Saturday, 30 January 2010
Baroque Art (c.1600-1700)
Posted on 09:00 by john mical
Baroque art, with its heavy senseof theatrics was a powerful weapon of the Roman Catholic Church in its Counter Reformation war. Carvaggio, Rembrant, Peter Paul Rueben and Diego Valazquez were some of giants used in this war of rich, stage-like aesthetics. It was a time of great wealth in the western work, for the church and for individuals.
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