MAZZANTI, Ludovico

Italian painter. He served his apprenticeship under Giovanni Battista Gaulli from 1700 onwards and was influenced by the classicism of Maratti as well as by the BaroqueGLOSSARYThe period in art history from about 1600 to about 1750. In this sense the term covers a wide range of styles and artists. In painting and sculpture there were three main forms of Baroque: (1) sumptuous display, a style associated with the Catholic Counter Reformation and the absolutist courts of Europe (Bernini, Rubens); (2) dramatic realism (Caravaggio); and (3) everyday realism, a development seen in particular in Holland (Rembrandt, Vermeer). In architecture, there was an emphasis on expressiveness and grandeur, achieved through scale, the dramatic use of light and shadow, and increasingly elaborate decoration. In a more limited sense the term Baroque often refers to the first of these categories. The development of the Baroque reflects the period's religious tensions (Catholic versus Protestant); a new and more expansive world view based on science and exploration; and the growth of absolutist monarchies. tendencies of Lanfranco in the refined form found in the work of Giovanni Battista Beinaschi (1638-1688). His painting was produced in the cultural climate of the Society of ArcadiaGLOSSARYA mountainous area of Greece. In Greek and Roman literature, a place where a contented life of rural simplicity is lived; an earthly paradise peopled by shepherds. and the Accademia di San Luca, which included Giovanni Odazzi (1663-1731) and other Roman decorative artists. He took part in the Concorsi Clementini in 1703-05 and 1708, becoming a member of the Accademia di San Luca in 1744 and of the Accademia Clementina in 1748.

In Rome he collaborated with Niccolò Pomarancio in the church of Santa Maria Apollinare, while at Orvieto he designed the upper mosaics for the CathedralGLOSSARYThe principal church of a province or diocese, where the throne of the bishop is placed. For reasons lost to time and tradition, a cathedral always faces west - toward the setting sun. The altar is placed at the east end. The main body, or nave, of the cathedral is usually divided into one main and two side aisles. These lead up to the north and south transepts, or arms of the cross, the shape in which a cathedral is usually formed. façadeGLOSSARYthe front or principal face of a building, especially one elaborately constructed; a blind façade is a façade that is purely decorative and does not relate to the structure of the building. (1713-14). He executed many works at Naples, where he was based during the years 1733-40, and in Campania (the Abbey of Montevergine).