{"id":32671,"date":"2025-11-04T12:29:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T12:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/32671\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T12:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T12:29:10","slug":"baroque-period-is-alive-and-well-at-the-museum-of-fine-arts-in-st-petersburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/32671\/","title":{"rendered":"Baroque period is alive and well at the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg"},"content":{"rendered":"

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 The Museum of Fine Arts St. Pete is giving visitors a chance to travel back in time to 16th-century Italy. It\u2019s all part of their newest exhibit, \u201cIn Caravaggio\u2019s Light.\u201d<\/p>\n

Walking through the exhibit, Stanton Thomas isn\u2019t just a curator; he\u2019s a trailblazer. This is the first time these paintings, all dating back to the Baroque Era, are being shown in the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a long process, it took about three years, we worked with the Longhi Foundation, we also worked with another private foundation and the Italian government,\u201d said Thomas. \u201cFor the most part they live in the Longhi Foundation which is a private foundation outside of Florence and they are not really available to the public. Bringing 40 extremely rare paintings to the United States just takes time but it really was a labor of love.\u201d<\/p>\n

Masterpiece after masterpiece lines the museum walls, but there is one that stands out among all the rest.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it\u2019s a Caravaggio that is not only an iconic one, it\u2019s \u201cThe Boy Bitten by a Lizard,\u201d but it\u2019s one that\u2019s never been touched, it\u2019s in just pristine condition,\u201d said Thomas. \u201cIt\u2019s really the first time anybody has done a scene of daily life and particularly one that is so filled with emotion, note the expression on his face and also the very physical reaction.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The museum also wanted the entire exhibit to have a cinematic effect on its visitors.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you go to a movie theater and it\u2019s really dark and it takes a moment for your eyes to adjust because it\u2019s the best way to show these pictures, it really brings them to life, you get that sense of drama, you get that sense of movement, and a sense of vibrancy,\u201d said Thomas.<\/p>\n

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Coinciding with the exhibit is \u201cBaroque Continuum,\u201d which explores the impact of the Baroque period on artists today.<\/p>\n

\u201cTake the ideals of the Baroque, that sense of drama, of physical realism, and profound emotion, and make it come alive as related to the present day,\u201d said Thomas.<\/p>\n

The exhibit,\u201d In Caravaggio\u2019s Light,\u201d runs through March 22.<\/p>\n

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