Holy Place, Please Remain Silent.

Interior of the Pantheon (ca.1506) by Raphael

Design for the left half of Disputa (1501-11) by Raphael

Stydy for the Alba Madonna (ca. 1508-9) by Raphael

Assunzione dela Maddalena (1604) by Giovanni Lanfranco 

I have to admit that I haven’t been a huge fan of Baroque art and Caravaggio. I didn’t see the meaning behind the basket of fruit. Or the strong light in his paintings.

I regret I didn’t learn more about baroque art earlier. Now I love Caravaggio and his and still life - and the chiaroscuro. So beautiful and so full of meaning.

“Memento mori”

Cupid (detail), 1523-24 by Parmigianino

Study of an Annunciating Angel (ca. 1600) by Annibale Carracci

The Gallery of the Farnese Palace, Rome, by Annibale Carracci. Painted between 1597 and 1600. 

Ceiling of St. Ignazio in Rome painted by Andrea Pozzo between 1685-1694

Amazing trompe l’oeil.

Diana and Cupid ( 1761), detail, by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni

Diana and Cupid ( 1761), detail, by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni

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Assumption of the Virgin (1526-30) by Correggio

Fresco, 1093x1195 cm. Duomo, Parma.

This fresco (a painting in plaster with water-soluble pigments) anticipates the Baroque style of dramatically illusionistic ceiling painting. The entire architectural surface is treated as a single pictorial unit of vast proportions, equating the dome of the church with the vault of heaven. The realistic way the figures in the clouds seem to protrude into the spectators’ space is an audacious and astounding use for the time of foreshortening.

 (via Web Gallery of Art, image collection, virtual museum, searchable database of European fine arts (1000-1850))

Portrait of Gladys Deacon (1901) by Giovanni Boldini

Spanish Dancer at the Moulin Rouge by Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931)

Loving the brushstrokes.