The baroque period

  • Period: 1571 to

    Caravaggio

    Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian painter considered the first exponent of Baroque painting.
  • The aparition of the baroque period

    The aparition of the baroque period
    This is the name for the cultural period that developed in Europe in the 17th century
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    The counterreformation

    The counter-reformation or Catholic reform develops the baroque style in art. The Catholic Church used art as a way to spread the Catholic religion. The baroque manifested through exaggeration and ostentation the religious mysteries through the senses.
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    Era opposite the Renaissance

    He stands out for a feeling of pessimism, little confidence and even deceit, but also for his search for the ideal. It manifests itself in many fields of culture, such as sculpture, architecture, art and literature.
  • The Thirty Years' War

    The Thirty Years' War
    the plague epidemics, the decline of gold brought from the Americas, left a trail of hunger and poverty that influenced the decline of the population.
  • Arrival of the Pilgrims

    Mayflower arrived in New England on November
  • The end of the baroque period

    The end of the baroque period
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    Luis XVI

    He was King of France and Navarre between 1774 and 1789, Co-Prince of Andorra between 1774 and 1793, and King of the French between 1789 and 1792. He was the last monarch before the fall of the monarchy by the French Revolution,