Italy

Brought to you by Smarthistory. This tutorial is about magic. Bernini turns stone into flesh and Caravaggio makes the distant stories of the Bible into immediate experiences that take place before our eyes. Here are glorious frescos that dissolve the ceilings of cathedrals and reach up to the infinity of heaven.

Bernini, Pluto and Proserpina

Bernini, David

Bernini, David

Bernini, Apollo and Daphne

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Baldacchino

Bernini, Bust of Medusa

Bernini, Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

Bernini, Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Cathedra Petri (Chair of St. Peter)

Bernini, Saint Peter's Square

Bernini, Sant'Andrea al Quirinale

Geometry and motion in Borromini's San Carlo

Caravaggio, Narcissus at the Source

Caravaggio, Calling of Saint Matthew

Caravaggio, Calling of St. Matthew

Caravaggio, The Conversion of St. Paul (or The Conversion of Saul)

Caravaggio, Crucifixion of Saint Peter

Caravaggio, Supper at Emmaus

Caravaggio, Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness

Caravaggio, Death of the Virgin

Gentileschi, Judith and Holofernes

Gentileschi, Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes

Guercino, Saint Luke Displaying a Painting of the Virgin

Il Gesù, including Triumph of the Name of Jesus ceiling fresco

Pozzo, Saint Ignatius Chapel, Il Gesù

Pozzo, Glorification of Saint Ignatius, Sant'Ignazio

Pierre Le Gros the Younger, Stanislas Kostka on his Deathbed

Baroque art in Italy