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