Baroque Paintings

The beginning of the XVII century was quite eventful, with Descartes philosophy planting the seed of query in people’s minds, Isaac Newton and Galileo with new scientific discoveries, not to mention the autocratical government flaunting their extravagant riches. The religious scene was tense, as the Protestant Reformation put pressure on the Catholic Church, that responded with a Counter-Reformation. More than ever, the Catholic Church invested in the arts to reproduce Biblical narratives, as to restore the public’s faith.