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A 10 page paper which illustrates how the elements of the art in 18th century Italian Baroque ceiling paintings strongly reflect and support the beliefs of the time period. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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on issues of concern within society and makes people think, for good or bad, about their existence and everything that has to do with that existence. In the 18th century
Italian Baroque ceiling paintings the artwork spoke to people in terms of its presentation of color and images. It lifted the spirits of people and represented their ideals and dreams
and hopes. It was artwork that spoke to the essential spirit or soul of the people who viewed the pieces. In essence, this artwork represented all that they believed in
and all they hoped for. The following paper examines, first, the society during the 18th century through an examination of Baroque art at the time. Secondly the paper examines
the technical attributes of the artwork as it affected the patrons and lastly the paper discusses the thematic elements of the paintings and how they reflected the ideals and dreams
of the patrons. The ceilings examined are CaRezzonico (Nuptial Room), Villa Pisani (Interior Ceiling paintings), and Villa Rotunda (Villa Capra) (Interior ceiling paintings). 18th Century and Baroque Art It
is interesting, as well as informative, to note that the term Baroque was first used to mean abuse of some sort. It is presumably "derived from the Italian word barocco,
which was a term used by philosophers during the Middle Ages to describe an obstacle in schematic logic" (Wallbank, 1992). As such this is the term that became associated with
anything that was somehow contorted or involved in the "involuted process of thought" (Wallbank, 1992). There is, however, another perspective in that this term is derived from the Portuguese whose
word barroco was used in order to describe a pearl that was not shaped perfectly. Either description helps us to see some of the most basic foundations of the art
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