In today’s class we continued with the Baroque art in Italy and moved into Spain. We first looked at the Gianlorenzo, Bernini, David sculpture made in 1623. Bernini was a very talented artist considering he made a life-size marble sculpture in 7 months. This marble sculpture represented David in two different positions. His face represents one while his body throwing a disc is representing another. Another piece made by Bernini was the The Ecstasy of the St. Teresa made in 1645-52. This area is capturing the vision of Teresa and the reality of the sculptures. The sides have viewers sculpted to represnet witnessing this event occur.
We discussed other artists work at the end of class and the one which stood out to me the most was the portrait by Diego Veláquez Las Meninas, 1656. I really enjoyed the dynamic of this artwork because it makes you really think the positioning of everyone. Diego being the artist in the painting and also the painter is interesting because you can tell my his head positioning and eyes. Since he had to paint himself, he is the only one with direct eye contact. The other people in the portrait are apart of the royal family. My favorite part is the dog which is so realistic and the mirror in the back of the wall depicting the royals getting painted behind the viewer but reflected onto the wall.