The Counter-Reformationand the Baroque Age

16th-17th c.

The Council of Trent

1545-1563

The Thirty Years’ War

1618-1648

Prague Defenestration, 1618

The Battle of White Mountain, 1620

Execution of Czech Nobles, 1621

The Consequences of WarPeter Paul Rubens, 1637-38

The Jesuits(The Society of Jesus)

Est. 1534

Triumph of St. Ignatius of LoyolaAndrea Pozzo, 1694

Baroque Architecture and Sculpture in Rome

St. Peter’s Basilica

1506-1626

Michelangelo’s Original Plan

Carlo Maderno’s Façade

Choir

Nave

Dome

Gianlorenzo Bernini

1598-1680

St. Peter’s Baldachin, 1623-34

Colonnade on St. Peter’s Square, 1657-67

David, 1623-24

Discus Thrower, 5th c. BCE

Apollo and Daphne, 1622-25

St. Teresa of Avila, 1645-52

Elephant and Obelisk, 1665-67

Francesco Borromini

1599-1667

San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, 1638-67

Baroque Painting in Italy

Caravaggio

1571-1610

The Calling of St. Matthew, c. 1600

Artemisia Gentileschi

1593-c. 1653

Judith Beheading Holofernes, c. 1620

Elisabetta Sirani

1638-1665

Virgin and Child, 1663

Giovanna Garzoni

1600-1670

Plate of White Peas, Undated