Art Appreciation IP4

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Baroque Period

Abstract

 The following paper will discuss three works of religious art from the Baroque period. The three works of art, The Conversion on the Way to Damascus, by Caravaggio, The Four Continents, by Peter Paul Rubens, and Descent from the Cross, by Rembrandt will be discussed in length including their similarities and different in styles, techniques, form, etc. and their impact on 17th Century society. 

Baroque Period

 The Baroque Period began in Italy in the beginning of the 18th Century in response to the Protestant reformation. The Catholic Church in an attempt to stop the spread of the Protestant religion created the Council of Trent whose job was to reeducate Catholic followers about...