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1545
Emergence and expansion of the Counter-Reformation.
The first of these events was the emergence and expansion of the Counter-Reformation. In reaction to the Protestant religious advances made by the Reformation, the Roman Catholic church after the Council of Trent -
1550
Consolidation of absolute monarchies.
political change brought the consolidation of absolute monarchies. In order to display the power and grandeur of the centralized state -
Period: 1571 to
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
He was a very important Italian painter who was considered the first exponent of baroque painting. -
Period: to
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
He was one of the most important sculptors of the Baroque period -
The destruction of Religious
Protestant iconoclasm led to both the destruction of Religious art and lessen of amount of art in Protestant areas. Europe was divided into the Protestant North and Catholic South. -
Period: to
Calderón de la Barca
He was a writer and member of the Venerable Congregation of Secular Priests, known mainly for being one of the most distinguished baroque writers of the Golden Age, especially for his theater. -
Period: to
The Thirty Years' War
Plague epidemics, the decline in gold brought from the Americas, left a trail of hunger and poverty that influenced the decline in population. -
The meninas
It is one of the works of the time and by Velázquez. -
The steam engine
simple pumps used to remove water from mineshafts. Made by Thomas Newcomen -
death of Johann Sebastian Bach
He was one of the most important musicians of the time and for many marked the end of the Baroque period.