Lec 9: Early Modern World - Europe & the Americas (LATE RENAISSANE & BAROQUE PERIODS)

The Martyrdom of St. Lawrence (made by Titain)

1564 - 1567 (Late Renaissane)
Venice

The conversion of St. Matthew (made by Caravaggio)

1600 (Baroque)
Rome, Italy

St. Theresa in Ecstasy (made by Gian Lorenzo Bernini)

1650 (Baroque)
Rome, Italy

Louis XIV (made by Hyacinthe Rigaud)

1610 (Baroque)
France

Elevation of the cross (by Peter Paul Rubens)

1610 (Baroque)
Antwerp, Belgium

Las Meninas (by Diego Velazquez)

1656 (Baroque)
Spain

Virgin of Guadalupe (by Sebastián Salcedo)

1550 (Baroque)
Colonial Mexico/New Spain

Biombo w/ the Conquest of Mexico City & View of Mexico City

1675 - 1700 (Baroque)
Colonial Mexico/New Spain

Reformation (Christian Churches)

a 16th century movement for religious reform, leading to the founding of Christian churches that rejected the pope's authority

Counter-Reformation (the Catholic Church)

the reaction of the Roman Catholic Church to the Reformation reaffirming the veneration of saints and the authority of the Pope (to which Protestants objected)

Council of Trent

A meeting of Roman Catholic leaders, called by Pope Paul III to rule on doctrines criticized by the Protestant reformers.

baroque

An artistic style of the seventeenth century characterized by complex forms, bold ornamentation, and contrasting elements

tenebrism

dramatic use of intense darkness and light to heighten the impact of a painting

biombo

a folding screen