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Andrea Pozzo

Andrea Pozzo Allegory of the Missionary Work of the Jesuits oil painting on canvas
Allegory of the Missionary Work of the Jesuits
Painting ID::  40520
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Andrea Pozzo Allegory of the Missionary Work of the Jesuits oil painting on canvas



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  Andrea Pozzo
  Italian Baroque Era Painter, 1642-1709 Italian painter, architect and stage designer. He was a brilliant quadratura painter, whose most celebrated works, such as the decoration of the church of S Ignazio in Rome, unite painting, architecture and sculpture in effects of overwhelming illusionism and are among the high-points of Baroque church art. He was a Jesuit lay brother and produced his most significant work for the Society of Jesus. This affiliation was fundamental to his conception of art and to his heightened awareness of the artist's role as instrumental in proclaiming the faith and stimulating religious fervour. The methods he used were those of Counter-Reformation rhetoric, as represented in Ignatius Loyola's Spirited Exercises (1548).
  Allegory of the Missionary Work of the Jesuits
  mk156 1685-94 Fresco

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