Session VII: Transforming light: from drama and devotion in the 17th-century Italian Baroque to large-scale mythological compositions and 18th-century vedutismo
- For:
- Friends General public
- Time:
Online modality, Fridays from 17.30 to 18.45 / In-person modality, Sundays from 12.00 to 13.15
- Place:
- Auditorium / Online
- Price:
Friends of the musuem: €25 / General public: €35
Booking for Friends of the museum opens on 8 January and 12 January for general public (online and on tel. +34 917 911 370, from 10.00 to 20.00).
Italian painting of the 17th and 18th centuries is characterised by the contrast between two fundamental currents within the Baroque: the revolutionary naturalism of Caravaggio with its use of dramatic light and a type of direct realism, and the classicism of the Carracci, based on compositional balance and formal harmony.
This session explores the influence of both languages on painters working at this period and how their legacy was expressed in the work of 18th-century artists, giving rise to new forms of expression: from intense religious images filled with emotion and devotion to large-scale mythological compositions aimed at a cultured clientele, and including the emergence of vedutismo, which transformed the representation of the urban landscape into a modern, autonomous genre.
Course leader: Susana Blas.
