting and sculpture painting imitates the effects of nature visual comparison, creating a patagone between his work and Michelangelo (painting and sculpture academic tradition: carrying that tradition further. he takes the pose from Michelangelo christ is facing out towards us and lowered down off virgin’s lap physics of painting vs sculpture expressive angels pricking finger on crown of thrones color vs sculpture ancient classical sculpture the tomb piety, reaching out to us jesus is turned to us foreshortening, object is closer or projecting into our space, we are being brought into the painting modernized Michelangelo Annibale’s greatest work is the painting of the ceiling of the Farnese, Rome Main Facade highly admired and important

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painting in frescoes very challenging Palace was owned by rich family interior courtyard Papel palace (Farnese family) Paul the third Farnese enlargement of the palace was Michelangelo rustication (stones) very typical of a Renaissance palace symmetrical and treated the same way French embassy owns the palace Annibale gallery (well worth seeing) fleur de lise, Farnese married into French royal family overlooks the garden rear back room long thin room gallery: art was displayed, long thin room, just a passage 18th century engraving, well dressed gentlemen, drawing (entering the canon) everything above the cornus is painted nothing is dimensional architectural framework nitches (full sized statues of Olympian deities) light enters the gallery and is used as sight specificity fresco painting wet plaster would be laid in for the areas that weren’t finished (giornata) 67 by 20 feet 1597-1600 ceiling itself assisted by Agoustino commission by Cardinal Eduardo Farnese Cardinal was cheap he commissioned it to celebrate a specific event coordinates with the patagone (amorous adventures of the Olympian deities) patagone between painting and sculpture, ancient and modern art subject matter of the loves sight specificity coordination: patronage sighting, oriented it towards the light (scenes are taking place on the ceiling) ceiling is metaphor for the heavens the theme relates to patronage huge commission the models, sistine chapel sistine chapel: they break it down, Michelangelo compartmentalized his work in Farnese it’s not a chapel, uses compartmentalized illusion of materials annibale ceiling (nudity, fictive medallions) medallions that represent Farnese gallery Europa Adonis featured modern-ancient sculpture

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last level of material is the illusion of picture frames (paints them) single picture: quadro riportato (picture that has been carried away) quadri -> plural Raphael and workshop, loggia of psyche: villa Farnesina across the river similar gallery structure Cupid and Psyche orientation, tapestries (arratzi riportati) bower open to the sky, wind puffs them scene taking place in the heavens lighthearted take on mythological subject matter three graces Eros vs Anteros love emasculates the most powerful of men she's got hercules club (penis) hes got her tambourine (womens instrument) slung leg motif suggestive lion skin is given to her classical sources (owned by farnese family) Herm figures cant stand to watch this Venus and Cupid with Anchises (mortal man) jupiter falls in love with Achises, both are ridiculed Genus Unde Latium (from this sprang the latin race) Aneus (Anchises and Venus) Jupiter and Juno, never got along Juno wants to distract Jupiter (zone of Venus) promise power of allurement made to look ridiculous, she's got the upperhand Diana and Indinian (shepherd and goddess of the moon) abandons her post in the sky (Cupid says shush) moon itself must descend at love’s arrow Aurora (Dawn) and Cephalus (abducts him) Father time sleeps (Morpheus), Dawn doesn't come up because she's neglected her duty to go after Cephalic (whose married to Progus) Venus and Triton, she's taken to preside over the wedding all of these stories concern marriage Artemis/Diana and Pan (half man half goat) scorned for his ugliness gives her the Fleece Mercury and Paris (gets it from Discord) Trojan War (Helen of Troy) virtually vertical Polyphemus and Galatea (illusion goes across the room) falls in love with Galatea but other naiad responds very sensual afternoon, slumbers, Polyphenus throws rock at Aces (becomes river god)...