CORTON Pietro Berrettini da (Cortona Pietro Berrettini da)

(1596-1669)
Born in the town of Cortona in Tuscany November 1, 1596, about 1612 came to Rome, where he studied painting at the Florentine artist Andrea Dresser and Baccio Charpi. Illyuzionistichesky, bright and decorative style of painting by Pietro da Cortona is one of the vertices of the Roman Baroque art. His most famous works is the ceiling of the Palazzo Barberini, Rome. It presents an allegorical composition that celebrates Pope Urban VIII, a member of the Barberini family. Inside illyuzionisticheski interpreted the architectural framing of the central part of the ceiling opens a piece of sky with clouds and numerous figures in flowing robes.
Work on plafond Palazzo Barberini lasted from 1633 to 1639. In 1637, Pietro da Cortona traveled to Florence and Venice. The works of the great Venetian masters, particularly Triumph of Venice, Veronese from the Doges' Palace, had a strong influence on the pictorial style of the master.

From 1640 to 1647 by Pietro da Cortona lived in Florence, where he wrote allegorical images of the planets in the Palazzo Pitti. In these frescoes, he anticipated the achievements of Luca Giordano - the transfer of funds painting aerial perspective.

The most significant work of Pietro da Cortona in the Church of monumental and decorative painting is a painting of the apse, the nave and the sails in the church of Santa Maria in Vallicelli in Rome (1646-1665), where he wrote songs of Miracle of St.. Philip Neri and the host of heaven. Pietro da Cortona, and created the entire interior decoration of the church, including caisson ceiling, gilded cornices and placed between the oil paintings of figures knock

. In his architectural projects, . as in the paintings, . He reached the spatial unity of the elements through the use of perspective, . uniting the interior and exterior space (eg, . in the composition of the facade of the church of Santa Maria della Pace in Rome), . and pictorial unity, . carefully designing scenery buildings and making certain accents with play of light and shadow (as in the Church of Santi Luca e Martino, in Rome),
. Died Pietro da Cortona in Rome on May 16, 1669.