This presentation gives an overview of the Counter-Reformation and the Baroque Age, including Baroque architecture, sculpture, and painting. It covers the 16th-17th centuries and includes Bernini, Caravaggio, and others.

1. The Counter-Reformation
and the Baroque Age
16th-17th c.

2. The Council of Trent
1545-1563

4. The Thirty Years’ War
1618-1648

6. Prague Defenestration, 1618

7. The Battle of White Mountain, 1620

8. Execution of Czech Nobles, 1621

9. The Consequences of War
Peter Paul Rubens, 1637-38

10. The Jesuits
(The Society of Jesus)
Est. 1534

11. Triumph of St. Ignatius of Loyola
Andrea Pozzo, 1694

12. Baroque Architecture and
Sculpture in Rome

13. St. Peter’s Basilica
1506-1626

15. Michelangelo’s Original Plan

16. Carlo Maderno’s Façade

18. Choir

19. Nave

20. Dome

21. Gianlorenzo Bernini
1598-1680

22. St. Peter’s Baldachin, 1623-34

24. Colonnade on St. Peter’s Square, 165767

25. David, 1623-24

28. Discus Thrower, 5th c. BCE

29. Apollo and Daphne, 1622-25

32. St. Teresa of Avila, 1645-52

39. Elephant and Obelisk, 1665-67

41. Francesco Borromini
1599-1667

42. San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, 1638-67

46. Baroque Painting in Italy

47. Caravaggio
1571-1610

48. The Calling of St. Matthew, c. 1600

49. Artemisia Gentileschi
1593-c. 1653

50. Judith Beheading Holofernes, c. 1620

51. Elisabetta Sirani
1638-1665

52. Virgin and Child, 1663

53. Giovanna Garzoni
1600-1670

54. Plate of White Peas, Undated