What is Baroque Painting? Italian Edition

Highlights of Selected Masterpieces in “Flesh and Blood: Italian Masterpieces from the Capodimonte Museum”

In this episode of ART Minded, curator of European art, Guillaume Kientz discusses the origins of the Baroque art movement in Italy, the cultural and political context that helped to shape patronage, and the influence of important painters such as Caravaggio, Carracci, and Ribera. This program highlights paintings featured in the special exhibition Flesh and Blood: Italian Masterpieces from the Capodimonte Museum, moderated by education manager Connie Barganier.