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Baroque Art

Our collection of articles on baroque art, philosophy, and religious thinking of the XVI and XVII centuries.

The Martyrdome of Apotheosis, inside Saint Pantaleone's, in Venice

V. M. Traverso

Journey to Venice’s hidden ceiling masterpiece

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Daniel Esparza

Discovering the Monastery of Santiago de Uclés

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Camille Dalmas

A monument to a pope, an emperor, and a pharaoh

The Baroque architecture of Convento de Sao Francisco Church in Salvador, BA, Brazil with its altars, walls, and images covered with 24k gold

Daniel Esparza

The Baroque masterpiece of Salvador de Bahia

Daniel Esparza

The religious depth of Baroque still-life paintings

Art Historians discover long lost Baroque painting from Artemisia Gentileschi

V. M. Traverso

How art historians found a lost work by Baroque master Artemisia Gentileschi

SITGES

Daniel Esparza

A church by the seaside: Sitges’ St. Thecla

Susza odsłoniła ruiny zatopionego kościoła w Meksyku

Daniel Esparza

Baroque church emerges from drought-stricken reservoir

Daniel Esparza

This church supplanted Hagia Sophia as world’s largest cathedral

Daniel Esparza

The tapestries of St. John’s Co-Cathedral are back on display

Daniel Esparza

Caravaggio’s ‘Judith and Holofernes’ visits the US

Flagellation du Christ

Daniel Esparza

The Getty Museum buys a Baroque masterpiece by Carracci

LAS MENINAS, DIEGO VELAZQUES

Daniel Esparza

She donated a painting to her parish church. It was a masterpiece.

TERESA OF AVILA,DEVIL

Daniel Esparza

Dallas Museum pays tribute to the Holy Women of the Spanish Empire

ECSTASY OF SAINT TERESA

V. M. Traverso

This famous sculpture depicts the ecstasy of St. Teresa of Avila

SAINT JOHN OF THE CROSS

Daniel Esparza

Listen to Loreena McKennitt’s 1994 rendition of St. John of the Cross’ “Dark Night of the Soul”

ST AGUSTINE PAOAY CHURCH

Daniel Esparza

The Church of Saint Agustin of Paoay in the Philippines, a great example of “Earthquake Baroque” architecture

chapel of Pena Palace - Palacio da Pena - Portugal

Daniel Esparza

At the Sintra Palace in Portugal, a unique image of Jesus’ death and resurrection is preserved

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Daniel Esparza

The Miagao “Fortress” Church in the Philippines: A church built from limestone, adobe, and coral

CHRIST

Daniel Esparza

Did the Psalms inspire Velázquez’s Crucified Christ?

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