Caravaggio (1571-1610) Estasi di San Francesco (Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy) c.1595–1596 Oil on canvas, 94 x 129.5 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Curatorial Narrative: Caravaggio revolutionized the painting of his era through a theatrical use of light, dramatic narrative, and the naturalistic…
Rulers: • Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603) • Felipe II, King of Spain (1556-1598) • Felipe II, King of Portugal (1581-1598) • Henri III, King of Navarre (1572-1610) • Henri IV, King of France (1589-1610) • James VI, King of Scotland (1567-1625) Births: •…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Crocifissione di San Pietro (Crucifixion of Saint Peter) 1600–1601 Oil on canvas, 230 x 175 cm Cappella Cerasi, Santa Maria del Popolo, Roma
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Conversione di San Paolo (Conversion of Saint Paul) 1600–1601 Oil on canvas, 230 x 175 cm Cappella Cerasi, Santa Maria del Popolo, Roma Compare: Caravaggio (1571-1610) Conversione di San Paolo 1600 Odescalchi Balbi Collection, Roma
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65 BC-8 BC) “Dum loquimur, fugerit invida Aetas: carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.” (While we speak, envious time will have already fled: seize the day, believing as little as possible in the next day.) Carmina, I,…
The so-called “House of Horace“, with reticulated walls of the 2nd century. Births: • Horace (65 BC-8 BC) See also: • Cities | Italia
(65 BC–8 BC) Quintus Horatius Flaccus Works: • Ars Poetica (Latin) • Carmen Saeculare (Latin) • Carmina (Latin) • Epistula Ad Pisones, De Arte Poetica (Latin) ◊ The Art of Poetry: an Epistle to the Pisos (English) • Epistulae (Latin) • Epodi (Latin) •…
Deaths: • Horace (65 BC-8 BC)
Rulers: • Fernando III, St., King of Castile (1217-1252) • Louis IX, St., King of France (1226-1270) Architecture: • Santa Maria del Popolo founded in Rome. • Église Notre-Dame de l’Assomption built in Auvers-sur-Oise (1137-1227)
Cappella dell’Assunta o dei Santi Pietro e Paolo Address: Santa Maria del Popolo, Piazza del Popolo 12, 00187 Roma Completed and consecrated: 1606 Art: • Caravaggio (1571-1610): Conversione di San Paolo (1600-01) • Caravaggio (1571-1610): Crocifissione di San Pietro (1600-01) • Carracci,…