Italian Baroque

• Bernini and Maderno
• New St. Peters
• C. 1603
• Rome

Roman Catholic response to Protestant Reformation: the movement of reform and regeneration instituted by the Roman Catholic Church in 1545 to counter the increasing strength of Protestantism in Europe as a result of the Reformation

• Bernini
• Baldacchino
• 1624-1633
• Bronze and gilt

Urban VII Pope and patron for Bernini, interested in restoring the authority of the church. He was a member of the Barberini family, an influential family, Urban VII was seeking to elevate his family’s standing. The three bumble bees present on Baldacchino, were their family crest/seal.

• Bernini
• Ecstasy of St. Teresa
• 1645-1652
• Marble
• Cornaro Chapel, Rome

• Bernini
• David
• 1623
• Marble

• Caravaggio
• Calling of St. Matthew
• 1599-1600
• Oil on canvas

• Artemisia Gentileschi
• Judith Slaying Holofernes
• 1614-1620
• Oil on Canvas