Baroque Art1. Catholic Reformation (Counter-Reformation)

2. Paid for (sponsored) by the Catholic Church to show the glory, the ultimate power and the superiority of Catholicism and the Council of Trent’s proclamation for no compromise with the Protestants.

3. Major Baroque artists included Michelangelo Caravaggio (1571-1610), Bernini (sculpture only: 1598-1680), Peter Paul Reubens (sponsored by both Catholics and Protestants: 1577-1640) and Gentileschi (1593-1656)

Caravaggio

Bernini

P. Reubens

Artemisia Gentileschi