Every Movement · Rome outward c. 1600 to 1750

Baroque

Theatre and shadow. The Counter-Reformation wants you to feel it, so the light gets dramatic and the saints get real.

Caravaggio · The Calling of Saint Matthew · 1599 to 1600 · San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome

When

c. 1600 to 1750

Where

Rome, Madrid, Antwerp

Who

Caravaggio, Bernini, Rubens, Velázquez, Artemisia Gentileschi

Source

Pushed against

Grew out of

Led to

Provoked