The Magnificent Age: Art, Life and Baroque

When Martin Luther published his 95 theses in 1517, it was not only a challenge to the perceived corruption of the Catholic Church, it was an act which prompted the transformation of the religious, socio-political, and artistic landscape of Europe.

One of the most dynamic styles to emerge in the wake of the Counter-Reformation, the Baroque lasted a century and manifested differently in Italy, Spain, and France, where it produced the most extraordinary artists and architects including Caravaggio, Bernini, Velasquez, Poussin, and Borromini.

Deaths, Funerals and Tombs

In this lecture we will see how images of death and martyrdom abounded in Baroque painting and sculpture as evidenced in works like Guido Reni’s ‘Massacre of the Innocents,’ Poussin’s ‘Martyrdom of St. Erasmus’, and Algardi’s ‘Death of St. Paul,’ S. Paolo Maggiore, Bologna. In print culture these were especially vicious. There were also vanitas paintings by artists such as Antonio Pereda.

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