Bad Boys of the Baroque
June 12, 2016
Love them or hate them, you can't deny the intrigue of bad boys. This week's episode discusses the artistic and personal dramas of three bad boys of the Baroque: Caravaggio, Bernini, and Velazquez.
Sources:
Franco Mormando, Bernini: His Life and His Rome, Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Laurie Schneider Adams, Key Monuments of the Baroque, Basic Books, 2000.
Links:
Simon Schama’s The Power of Art - Bernini
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/vela/hd_vela.htm
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/diego-velazquez
http://www.livescience.com/3504-inbreeding-downfall-dynasty.html