The universe of Peter of CortonaIllusionist ceilings, moving crowds, curved architecture and sumptuous colors make Pierre de Cortone one of the great creators of high baroque.
1596 - 1669Artist's life
Cortona, Rome and FlorenceMain homes
Fresco, painting, drawing and architecturePractical
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1596 -1669 · Great decor of Roman Baroque
Illusionist ceilings, moving crowds, curved architecture and sumptuous colors make Pierre de Cortone one of the great creators of high baroque.
Pietro Berrettini, called Pietro da Cortona or Peter of Cortona, was born in 1596 in the Tuscan city of Cortona. Trained in Florence then settled young in Rome, he studied Antiquity, Raphael, Annibale Carracci and Lanfranco's new illusionist research. Protected by the Sacchetti family then by the Barberinis, he obtained the commission which defined his career: the Triumph of Divine Providence, painted between 1632 and 1639 on the ceiling of the great salon of the Barberini Palace. Feigned architecture, allegorical figures and clouds compose a continuous spectacle intended to exalt the pontificate of Urban VIII. In Florence, he then decorated the Planets rooms of the Pitti Palace for the Medici. Returning to Rome, he led painting, architecture and drawing, notably at Santa Maria in Vallicella and in the church of Santi Luca e Martina. President of the Academy of Saint Luke, he imposed a decorative language that radiated throughout aristocratic Europe. He died in Rome in 1669. The "Pierre de Cortona" selection notably compares the Alliance of Jacob and Laban and Romulus and Remus collected by Faustulus. His reading favors composition.
Pierre de Cortona orchestrates painting, architecture and sculpture as a unique theater where real space becomes ceremony.
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Journey, subjects and pictorial language
Pietro Berrettini, called Pietro da Cortona or Peter of Cortona, was born in 1596 in the Tuscan city of Cortona. Trained in Florence then settled young in Rome, he studied Antiquity, Raphael, Annibale Carracci and Lanfranco's new illusionist research. Protected by the Sacchetti family then by the Barberinis, he obtained the commission which defined his career: the Triumph of Divine Providence, painted between 1632 and 1639 on the ceiling of the great salon of the Barberini Palace. Feigned architecture, allegorical figures and clouds compose a continuous spectacle intended to exalt the pontificate of Urban VIII. In Florence, he then decorated the Planets rooms of the Pitti Palace for the Medici. Returning to Rome, he led painting, architecture and drawing, notably at Santa Maria in Vallicella and in the church of Santi Luca e Martina. President of the Academy of Saint Luke, he imposed a decorative language that radiated throughout aristocratic Europe. He died in Rome in 1669.
Florence, Rome and the Sacchetti
Antique, Raphael and the Carracci prepare a scholarly art of storytelling and decoration. This milestone sheds light on the "Pierre de Cortone" collection by favoring composition.
Barberini and Pitti Palace
The Triumph of Divine Providence then the rooms of the Planets consecrate the baroque ceiling.
The master of Rome
Churches, palaces, designs and architecture spread spectacular language on a European scale.
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Illusion
Fake frames, clouds and shortcuts erase the boundary between ceiling, wall and painted space. This line guides a reading of "Stone of Cortona" centered on composition.
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Crowd
Each figure participates in a vast circulation of gestures which remains readable despite the abundance.
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Color
Blues, gold, reds and luminous skin tones give the grand decor its festive splendor.
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Architecture
Curves, light and modeled surfaces extend the movement of the paint in the stone.
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Six readings specific to Pierre de Cortona
Works, visual language and historical landmarks make up a journey exclusively devoted to Pierre de Cortona.
Biblical story01
The Covenant of Jacob and Laban
Gestures, herds and landscape deploy the biblical pact in a broad and ceremonial composition.
Landmark work by Pierre de Cortone. Reading of "Pierre de Cortone" through composition.Foundation of Rome02
Romulus and Remus collected by Faustulus
The discovery of the twins combines body movement, generous nature and the future grandeur of Rome.
Landmark work by Pierre de CortoneAncient epic03
Venus appearing to Aeneas
The divine apparition is constructed by the diagonal, the drapery and a light which distinguishes the world from the gods.
Landmark work by Pierre de CortoneSacred vision04
Vision of Saint Constantia in front of the tomb of Saints Agnes and Emerentian
The fervor of the earthly figures responds to the celestial opening in a space of theatrical revelation.
Landmark work by Pierre de CortoneStyle05
Illusion
Fake frames, clouds and shortcuts erase the boundary between ceiling, wall and painted space. This line guides a reading of "Stone of Cortona" centered on composition.
Reading key for Stone of CortonaStyle06
Crowd
Each figure participates in a vast circulation of gestures which remains readable despite the abundance.
Reading key for Stone of Cortona
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