Baroque Art

Church of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Rome, Italy

Baroque Art was the style that inspired wonderment through the use of ornate detail, tonal intensity, and an overarching sense of grandeur.

The Sant’Ignazio Church was built in Baroque style, and it was dedicated to Saint Ignatius of Loyola, who was the founder of the Society of Jesus.

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Ceiling of the vault of the Church of Saint Ignatius of Loyola

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The Church of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Rome, Lazio, Italy is located in Rome, Italy.

The ceiling of the Church of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Rome is a Baroque style architectural art which was constructed between 1626 and 1650. The roof depicts the works of Saint Ignatius of Loyola.

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Saint Ignatius of Loyola

The Sant’Ignazio Church was dedicated to St. Ignatius of Loyola. Saint Ignatius was born on October 23, 1491 in Aspeitia, Spain, and died on July 31, 1556 in Rome, Italy. Saint Ignatius was a Spanish and Basque Catholic Priest and theologian. He, along with Peter Faber and Francis Xavier founded the religious order of Society of Jesus, and became the first Superior General of the Society of Jesus in 1541 at Paris.

The Life of St. Ignatius of Loyola

Architect Orazio Grassi

Orazio Grassi was an Italian Jesuit who was an architect for the Church of Saint Ignatius. He was born May 1, 1583 in Savona, Italy, and died on July 23, 1654 in Rome, Italy.

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Art Analysis

The Art Analysis of the Church of St. Ignatius are that there are lines, patterns, color, contrast and form.

Art Elements

Lines: There are lines that make up the long tall walls in the church and the lines that are on the arches of the entry way of each of the chapels. There are lines that are shaped into the beautiful art on the ceiling also.

Patterns: The patterns in each of the rooms are on the walls, on the arches, the positions of the candles or the light fixtures in the chapels,

Color: The color in each of the rooms of the church are beautiful, which makes the rooms even more beautiful. The colors are grey, green, gold, white, blue, tan, yellow lights, and on. the ceiling there are red, or pink, light blue, and green.

Contrast: The contrast in the church and the chapels reflects from the lighting and shows the colors, in which the contours and shapes and the complete art make the architectural art so beautiful. The dark place in where the ceiling is, shows the contrast of being grey color. The brighter contrast is that it shows the beauty of the colors and shapes of the whole work of art.

Form: I love the whole works of art of the Church of Saint Ignatius with the images of the angels and Jesus on the wall of the Church, and the art of the ceiling in the vault.

Emotion: It makes me feel like I’m actually visiting the Church of Saint Ignatius in person. I have awe in the art elements of this church. I love the beauty of the architectural work of art in the Baroque style.

Influence of the Baroque era

The influence during the Baroque era is ‘The Thirty Years’ War’, because the Baroque style was encouraged by the Catholic Church and the Counter-Reformation.

The Baroque style began in Italy in 1600, and was an inspirational and monumental new style to promote Catholicism. Protestant iconoclasm led to both the destruction of Religious art and lessen of amount of art in Protestant areas. Europe was divided into the Protestant North and Catholic South.

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