Creative Challenge Baroque – Bernini

POWERPOINT/PRESENTATION PROJECT

The Baroque Style

Illustrate Bernini’s varied achievements in baroque architecture, sculpture, and design. How did Bernini achieve “theatrical effect” in his sculpture and architecture? With your collage or a PowerPoint make sure to include introduction of the artist, art movement, the basic information, your personal opinion, and reference with each work of art. (Basic Information: title, medium, year, location, etc.)

General Requirements:

· See the Humanities Writing Rubric in the Syllabus
· 10-12 slides with summarized writing
· Include images
· Three or more different references (our textbook can be used as one of the references)
· PowerPoint/MLA format

Additional Information:

Bernini challenged sculptural tradition by combining illusionism, naturalism, and implied movement. He brought a flamboyant style to the city of Rome, both in his fountain sculptures and in his designs for Italian Baroque churches.

Italy’s Catholic churches became ornate settings for the performance of ritual. Bernini’s The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa and Pozzo’s ceiling for the church of Sant’Ignazio achieved new heights of illusionistic theatricality.